Klarinet Archive - Posting 000517.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: LH Eb/Bb key
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:56:42 -0500

On the Eflat, the front key is *much* easier to find if your hands are
large.
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, George Kidder wrote:

> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:47:19 -0600
> From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet-digest@-----.us
> Subject: Re: LH Eb/Bb key
>
> >Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 21:16:58 -0800
> >From: Birch <birch@-----.ca>
> >Subject: LH Eb/Bb key
> >
> >I have a question:
> >
> >Does anyone ever use the left hand Eb/Bb key (between the middle and
> >ring fingers)? I have never ever used it on a boehm-system clarinet,
> >though it is vital on an Albert. I was wondering if it actually does
> >serve a practicle purpose, or whether it was just a leftover remnant of
> >the Albert.
> >
> >- --Birch
> >
> Yes - all the time. Couldn't do without it!
>
> 1) It is smaller, lighter (and therefore faster) and thus more facile for
> my aging hands.
> 2) It indeed is left-handed, so you operate it with the same hand that is
> trying to work the adjacent notes. Coordination is better within the same
> hand than cross-handed.
> 3) Most importantly, it is necessary when the right index finger is needed
> on the note before or after the Eb/Bb.
>
> Try it - you'll like it.
>
>