My idea was that the right thumb would be gently bracing, i.e., pushing, the
recorder upward to the ceiling, not upwards into the mouth.

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Jennifer S. wrote:

> At 06:11 PM 10/24/2009, you wrote:
>
>> Do they hold the bottom of the recorder in their right hand then? When
>> they
>> push up, does the recorder go further in to their mouths?
>>
>
>
> I wondered about this too. I don't allow my students to have their right
> hand anywhere but in the correct position. I find many of them want to do
> the weird "flip the right hand over and hold the bottom of the recorder"
> thing. When they test for belts, they must have their right hand in the
> correct spot even if the song they're testing only uses the left hand.
>
>
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