Klarinet Archive - Posting 000720.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [Fwd: Re: Throat tones]
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 19:28:52 -0400

At 12:17 PM 10/16/97 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
>As stated previously, this is not an easy fingering to get to, certainly
>not chromatically. I avoid the fingering because on the horns
>currently being built by Yamaha, Leblanc, Selmer, and Buffet (some
>exceptions always), the fingering is flat in pitch.
>
Does this mean the manufacturers think their throat Bb's are so good now we
don't NEED the alternate fingering? :-)

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.