Klarinet Archive - Posting 000958.txt from 1997/07

From: Derek Grice <dr_grice@-----.au>
Subj: Re: throat Bb fingering
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 00:18:28 -0400

If you are using a Buffet clarinet this fingering works very well. Normal
Bb fingering +
second and third holes LH +
second and third holes RH +
Low F(or Clarion C) key.
It is the best I have found.
Thanks
Derek Grice
P.S the same venting can be used for A and it works very well too.
>While we're on the subject of fingering, I'd like to ask about throat Bb
>fingerings. My clarinet sounds *very* sharp on the Bb, and although I
>don't worry about it in rapid runs, for long notes I've developed a
>fingering which uses the normal pinch fingering plus the first three holes
>(yes, I play the A key AND the first hole at the same time). Now you know
>why I only use it in slow passages! Does anyone have any alternative
>suggestions? I've tried everything I can think of.
>
>Many thanks
>
>Clare Henderson <chenderson@-----.au>

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DEREK GRICE
Clarinet/saxophone
Undergraduate, Conservatorium of Music Tasmania
Australia

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