Klarinet Archive - Posting 000467.txt from 2003/07

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rose Etude #8 (from 32) bar 10, last note: chromatic fingering or1st
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:10:30 -0400

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From: "Anne Lenoir" <AnneLenoir@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Rose Etude #8 (from 32) bar 10, last note: chromatic fingering
or1st

> I have several students who are preparing a large portion of this etude
> for their chair placement in Symphonic Band as well as for All State
> Band tryouts.
> I would never consider using the chromatic fingering. It seems
> stupid to have your 2 fingers on the side and then have to go slam down
> your fingers to reach the Clarion E at the beginning of bar 11. That's
> why it is called an "alternative" fingering. The regular F# is your
> first finger. I am starting to get very annoyed at my students. They
> have no respect for me at all when it comes to learning a passage with
> correct fingerings. Does anybody out there go from throat F# to Clarion
> E with the chromatic F# fingering? If so, maybe I can learn something
> new from you.
> My students are all telling me that the band director said they had
> to use the chromatic fingering or else he would take points off their
> final score. ANNIE

I doubt if the band director is a clarinet player. Perhaps it might work if
you made an appointment with him and very tactfully showed him the passage
and illustrated the problem. He is perhaps unaware of when and how each
fingering should be used and is simply trying to keep students from
"flipping" fingers going from an F to F#. It's also quite possible that the
students have misunderstood what he said and don't realize he is talking
about a specific situation.

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