Klarinet Archive - Posting 000556.txt from 2001/10

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] "successful faking"
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 13:54:21 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AlishaClarinet@-----.com]

> Has anyone performed D&S using the "coin trick" by putting a
> nickel under the B to hold down the C# key? Talk about faking!
> I learned this passage by woodshedding it as Tony describes, but
> I admit this trick keeps your left pinky from aching.
>
> Alisha

I'll one-up you there... :-) I have a special D&C reed that I use. I keep
it in my reed case with everything else. The top half has been cut off and
the back has been flattened. This is so I have a small reed that I can
stick in my key, BUT with the butt end flattened, I don't have to worry
about it falling out as I'm playing. If by chance it does fall out, it
won't make a lot of noise as it hits the ground.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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