Klarinet Archive - Posting 000731.txt from 1998/11

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] C-->Eb tremolo fingering
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:10:27 -0500

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> From: Kevin Bowman <kbowman@-----.com>
> To: Klarinet List (E-mail) <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: Re: [kl] C-->Eb tremolo fingering
> Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 5:44 PM
>
> Mark Thiel wrote:
> > Holding clarinet between knees, reach up with right hand and push down
the
> > pad between
> > left hand finger 1 and finger 2. then waggle left hand 2 and 3.
> > (you asked for most efficient way to do tremolo -- you didn't say
whether
> > you needed to
> > play any other notes in the same movement --- sorry)
>
> Hmmm...
> This would be akin to using the "bis" fingering on sax. I wonder if
anyone
> has ever added a small tab to the LH second finger pad cup to accomodate
> this sort of thing (with the LH 1st finger, of course). BTW - is this
> "modified bis" fingering for Eb anywhere near in tune? Seems like it'd be
> quite sharp. Another option if you're not too concerned about the
intonation
> of the Eb is just leave all 3 LH fingers down and trill the first trill
key.
> However, this Eb is REALLY flat and does not often speak well (it's kinda
> dead, actually) but if you're desperate ...
> I also seem to remember that LH 1st & 3rd fingers produces a somewhat
> usable Eb for tremelos, but I might be wrong on this account.
>
> Kevin Bowman
> Clarinet and Saxophone Instructor,
> Rochester Conservatory of Music, Rochester, MI
> and
> Saxophones, Clarinet and Flute,
> B-Side Blues Project
>
>
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