Klarinet Archive - Posting 000759.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] alt. fingerings [was:The slur in Brahms first Sonata - now
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:57:08 -0400

Is n't this what we're talking about?
rjs

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, kbowman wrote:

> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:04:21 -0400
> From: kbowman <kbowman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: "Klarinet List (E-mail)" <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] alt. fingerings [was:The slur in Brahms first Sonata - now F#/C#..]
>
> 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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