Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 1994/02

From: Jordan Selburn <jselburn@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: "Special" trill
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 11:57:13 -0500

Scott McChesney writes:

>All this talk of trills has got me thinking...
>
>How do you professional (and not-so-professional [read 'amateur']) types out
>there trill a high B to C#? I'm talking B above the first ledger line here. I
>have been trying and trying to find one that works, but I have yet to find
>one. None of the side keys work, or else they're just terribly out of tune and
>I think they don't work.

Here's another ClarineTrick (amaze your friends!). A good sounding,
in-tune B to C# trill can be done as follows: Play a 4th line D and open up
the 1st side key (the lowest one) - this should produce a very nice B. To
execute the trill, just lift your right hand ring finger - this gives a
really good C#. Piece of cake to trill, and it's not that hard to get
to/from. I guess what this does is go to the 5th partial of the low G (is
that right?) using the side key as an extra register key.

I think that this trill came from the Pino book, but am not sure. In any
case, it comes in handy because of the unwritten law that each musical must
have a B/C# and F#/G# trill at some point. First space F#/G# trills are
optional but frequently included as well.

Try it - it really works.

Jordan
read/reed 'amateur'