Klarinet Archive - Posting 000585.txt from 2001/10

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] "successful faking"
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:00:52 -0400

Re: B to C# trill

> 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

Kelly,
Thanks for your help, but I found this fingering to not be satisfactory.
Sorry. I think my original 'fake' is probably not a bad way, plus what
someone else mentioned,which is to increase the air pressure. Then, the C#
is almost good.

Re: Clarinet 4tets. I have another, which is not up on the web site. It`s a
jazzy thing which won the C.A.S.S. prize 5 years ago. It`s called Cassing
Around, runs for about 4 minutes, and is between U.K. grades 6 and 7 -
(there being 8 in all).

(My saxophone 4tet was also a winner, just in case there are saxophonists
who might be interested. This is a similar grading.)

Best Wishes,

Tony W.

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