Klarinet Archive - Posting 000726.txt from 1995/05

From: David Gilman <dagilman@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: trill
Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 15:38:43 -0400

>The first movement of the Bax sonata has a trill from top line f# to g#.
>I've been playing the first g# in the trill in the usual way, then finishing
>the trill by moving only the (LH pinky) g# key, holding the RH fixed as in the
>f# fingering. Any suggestions for a better way on a clarinet w/0
articulated g#?
> Thanks.
>
>Dan Oberlin
>

A very kludgy solution is to finger f''# (either middle finger or chromatic
fingering) and trill the first finger of the left hand. It sounds very
weak, but the intonation is not as bad as other options I've tried.

David Gilman