Klarinet Archive - Posting 000811.txt from 1998/11

From: "F. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: [Fwd: Fingering Quiz #1]
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:10:46 -0500

The phrase can easily be played presto with the right pinky slide from low
f to low e with a bit of practice. The second Db feels a bit funny at
first because you don't switch left to right on the f-e transition, but
once practiced it is easy, has no bumps, and doesn't require trick fingerings.

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 07:46 PM 11/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I can only guess how fast this passage goes by but I suspect that it's fast
>enough that somewhat less than perfect intonation and tone quality (clarity)
>will not be noticed on an interior note. If my slow fingers could get around
>it in time, I would probably slide the F-E like most everyone else. (Though
>my first thought since I suspect Abe is looking for something "outside the
>box," as Kevin Bowman put it, was to see if it would be possible to get to A
>clarinet to play this -- Dan forgive me for I have sinned, it has been five
>hours since my last lesson.) However, if it goes by too fast for the
slide or
>the A clarinet, how about:
>
>Db - normal fingering
>F - right pinky key
>E - add left pinky key
>Db - lift the LEFT ring finger while keedping down the right hand
> fingers for low E
>C - normal but keep the left hand E pinky key down
>E - left pinky key
>Ab - normal fingering
>
>
> T T T T T T T
>
> x x x x x x x
> x x x x x x x
> x x x o x x x
> C#/G# E/B E/B E/B E/B
>
> o x x x o x x
> o x x x o x x
> o x x x o x x
> F/C F/C F/C G#/Eb
>
>
>Takes a little getting used to because of the unorthodox Db and the second Db
>is a bit muted on my clarinet (but fairly well in tune -- ok, a little
sharp).
>
>Best regards,
>Jack Kissinger
>St. Louis
>
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