Klarinet Archive - Posting 000201.txt from 2000/08

From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key Height
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:11:53 -0400

I'm interpreting this in just the opposite manner. Keys don't have to end
up a certain distance from the body- they just have to let the _pad_ end up
a certain distance from the body. (I'm not talking about rings right now)
Where the touch piece is doesn't make the key have to travel further
(unless other things are going on as well). It seems to me that if the key
is in a comfortable place for your finger to operate it then that is best
and fastest regardless of where in space it is.... For rings I'd tend to
agree with Neil.
Best Wishes,
Anne

At 07:03 AM 8/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
>--- OrionDJ12@-----.com wrote:
>
>> I noticed that on the Buffet clarinets (and some others) the keys are
rasied
>> very high off the clarinet. Will make it harder to play fast notes or
trill?
>
>If slower equals harder, then yes. The further the fingers have to travel,
>the more work must occur (not that the fingers necessarily get tired). Al-
>though some would argue that the difference is negligible, those who are con-
>cerned with attaining the most fluid and efficient technique concern
themselves
>with this issue. I've had the rings on all of my instruments lowered by a
com-
>petent tech. After making that modification, it becomes a matter of refining
>one's techniqe to exploit the change -- by building muscle memory into the
>fingers, such that they maintain a minimum height from the body of the
instru-
>ment while playing, without muffling the sound or intonation by hovering too
>closely to the toneholes.
>
>Neil
>

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