Klarinet Archive - Posting 000144.txt from 1998/11

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] G3
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:38:32 -0500

I don't remember seeing your fingering in either of the fingering charts I have.
"Overblown" B2 with the right-hand pinky G#/Eb key added (RT xoo ooo Eb) usually
gives a good G3 and is the close to your fingering. A more standard way to play
your D-E-F#-G run conveniently is probably to play the short F# (RT oxo ooo Eb),
then simply add the first right-hand trill key for the G.

Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

Tim Roberts wrote:

> I've seen several suggested fingerings for altissimo G on this list in the very
> recent past. Somewhere early on, I picked up the habit of fingering this
> exactly like the top-of-staff C: thumb and register key only. This gives me a
> solid note, and it seems to be in tune.
>
> I've never seen this fingering mentioned. Am I just fabulously lucky that my
> particular combination of horn and mouthpiece make this note acceptable? Or
> have I just learned to "voice" up or down what would normally be a different
> note?
>
> (Come to think of it, I'm probably getting the 4th harmonic of open G, which
> should be unstable on a clarinet, shouldn't it?)
>
> This does make some altissimo runs easier; a run like D-E-F#-G flows pretty
> easily with this open G.
>
> --
> - Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
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