Klarinet Archive - Posting 000604.txt from 2001/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: "successful faking"
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:30:55 -0400

At 06:45 PM 10/18/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Why would you want to use alternate fingerings here? The real fingerings
>are simple and comfortable even at high speed.
>
>Fred
>
> >> A perfect example - the opening of the Poulenc Sonata.
> >> Overblown G for the
> >> high D in the second line........

At quarter = 144 or higher, the overblown G is not only better sounding, it
is much, much easier to play than the standard D fingering.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Illinois Wesleyan University
PO Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900

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