Klarinet Archive - Posting 000656.txt from 1998/07

From: fgarcia@-----.edu (Frank Garcia)
Subj: Re: [kl] Sliver Keys AND Bottom RH Rings
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:15:59 -0400

I'm new into this topic, and I don't exactly know if this has been stated
yet. But the fingering below, provided by Mr. Shilcock, is a most useful
fingering for slurring large intervals to or from high E-flat. A perfect
example of using this fingering is Brahms 1st sonata, 1st movement,
measures 8 and 9. I play the C with the left hand (of course), followed by
Mr. Shilcock's fingering for E-flat, followed by F sharp fingered like Mr.
Shilcock's E-flat with the addition of the left index finger and lifting
the pinky.

Someone earlier mentioned removing this ring. I couldn't play this passage
as smoothly as I would want to without that ring. I can't think of another
fingering that this ring is needed for off the top of my head. But I think
in this particular passage, this ring is a necessity.
Frank

>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
>
>On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Ed Maurey wrote:
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>> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:36:26 -0300
>> From: Ed Maurey <edsshop@-----.ca>
>> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: [kl] Sliver Keys AND Bottom RH Rings
>>
>> Some of us have been deeply and passionately involved with our sliver
>> key discussion. Some of us [myself included] consider it useless and
>> would prefer having clarinets without it. But, are we arguing about the
>> truly most useless mechanical contrivance on our instruments? I
>> contend that the bottom right hand ring has no real purpose in life, and
>> being a devout minimalist, would like to be rid of it!
>> The resulting tone hole could at tube exterior surface level and
>> therefore be a smaller diameter. It would then be
>> easier for little fingers to cover. It would appear much as the bottom
>> left hand tone hole.
>> Less is better!!
>> Ed Maurey
>>
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