Klarinet Archive - Posting 000114.txt from 1995/04

From: Jim Freeman <collnjim@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: A good question...
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 21:07:02 -0400

My guess (just a guess) is that you my not be raising your LH pinky and
ring finger quickly enough (from the G#) to get an incisive beginning on
that rather unstable note. Or, it could be that you're not getting rid
of the G# key soon enough before your LH ring finger leaves the
hole.....or none of the above.

Jim Freeman (collnjim@-----.edu)

On Sat, 8 Apr 1995, robert villarreal wrote:

> Is there any reason that the 'A' just above the staff is the first note
> (while going up the chromatic scale) that has a tendency to refuse to
> sound with good tone from the very start of its attack? It seems that if
> I have a reed that does not respond at its optimum level in a certain
> octave, the 'A' is at the lowermost or uppermost end of that octave.
>
> I doubt that the problem is in my playing (I'm working on my Master's in
> Clarinet Performance). Could it be characteristic of the six-finger
> instruments?
>
> Incidentally, I seem to recall a similar problem on my tenor recorder.
>
> Thank you.
> Robert
>