Klarinet Archive - Posting 000753.txt from 1998/07

From: <kbowman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] alt. fingerings [was:The slur in Brahms first Sonata - now F#/C#..]
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:04:21 -0400

Roger Shilcock wrote (in part):
> the second from the bottom trill key is rarely used
> otherwise (is it??).

What about "chromatic" F# (thumb and bottom 2 trill keys). I
use this fingering religiously in chromatic passages and when
the note preceding or following F# is an F, when possible.
Also F-F# trill.

And - I haven't tried this yet, but might this F# fingering
also work for F#-G# trill buy playing the F# then trilling
the throat G# key? This trill would be difficult to do with
first finger F#. Is there a better trill for F#-G#?

Kevin Bowman
Clarinet and Saxophone Instructor
Rochester Conservatory of Music, Rochester, MI

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