Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 2002/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] FW: [kl] switching between fingering systems
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:05:28 -0400

At 08:00 AM 7/12/2002 -0500, Daniluk, Bill wrote:
>I would also be interested in the mental mechanism at work here. I recently
>had a Bass Clarinet overhauled and was upset that the first space f did not
>speak properly - until I realized that I was fingering it with open thumb
>and second finger lh, as if it were third space c on a tenor sax. I have a
>lot of Albert system clarinets and have trouble keeping track of the rh b/f#
>and the lh f/c when I play them. I would like to know how the klezmer and
>dixieland players who use these instruments regularly hit these fingerings.
>Perhaps if you played nothing but Albert systems....

I find I have the same problem with bass clarinet, perhaps because of the
neck strap and the neck in my field of view like a tenor. Conversely, I
seldom mess up by using clarinet fingerings on sax UNLESS I am playing
soprano. I think it is because I hold it in front like a clarinet, rather
than to the side as I hold other sizes of sax. I would like to get an
Albert system clarinet sometime, but I would anticipate many fingering
problems!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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