Klarinet Archive - Posting 000454.txt from 1999/10

From: "Dodgshun family" <dodgshun@-----.nz>
Subj: Re: [kl] Altissimo
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 22:56:25 -0400

> For the person who asked what is "half holing"
>
> This simply means covering half of the top left hand finger hole on those
> altissimo notes where the basic fingering shows the hole as being left
> completely open.

Is there any reason why this is so much more necessary on bass clarinet than
on Bb? I can't get a single altissimo note on bass without having that
little side piece to the first finger key closed so that the hole is
half-closed, but I've never had to half-hole on Bb.

Slightly off topic, one of the guys in the orchestra I play in bought
himself a brand new Selmer Signature A clarinet about 6 months ago (it has
since cracked and been fixed). It's a gorgeous instrument, but his E (top
space on the stave) is horrendously flat - is it likely to be the
instrument? I'm just curious, because he doesn't seem to notice it (which
annoys me greatly, seeing as I have to sit next to him!), and I wonder if on
his Bb that note's sharp, and he's now used to unconsciously correcting, and
is unnecessarily doing this. Is this likely?

Anna

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