Klarinet Archive - Posting 000578.txt from 2001/10

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] "successful faking"
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 04:12:14 -0400

--- Tony Wakefield <tony-wakefield@-----.net> wrote:
> Yes, I agree.
> In my original post, I was emphasising that for the
> plain Boehm system, we
> clarinettists have to cope,
> due to 'inadequate' (not bad) design with 'false',
> (not alternate)
> fingerings.
> The Gordon Jacob Sextet has 8 bars of B to C# trill.
> There just <isn`t> a
> fingering of any sort for this trill, outside of the
> full boehm, due to
> insufficient keywork (on the normal boehm) to make
> this trill work
> 'perfectly'. So we 'invent' one, one which works for
> our own clarinet and
> context. I left my right hand middle finger down for
> the whole trill, I
> didn`t utter a word, and no one noticed that in
> reality the C# was
> hopelessly flat. But it all worked fine. I.e. "the
> quickness of the trill
> deceived the ear".

On this trill fingering, if you hold down the middle
*and* ring finger on the right hand for the B natural
in the trill and trill to a D natural *with the middle
and ring finger still down,* you'll get a slightly
flat B natural with a quasi-c# trill that is pretty
good on a lot of clarinets. (i.e. just move the ring
finger on the left hand for the trill.)

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City

Do You Yahoo!?
Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals.
http://personals.yahoo.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------