Klarinet Archive - Posting 000515.txt from 1999/10

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Altissimo
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 23:47:02 -0400

on 10/17/99 1:32 PM, Daniel A. Paprocki wrote:

>I feel that if a passage is slow and the the half hole technique will
>not affect the tuning AND you can't play the passage smoothly with the
>normal fingerings, then try half hole.

Well, yes, and you might add "AND if the moon is full, AND if you had
grapefruit for breakfast..."

I do use half hole for some instances - I don't think it's ever wise to
throw away a useful tool for pedagogical consistency. But most students
love the "trick" and over-use it, even where it's not appropriate.

I like your "voicing" exercise. Joe Allard had us do it in reverse -
start on the upper partial and slur down to the fundamental. We started
by overblowing open G and (tried) to continue all the way to E-B. Then we
went up to the next partial and did three notes.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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