Klarinet Archive - Posting 000499.txt from 2003/07

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rose Etude #8 (from 32) bar 10, last note: chromatic fingering or
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:57:14 -0400

Karl,

Marcellus had a huge aversion to using any "auxiliary" fingerings, unless
completely unplayable using standard fingerings.

His arguments were always:
1 better tone quality
2 better intonation

Not to say he was always correct....it's was just his way.

Forest Aten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] Rose Etude #8 (from 32) bar 10, last note: chromatic
fingering or

> Of course, Marcellus learned to play before the R13 or even Hans Moennig
> were available here. I have no idea what Bonade had available at the time
he
> taught at Curtis, either. Maybe it *was* inferior (stuffy? or badly out of
> tune?) on the Buffets (or whatever Bonade played) of the 1930's and
1940's.
> My Moenning-tuned pre-R13 Buffet sounds fine using the chromatic F#. The
> pitch is slightly lower than 1st finger, which sometimes is a help.
>
> Karl
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Wojtowicz [mailto:ewoj@-----.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:18 AM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: Re: [kl] Rose Etude #8 (from 32) bar 10, last note: chromatic
> > fingering or
> >
> >
> > He felt that the timbre was inferior when using this fingering.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > > From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
> > > Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> > > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:44:43 +0100
> > > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > > Subject: RE: [kl] Rose Etude #8 (from 32) bar 10, last note: chromatic
> > > fingering or
> > >
> > > I think this is the heart of it. The post that mentioned that
Marcellus
> > > 'could hear' when a student used the side fingering for F# only bites
if
> > > what he could hear was musically unsatisfactory in the context that it
> > > was being used.
> >
> >
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