Klarinet Archive - Posting 000374.txt from 1996/01

From: From the @-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Clarinet fingerings
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 12:49:00 -0500

At 11:10 AM 1/20/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I am looking for a definitive publication describing alternate fingerings for
>clarinet. Most of the "fingering charts" sold in music stores describe only
>very limited alternatives and are difficult to interpret without constant
>reference to a numbered/lettered picture of a clarinet with reference numbers
>on the keys. The picture is often at the beginning of the book, and I find
>this a frustration. Please let me know where such a publication is currently
>available. My former teacher, Leon Russianoff was a master at alternative
>fingerings, but I didn't have the foresight to encourage him to publish this
>before he died a few years ago.
>
>Thanks
>Les Fox
>Tacoma, Washington
>

Dear Les-

My band director uses the Best in Class books to teach us fingerings
on our clarinets. I refer to mine whenever I am going over my scales. She
uses this on the 7th and 8th grade level, and uses the TIPPS band method for
corales and stuff like that. I would go to my local music store and check
out one of these books. I liked the fingering charts.

Paul Sanchez
sanchez@-----.com