Klarinet Archive - Posting 000414.txt from 1997/12

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Rocky Point Holiday/B to D trill
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:09:54 -0500

On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, H I everyone! wrote:

> My band director has recently got us playing Rocky Point Holiday, which
> is a cool piece for those who haven't heard it. Anyway, my questionms is
> how ( what alternate fingerings can be used) to trill between a b above
> the staff, to a d above???? I am havein trouble aslo with another part,
> in going from Eb to F to G sharp to B then back to Eb fluently and
> articulatly ( the tempo is 174 to the quarter, and it is in all
> sixteenths, staccato)...And I constantly am being yelled at for not
> playing it well, But I am only a junior in High School, and I am not
> quite that amazing...yet ( don't I wish 8=A4=DE)
>=20
Vague recollections from someone who played this piece about a hundred
years ago -- first in junior high youth orchestra, then as a college
student in the wind ensemble version....

Trilling b to d above the staff might be done by using the overblown open
g fingering for the d; give it a try. As far as those jumpy arpeggios, I
seem to recall changing the articulation to slur 2 - tongue 2 (once it
became impossible to keep up with the tempo!)

It's hard to remember without seeing the music, but give these a try!

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu