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Carry position at "trail"?

Posted by Old school director on 10/4/2024, 8:51 am

To those of you with more "modern" marching experience than me...

We have several spots in our show where the designer has the students using a flutter step with horns carried at "trail". For clarinet, how should the instrument be carried at this position? Is it straight in line with the body? If so, should the bell or the mouthpiece point toward the ground? We have had 6 clarinet players somehow break their horns and my HD now wants to change the position.

Re: Carry position at "trail"?

Posted by More details on 10/5/2024, 7:32 am, in reply to "Carry position at "trail"?"

How are they *currently* holding their instrument? Are they holding their instrument with 1 hand or 2? *How* are they breaking their instruments? (Are they dropping the instrument? Are they bending the rods?)

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Posted by Snerk on 10/4/2024, 1:25 pm, in reply to "Carry position at "trail"?"

Just do what you want so long as it's uniform.

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Posted by percone on 10/4/2024, 11:37 am, in reply to "Carry position at "trail"?"

I've always heard horizontal with the ground, but I could be mistaken

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Posted by older than dirt on 10/4/2024, 10:56 am, in reply to "Carry position at "trail"?"

The final answer is what they can do uniformly that doesn't distract. I have my flutes and clarinets hold in their right hand at a 45% angle with the mouthpiece down.

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Posted by Ugh on 10/4/2024, 10:46 am, in reply to "Carry position at "trail"?"

I feel your pain. I have been fixing clarinets every week because of this. Not to mention the multiple mouthpieces that have been broken

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