Klarinet Archive - Posting 000808.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: ...another dumb question!
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 15:54:04 -0400

I view myself as an experienced professional clarinetist/bass clarinetist.
Frankly, I see no problem with penciling fingerings in (R for Right, L for
Left, K for Fork, etc.) I even pencil special fingerings in the borders
of private music when I want to remember which worked best for that
particular passage.

Even the best professionals (in best orchestras) write in fingering cues.
There is no reason not too.

Roger Garrett

On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Frederick S. Sterns wrote:

> ...with apology for asking something rather trivial...but...
>
> ...would an experienced, professional ever "...be caught..." penciling
> fingering cues above or below a rapid and complicated phrase where the
> figure could be played smoothly only by changing options?
>
> For example...on a bass clarinet...lots of notes on the very bottom [Eb, E,
> F, F#, etc.] where the patterns change, if only slightly, from measure to
> measure...
>
> ...or, would the use of such cues be viewed as the "sign of an amateur" who
> needs to practice the repertoire more?
>
> [Don't ask why I ask this question...I really can't give a logical answer.
> It just sorta came up in conversation.] :-)
>
> Fred S.
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