Klarinet Archive - Posting 000808.txt from 1998/07

From: fgarcia@-----.edu (Frank Garcia)
Subj: Re: [kl] Sliver Keys AND Bottom RH Rings
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:31:02 -0400

Regarding Mr. Shilcock's response about the Bax Sonata. Yes! going from the
last eighth note in measure 3 (C#, left hand) to the D# in the next
measure. I knew there was another good spot for that fingering. I'm sure
there are many more.

Frank

>I sus pect my previous rejoinder didn't get through - there's also a good
>place to use it near the beginning of the Bax sonata (if I remember
>correctly - I don't have it here), which has some very
>awkward transitions in it elsewhere as well.
>Muehlfeld probably had much less trouble, having a post-Mueller
>instrument....
>rjs
>
>
>On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Frank Garcia wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 06:56:34 +0600
>> From: Frank Garcia <fgarcia@-----.edu>
>> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: Re: [kl] Sliver Keys AND Bottom RH Rings
>>
>> 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:
>> >
>> >> 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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