Klarinet Archive - Posting 000520.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: A# to C# help
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:23:41 -0500

Dave,
We are playing this one in our City band.....I am looking at the
2nd clarinet part right now, and I see the spot you are talking
about...I think all three clarinet parts are pretty much the same
there (this would be starting a measure #63, right?) Not to say
that we REALLY play this "as fast as possible", some of the
people in our group just can't do it, and it sounds real
SLOPPY if we try to go too fast. But I love this piece, and our
band director got it out at my request.
I just keep my right hand down, like you said. If anyone knows
a better way, I would like to know about it, too!!!!
Sue

> I am seeking help on behalf of a student who is playing the 3rd. clarinet
part of Jacques Press WEDDING DANCE . A klezmer like piece that requires a
series of slurred 1/16 note triplets--from second space A# up to 3rd space
C# and back to
> A#. The tempo is marked "as fast as possible"!!!
> To the best of my limited knowledge the side trill keys only allow up to C
natural. Is there a work around for these fast triplets? Or is it just a
matter of keeping the right hand down and gradually working up the speed?
>
> Thanks for your collective wisdom.
>
> Dave G
> Ann Arbor, MI