Klarinet Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2000/07

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] clarinet shart fingers
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 20:53:31 -0400

From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
> Putting aside the language difficulty (Paulo evidently knows
> "obtaining leverage", but not "leg" or "foot") -- and putting aside our
> previous speculation about playing low B on Stadler's horn with knee or
> thigh -- it's really hard for me to imagine a sincere instructional
> video that recommends using the leg while fingering, even on a bass or
> other long clarinet.
> Is my lack of clarinet education showing again?

Rehfeldt's book is a book of _very_ specialized fingering (and leggings :^).
The legs, thighs, knees, etc. are used to cover holes or press keys that
cannot be pressed using the fingers since the fingers are already being used
in some other combination. These very specialized fingerings are for
microtonal adjustments and coloring, something that you may never have to
use - there are few pieces which require this kind of thing.

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