Klarinet Archive - Posting 000438.txt from 1996/05

From: Laurence Liberson <hardreed@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: High G in Stravinsky's 3 pieces
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 01:33:15 -0400

> > > At 08:33 14/05/96 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >>Hello. What fingerings do people out there recommend for the two double
> > > >>high G's in the last seven beats of the second movement of Stravinsky's
> > > >>Three Pieces for clarinet solo?
> > > >>
> > > >>For those of you who don't know the piece too well, the passage goes
from
> a
> > > >>high G up an octave and then back down an octave. It is very fast
> > > >>(eighth=168), slurred on the way up but the lower octave is tongued on
the
> > > >>way down.
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks,
> > > >>Christopher Rohrs
>
> OK, here's my entry in the Swepstakes.
>
> T O
> X X
> X
> C#/G#
> ____
> X
> X
> O
> Ab/Eb
>
> For me Fernando Silveira's is too sharp, necesitating too much embouchure
> adjustment. Ann Dempsey's is too flat, though it is my fingering of
> choice for the G's in the 3rd mvt of Beethoven Sym #8. eric nelson's is
> also just a bit too flat (all of this relating to *my* instrument/mpc,
> mind you).
>
> My fingering, without the C#/G# key, doesn't speak very reliably, but
> with it, works like a charm - speaks with good intonation and a well
> matched sound to the lower octave.
>
> David Niethamer
>
> > > >Try this one, it works for me:
> > > >
> > > > T X
> > > > X O
> > > > X
> > > > ___
> > > > X
> > > > X
> > > > O
> > > > Ab-Eb
> > > >
> > > >e
> > > >
> > > >eric nelson
> > > >lightwood duo
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I make it like that
> > >
> > > T O
> > > X X
> > > O
> > >
> > > -----
> > > X
> > > X
> > > O
> > > Ab-Eb
> > >
> > > Fernando Silveira
> > >
> > I use this one
> >
> > T X
> > X O
> > X
> > --------
> > X
> > O
> > X
> > Ab-Eb
> >
> > Ann Dempsey
>

I tried posting this a couple of days ago, but (apparently?) without
luck:

T X
X O
O
---
X
X
O
Ab/Eb

It could be a bit sharp...but then, it might not!

Larry Liberson
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
hardreed@-----.com

   
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