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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 2003/07

From: "Todd Zimnoch" <toddz@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Anti-note glitches
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:20:05 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel Beiman
> To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Anti-note glitches
>
> Phil,
>
> Let go of the low C key when going to forked F. The C
> key may be closing the
> 2nd finger key on the right hand. Forked F will not
> work if that key is closed.

I don't think that was the point of his question. I assume he
didn't ask something quite so silly.

When moving fingers/keys, you rarely lift/place all your fingers
exactly simultaneously. e.g., the a<-->c interval on the oboe.
If your right hand moves even slightly before your left you get a
Bb on the way up and a B-natural on the way down. If your hands
aren't perfectly synchronized, you want to move the right hand
ever-so-slightly before the left on the way down and vice-versa on
the way up.

In this problem, the interval is C to forked F. There are plenty
of reasons left F may be impractical. But instead of getting an
intermediate note when the fingers don't move right or just
silence, the note 'cracks' if the fingers don't move perfectly.
Seems the solution would be to lift the C key before the E if
you're unable to get them perfectly synchronized.

He asks about other testy intervals and mentions anything to high
D himself. I'd mention D-natural to G (descending only) and the
bottom-of-staff E to Db, but those may be problems unique to me.

-Todd