Klarinet Archive - Posting 001258.txt from 1997/09

From: "Frederick S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Alternate Fingering for Sax
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 18:29:21 -0400

Karl Krelove asked:

> Anyone have a quick and easy alternate for that jump from G to high F.
>It needs to speak easily. Intonation is secondary (it does need to be an F,
>though).

...given the uncontrollable variables, it is a terribly dangerous thing to
recommend altissimo fingerings...especially for older instruments with
which one has had zero experience...but sometimes it's worth going out on a
limb...

...for the high F try [LH 1 and 3] [RH 1 and 3] with the octave key, of course.

...that is [ x o x | x o x ] w/octave key.

If this works for you [it does for me on an Selmer SA80 II alto] it should
be an easy jump from G2 to F3.

Let me know the results of your experiment. Fred S.