Klarinet Archive - Posting 000352.txt from 1997/04

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: HELP high Eb to F trill ( Oliver!)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:57:54 -0400

>Scott,
>
>By any chance in your trill fingering recommendation did you mean to say
>ring finger instead of index finger? I am not familiar with the part
>but I assume the Eb in question is 3 lines above the staff and the Eb
>fingering is the "standard" ("sliver") one. Using the ring finger on
>the left hand to close its hole does no good on my clarinet and using it
>to trill the "throat A" key gives me a trill from Eb to E instead of F.
>Trillling the left-hand ring finger, on the other hand, works fine for
>Eb to F for me.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jack Kissinger
>St. Louis

You're probably right! I wasn't "at my clarinet", and with things you do
by rote, thinking about what you're doing gets you confused! My apologies!
-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

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