Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2003/10

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] sliver key for Eb/Bb
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 22:43:02 -0400

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From: "Anna Benassi" <acb@-----.is>
Subject: [kl] sliver key for Eb/Bb

> It seems to me that this key is less attractive to right-handed
> players. Comments from other lefties?
>
> The player's age at first exposure to it probably makes a difference,
> though. I'm a lefty and use it quite frequently, but I have trouble
> selling the idea to my students, interestingly enough. Perhaps I'm not
> selling aggressively enough? I seem to remember that the Rubank
> Intermediate method has a bunch of exercises that make intelligent use
> of this key.
>
> FWIW,
>
> Anna

I'm right handed but have always used the sliver key quite a bit and very
comfortably as well as the other fingerings. Perhaps that is because I
learned a fast, chromatic scale early on.

There are some excellent "finger twister" exercises in the Rubank Advanced
books that drill this and alternate fingerings in general along with slides.

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