Klarinet Archive - Posting 000773.txt from 2002/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Half hole
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:58:55 -0500

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:19:51 -0700, jhf@-----.gov said:

> Pardon my ignorance. As a recorder player, I know about half-holing,
> but not as a clarinetist. What tone hole or holes does one half-hole?

In crossing the top break -- for example, going from B to D -- the
technique is to slide the LH first finger progressively downwards over
the hole, uncovering it gradually during the transition, so that the
hole isn't necessarily completely uncovered when the other LH and RH
fingers arrive at their positions for the D.

Tony
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