Klarinet Archive - Posting 000778.txt from 2002/10

From: SDSCHWAEG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Half hole
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:15:34 -0500

In a message dated 10/29/2002 5:02:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, GrabnerWG writes:

> I was taught to do it with a rolling motion of the first finger, almost a reverse of what you do to go from F# to the A
> key.

I was taught to slide my finger entirely off the hole, and then circle it back over the hole, ready to come down again. Kind of hard to describe - imagine a quarter sitting on edge over the tone hole, so that you'd see its face if you looked down. Your finger follows that circular path. At the instant the note speaks, you're only covering half the hole, so there's no "bump". By removing the finger completely, you're ready to replace it in the regular way, rather than having to roll it back. But, in fact, sometimes I roll into the half hole anyway - depends on what's coming next.
Sue Schwaegler

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