Klarinet Archive - Posting 000738.txt from 2000/01

From: "redcedar" <redcedar@-----.au>
Subj: RE: [kl] High D
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 21:16:35 -0500

Tony Pay said, in part:
"a fingering for D" that some people don't know is:
LH: thumb, no speaker/register key but throat Ab key, first finger or not
(according to pitch requirements), second and third fingers;
RH: first and third fingers, Ab/Eb key.
(Yes, you can cover first finger hole LH and open the Ab key
simultaneously:-)
This is useful for drifting in, in 'Death and Transfiguration', say. It's
also good for the second phrase in the Baermann Adagio."

Tony,
I wonder if you could explain the notion of "drifting", and why the
fingering you suggest is advantageous over other fingerings with respect to
D" in Baermann's Adagio. I had assumed that by drifting you meant a
smooth, floating transition in bar 8 from the D" to the adjacent C".
Notwithstanding the issue of relative pitch, I found the effect somewhat
compromised by the D" fingering you indicated, although this may have been a
function of my inability to readily switch from the usual fingering. Would
welcome your comment.
Michael

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