Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 2006/06

From: Patton Hunnicutt <bass9396@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] F - D - F fingering
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:24:27 -0400

I'm not going to be rude. What you're suggesting is far more difficult. Period.

[timr@-----.com] wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:49:51 -0700 (PDT), Patton Hunnicutt
<bass9396@-----.com> wrote:

>Play the D open. No register key, no nothing. Fairly easy to slur. Have fun!
>
>

It's hard for me to see how that could be better. Making the transition
from that open D to the clarino F requires laying down all the fingers
on the left hand plus the thumb, AND the right index finger. If they
aren't down simultaneously, you'll get intermediate tones. Coordinating
multihand movements like that is tricky. We recently did a piece with a
tremolo between top-space E and first ledger A (excerpts from de Meij's
"Lord Of The Rings'). It took a fair amount of concentration to make
that work without getting a G or an Ab mixed in.

I'm a little confused as to why the stock standard fingerings for F and
D aren't the best choice. That requires moving exactly one finger
(L1). I suppose the root of the problem is that one has to change
registers between them.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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