Klarinet Archive - Posting 001353.txt from 1998/10

From: "Brent Eresman" <Beresman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: high G# and A
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:51:43 -0500

I asked about a problem i was/am having on the Eb with certain
altissimo notes and received several helpful answers. Thank you all,
especially Kevin Fay, whose answer, while it wasn't the end-all,
seems to be getting me to the point where i can really fix the
problem. Now there is a question i can answer:

Martin Pergler wrote:
>
> Hi all. I'm playing Michael Dougherty's Dead Elvis on Eb.
> I don't play much Eb. The part goes up to a high (4 ledger line)
> G# and A, and I can't figure out fingerings that would work.
> Any hints? Ideas to try?
>
I don't have a reliable fingering for A, but G# i finger like a
regular high D, except i use the C# key (right pinky) insead of the
D#. That note is actually better for me than the three notes below
it--i can consistently hit it and it is consistently in tune--well,
for Eb altissimo anyway.

Brent Eresman
beresman@-----.com

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