[musictlk] question about posture

[Linda Mentink]

Kelsey,

You should be able to raise your music stand to a comfortable height, 
enabling you to stand up straight and rest your hands comfortably on 
your music. You should also be able to flatten the desk to make it 
easy for you to deal with it. I usually have mine slightly tilted so 
that the bottom edge of the music rests on the lip.

Blessings,

Linda

At 12:50 PM 11/17/2014, you wrote:
>Hello,
>For concerts, we pretty much stand the entire time which is for 
>about 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.  Our director instructs 
>us not to stand with locked knees which I totally 
>understand.  However, because of my music stand, I feel like I'm 
>almost squatting down when I'm standing.  Therefore, it feels very 
>unnatural for me to stand the way our director has instructed us 
>to.  What do you think about this issue? Is it ok to stand without 
>bending the knees as long as they're not locked? Or how can I make 
>it more comfortable and natural to stand like the director wants us 
>to? This is the first choir where the director has ever made a big 
>deal about this.  Even my private voice teachers haven't made a big 
>deal about this posture component.
>Thank you,
>Kelsey Nicolay
>
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