Klarinet Archive - Posting 000858.txt from 1998/05

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] a reed question and Re: [kl] Anti-alto clarinet forces
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 06:59:31 -0400

If you get one -- basses and the Leblanc bassethorn have the same feature.
Roger Shilcock

On Fri, 15 May 1998, Justin Wood wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 06:35:48 -0400
> From: Justin Wood <olio555@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: RE: [kl] a reed question and Re: [kl] Anti-alto clarinet forces
>
> <snip>
> >When you play high D and above, instead
> >of leaving the index finger key open, press it down by the tab (leaving
> >the small hole uncovered). It takes a little getting used to but it
> >creates a "half-hole" effect that should greatly improve your response and
> >intonation in the altissimo register.
>
> AHA! Being mostly self-taught you don't always learn this stuff. I am
> going to have to try my alto out when I get home. I have never been very
> successful with the higher notes on alto. Now I have a fighting chance. I
> always wondered why that hole was there...I guess it is like oboe.
>
>
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