Klarinet Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 1996/10

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Re: Ridenour's (or anyone's) throat Bb fingering (?) (fwd)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 03:40:14 -0400

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 11:04:43 GMT+0600
From: Dr. Frank Kern <fkern%EE.UMR.EDU@-----.UK>
Subject: Re: Ridenour's (or anyone's) throat Bb fingering (?)

Bill Fogle wrote:

-->> Does anyone use Tom Ridenour's throat Bb resonance fingering,
-->> which requires using the thumb of the right hand?

If you have large hands, as I do, you can use this fingering by
operating the side key with the side of your left hand index finger.
If your normal finger position is such that your 2nd, 3rd and 4th
L.H. fingers are curled to press more or less straight down on the
rings, its a simple matter to rotate your wrist to press the side
key. When I do it, the side of my finger touches the key between the
knuckle and the first joint.

to ppress

Don't you mean the *right* hand - or have I missed something? On the E
flat, where it is needed more, it's much more difficult to do - unless
you have very thin fingers, I suppose. On my B flat, the sidekey B flat
is always sharp, in normal playing conditions. It's subtly harder to do
on the A, because of the slightly increased distance. I have seen the advice
somewhere that if the side key middle line B *natural*
and the "normal" overblown version are in tune, then you have the barrel
pulled out the right amount (possibly not at all, of course).
This *seems* OK - does anyone else more or less believe this?
Roger Shilcock

   
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