Klarinet Archive - Posting 000008.txt from 1997/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: throat Bb fingering
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 23:16:05 -0400

I second this.
Roger Shilcock

On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Derek Grice wrote:

> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 01:50:04 +1000
> From: Derek Grice <dr_grice@-----.au>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: throat Bb fingering
>
> 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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