Klarinet Archive - Posting 000120.txt from 2002/04

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Another slide
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 01:26:00 -0500

Mr. G:

Why slide at all?

I may be mistaken, correct me if I am wrong, but, in the note sequence
you cited, I have never had to slide between the Eb and the C in the
right hand because the intervening Db in the left gives the right hand
freedom to make the change. (Unless you are speaking of Albert System
of course)

GaryT

Avrahm Galper wrote:
>
> Since we are talking about sliding, there is another important slide to
> consider:
> In the scale of Ab, when one want to play the passage: Eb in the fourth
> space, down to Db and then to C, the best way to accomplish this is:
> when you press down on the Db (with the Left) , one should
> AT THE SAME TIME slide the Right hand little finger to the C.
> Then all you have to do is release the key of Db.
> Not a hard slide at all. It is useful all the time.
>
> Abe Galper
>
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