Klarinet Archive - Posting 000905.txt from 1997/05

From: Keith P Koons <kkoons@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: forked B/F# key
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 14:43:34 -0400

IMO, very definitely do NOT slide from the RH sliver key to the R3 tone
hole!

Keith Koons, Associate Professor of Music
University of Central Florida
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On Thu, 29 May 1997, Jay E. Niepoetter wrote:

> I have recently been looking for good beginner clarinet book for
> students. I purchased Avrahm Galper's Clarinet for beginner series,
> published by Boosey and Hawkes. I have respected Mr. Galper and his
> students for some time now. He was formerly P. Cl. with the Toronto
> Symphony. Anyway... he teaches to slide from the forked B/F# key
> (chromatic B -- some people call it the knife key) down to the 3rd tone
> hole.
>
> Example -- in the low register: A#-B-G
>
> I was always taught to use the middle finger for B natural when it is
> followed by a note that use the 3rd tone hole in the left hand. I find
> using the forked fingering fairly awkward, but maybe its just because
> I'm not familiar with doing the slide. If I could develop this
> fingering smoothly it could become a very useful technique.
>
> My question is more a survey... Do you use the slide off the knife key,
> or the switch to the middle finger to play this passage?
>
> Just curious,
> J
>
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