Klarinet Archive - Posting 000811.txt from 1997/10

From: Kenneth M Caputo <kcaputo1@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: ...another dumb question!
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 16:22:06 -0400

Fred,
It is not amateurish to write in the fingerings. I know that many pors
do this. I had the pleasure of turning pages for people like Elsa
Ludewig-Verder and she has the page all marked up. Even people in the
big 5 do it. (Big 5 Are the orchestras in NY. PHIl. Ect.) I would
rather have the fingering written in rather than try to remember it on a
recital when Im nervous. I had to play a peice for a composition
recital once. It had alot of altissmo fingerings. I penciled in the
fingerings for the first mvt. But the last mvt. I forgot what fingering
to use for a hight b flat.I was lucky to remember but the tempo dragged.
If I was not as lucky I would have fallen apart.

Kenneth CaputoOn 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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