Klarinet Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 1997/05

From: Lord Rob <rteitelbaum@-----.EDU>
Subj: RE: 1+1 fingering
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 18:16:32 -0400

>But really, would you
>considering using the 2+2 A-flat as weak as it sounds even though it
>keeps your hands in position right over the keys?

No, but I have been known to use the 2+1 A-flat in fast passage work,
which sounds just fine on my Buffet as long as the bridge key's in line
and the pads are in order. I think this is a far better fingering than the
2+2, which, as Pino says, "...should only be used in the most dire
emergencies...", like when trilling between E and A-flat. (But how often
does THAT happen?)

Rob Teitelbaum
Claremont McKenna College