Klarinet Archive - Posting 000609.txt from 1998/05

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] C Clarinets, and mixups
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 13:10:39 -0400

On Tue, 12 May 1998, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
> When playing the baritone saxophone without a neckstrap, how do you play
> open C#? That would be a sight to behold.

Well, there are several tricks. It all depends on where the C# is. If
it's in a fast passage, opening both hands for the duration of a sixteenth
is piece of cake; my thumb and mouth can handle it for a whole third of a
second. ^_^ If it's for a pretty long duration, I hook my right index
finger around the F# key and with my left, I stretch over the keys and
grab onto the rods.

Shouryu Nohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe; ICQ 6771552
Coffee Drinker, Musician, Otaku, Jesus Freak, Admirer of Women
(Not necessarily in that order)
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