Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 2003/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Sliver keys (was Tongue movements)
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 06:11:26 -0400

At 11:40 PM 10/5/2003 -0400, Gene Nibbelin wrote:
>I, too, use the trill Eb-Bb key in chromatic passages because this is what I
>learned 65 years ago. In thinking about the usage of the sliver key, I
>imagine that my teacher did not teach its usage because he had large hands,
>and thus found its usage to be clumsy, so he didn't teach it for chromatic
>usage.
>
>If my memory serves me correctly, I believe that several ladies on the list
>have mentioned using the sliver key. Could it be that this is a "ladies'
>key" because of their smaller hands. Men with large hands might find the
>key difficult to use. Fortunately, my hands are not large enough to cause a
>problem.

For my first two years I was essentially self-taught on clarinet. The
left-hand sliver key was the ONLY one I knew for the Eb/Bb! I only found
out about the right-hand trill key later. I am still quite comfortable
using the sliver key in ascending chromatic passages, although the
right-hand key gets the lion's share of the work, along with the 1-and-1
fork fingering. My fingers are long, but not especially thick.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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