Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 1998/03

From: "Elliot Oki" <eoki@-----.org>
Subj: Re: "Power" Bb
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 22:36:16 -0500

Um, can you explain the fingering a little better? Not being a
professional, I don't understand such jargon.
-----Original Message-----
From: CoolStu67 <CoolStu67@-----.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 2:29 PM
Subject: "Power" Bb

>I was just at a clarinet (bass) lesson and I my teacher (who was playing a
>soprano Bb) started laughing about the name of fingering in the back of a
book
>called "Power Bb". She tried the regular throat fingering, then the "Power"
>one and it sounded much much better. Her throat Bb sounds like crap (On
some
>Buffet-Crampon), but this fingering sure does work, although complicated.
Try
>it out:
>
>Throat A, 2-3, Side #3 from bottom, 2-3, C key (also low F key)
>