Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 1995/07

From: Gary Bisaga <gary@-----.ORG>
Subj: Articulated G#
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 09:57:00 -0400

Donald Yungkurth <DYungkurth@-----.COM> writes:
>>Edwin Lacy writes:
>>"why does the G# hole on an instrument with an articulated G# key have to be
>>in a different place than a closed G#?"
[actually I asked the question originally]
>If a long tenon can be used with articulated G# to allow
>placement of the hole in the correct position, why can't the same technique
>be used for correct hole placement with the standard G#?

Actually, Rendall's quote tells me he doesn't like the normal form
taken by the articulated G#. Note:
>"..... The mechanism, of which there are
>many forms, is just short of absolute reliability, and one of the best
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>fingerings for f''' is removed."

The underlined bit sounds to me like he was making an intentional
slight understatement of what he feels to be the problem. The quote
says to me "it's not totally reliable, and it gets rid of a good
fingering so I don't really like it." Also, it seems to me he could
be just talking about the normal f''' fingering, that moving the G#
hole to its proper place doesn't allow the normal
register+thumb+3+4+G# key fingering to sound an f''', and that some
other, presumably inferior, fingering must be used instead.
Determining what this fingering is, remains, I suppose, an exercise
left to the reader.

Gary

   
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