March 1st, 2012, 22:00
Wouldn't the tobacco clog up your reed as the wood is porous.
Leventis - I would think it would be uncomfortable and more importantly not allow you to have the same mobility around the clarinet. Then again maybe he has just the right thickness in his fingers that allow for the thickness of the cigarette. I am not a smoker so I wouldn't even think of that need to hold something while playing. Even a pencil would get thrown on the stand or dropped before trying to play while holding it.
Leventis - I would think it would be uncomfortable and more importantly not allow you to have the same mobility around the clarinet. Then again maybe he has just the right thickness in his fingers that allow for the thickness of the cigarette. I am not a smoker so I wouldn't even think of that need to hold something while playing. Even a pencil would get thrown on the stand or dropped before trying to play while holding it.