Klarinet Archive - Posting 000343.txt from 1998/09

From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Clear Bb throat note
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:37:57 -0400

Bill Hausmann said:

>What we call throat Bb here is the weakest note on a
>clarinet. The alternate fingering using the A key plus the third trill key
>is usually clearer, but may not be as well in tune. Still, it is useful
>for some passages.

I guess instruments vary a lot. On my 55-year-old Conn pro model the
alternate fingering Bill suggests is not only clearer, but in better tune,
and I use it whenever I can, meaning as a rule when the next note is
anywhere from C to A in the chalumeau register.

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