Klarinet Archive - Posting 000051.txt from 1997/05

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: 1+1 fingering
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 18:17:07 -0400

On Thu, 1 May 1997, Lord Rob wrote:

> Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 22:50:43 -0700
> From: Lord Rob <rteitelbaum@-----.EDU>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: 'Klarinet' <klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: RE: 1+1 fingering
>
> >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
>
>
The 2 + 1 fingering is decidedly sharp on my B flat, though the sound is
better than with the 2 + 2. Neither works on my A - no useable note can be
made to emerge.
Roger Shilcock