Klarinet Archive - Posting 000566.txt from 2003/03

From: Deidre Calarco <dleigh@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Modifying the intonation of a clarinet
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:30:37 -0500

On 3/14/03 10:28 AM, "Wendy Bosma" <bosma@-----.net> wrote:

> Have you tried holding down fingers on the right hand to compensate for
> throat tones?
>
> Wendy

Yep. Those are the fingering modifications I was talking about. However,
the number of extra fingers I had to put down to keep them in tune was
different from what I'd been taught - it took pretty much the whole right
hand. It would work for longer notes, but I hate the idea that G-Bb are
always going to be extremely sharp when I'm playing faster and won't put the
extra fingers down. So, I was wondering if there was a way to modify the
instrument to improve it.

-Deidre

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