Klarinet Archive - Posting 000227.txt from 1997/06

From: fsheim@-----.com
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #15
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:56:21 -0400

Could you give us a few examples of where those fingerings were used, and
what the fingerings were?
Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 12:34 PM 6/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I studied the poulenc last year with my teacher (Naomi Drucker) and very
>little was said to me about alternate fingerings.... Of course it was not
>easy but I managed to learn the piece and perform it using mainly standard
>fingerings and some standard alternates. Then I went up to Tanlgewood for
>the summer and studied with Ethan Sloane, who suggested strange alternate
>fingerings in almost every note. While these fingerings may have worked well
>for someone who was used to them, my fingers simply wouldn't do it with
>proper facility or technique. I would think this would be the case for most,
>as the fingerings were very unusual.
>~Laura Barbieri
>
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