Klarinet Archive - Posting 000827.txt from 1998/12

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Bb sounds different
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:01:42 -0500

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From: Donna Corbitt <dcorbitt@-----.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] The Bb sounds different

>I'm new here.... but old in age.... what is a speaker key.... and which b
>flat are you talking about the one with the A & reg. key or the A and the
>2nd side key...... or the higher b flat that you use the left hand
>alone.... or is it the b flat that uses the thumb, 2fingers, and the side
>key on the same barrel??
>
>I have never heard any one call the keys by a name.....
>I would like to know how to identify the different keys.
>Thank you for a course in clarinet 101...
>
>A new student.
>Donna Corbitt

The Bb that is notoriously poor is the A plus register key.

Most of the keys go by the name of the note(s) they play, for example the
A key just mentioned.

I have seen the register key also called speaker key and also called octave
key. This last term is technically incorrect since the clarinet jumps by
more than an octave but the term is still used.

The side keys on the upper joint are often referred to as a group as trill
keys.

The small keys between the second and third finger of each hand are often
referred to as "sliver keys" or "banana keys" due to their size or shape.
Nothing official about these names as the keys can also be referred to by
their note names.

Have fun,

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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