Klarinet Archive - Posting 000452.txt from 1995/01

From: "David B. Niethamer" <NIETHAMER@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Altissimo fingerings
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 23:51:57 -0500

On Sat, 28 Jan 1995, Spanish Inquisition wrote:

> I attended a Master Class by Gervase de Peyer, and he shared a fantastic
> G fingering - thumb, register key, first and third finger (left hand),
> and first and third finger of the right hand with the Eb key. It's a
> bit flatter than the "regular" G fingering, but since that one is sharp
> on my R13, this new fingering is fantastic. It works for jumps, too.

This is my favorite Beethoven Sym #8 fingering for the 3rd mvt trio!! It
works well on my Yamaha 72cs, even though my regular G's are OK.

> Another good one for Ab is thumb, register, second and third finger of
> the left hand, and first, second, and third finger of the right hand plus
> the C# key (it works well to get a solid Ab in the second movement of
> Weber's Second Concerto - you can even decrescendo to nothing if you want!).

Another great Ab (courtesy of a Stanley Hasty master class) is thumb,
register, first finger RH (that's right, no LH fingers!), Eb pinky. Great
in Ab major arpeggios.

Then there's the soft high E - R, (no thumb), 1,2,3 (LH), Eb pinky. Try
your octave slur on that one (or the 4th line D-E in Joan Tower's Harbor
Lights fantasy)

David Niethamer