Klarinet Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 1995/07

From: Bill Hall <billhall@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Articulated G# key
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 23:12:06 -0400

>I've been wondering for quite a while now.. what exactly is an articulated G#
>key?

It's a G# (or C# in the lower register) key that is arranged so that it only
opens the tone hole that changes a G to a G# if the fingers of your right
hand are not pressing keys. In other words, if you're playing an upper
register F or E or D, you can press this key, but the G# tone hole is not
opened.

It's really handy for playing in keys that have a G#. For example, to trill
from F#-G#, you finger G# as you would normally, but when you play the F#,
you don't have to lift your pinky from the the G# key. So, you only have to
move the middle finger of your right hand to do this trill.

Most saxophones have articulated G# keys.

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