Klarinet Archive - Posting 000400.txt from 1998/12

From: "MARY A. VINQUIST" <kenshaw@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] High Bb Fingering
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 08:14:33 -0500

Soo Khoon Goh asks:

>I was wondering if anyone could suggest to me some efficient
>fingering for high Bb, 5 lines above the staff. I have a passage, that i=
s
>basically a Bb major arppeggio going from low Bb to that high Bb.

You're working on Weber # 2, right?

Tommy Thompson showed me the following years ago, =

and I've used it ever since:

Use the "long" F (6 fingers + the C#/G# key);
for the Bb, add the throat Ab and the right hand F/C key.
The note pops right out and is very stable. =

Also, it minimizes finger movement, so your embouchure isn't disturbed.

IMHO, the best recording is still the old one by De Peyer, paired =

with the Spohr # 1. I'm pretty sure it's been reissued on CD.
He gets real notes, not just controlled squeaks, on the F, A and Bb,
and also in the top C in the Spohr.

Regards.

Ken Shaw

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