Klarinet Archive - Posting 000621.txt from 1998/07

From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re:ring for finger 6
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 20:10:28 -0400

egarding the ring for 6, Roger Shilcock wrote:
"It helps with a useful (on some instruments) fingering for E flat 3
leger lines up, i.e.:
s
t
o
x
x
o
o
x
E flat
Can anyone think of anything else it's useful for?
roger Shilcock"

The F# to G# atop the staff trill is nicely done (a la Carmen) on a
Boehm clarinet by playing F# as 123-5-, G# as 123G#, F# as 123--6 then
trill the G# key, keeping 6 down. Try it. Works really well if you
really milk the first iteration slowly, then play the imperfect trill
more quickly.

Robert Howe

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