Klarinet Archive - Posting 000051.txt from 2006/11

From: "Cheryl Cifelli" <cifelli-c@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] Introduction and Question
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:00:56 -0500

Hi there Angela,

I am saying this from the top of my head but your part should not have
transposed at all. It is the piano part that is transposed for this
piece just like in the Mozart Concerto. I fyou have time I would send
it back and get a different edition. There is a version in the Recital
Clarinetist edited by Ben Armato that comes with both piano parts as
well as several other works. Barring that you could try using T12 4and
the D# key. This is a great fingering for quick passages but still
sounds stuffy and may not be suitable for this context. I use this in
arpeggios but I have never actually used it in a work like this. Good
luck. By the way the Recital Clarinetist runs about 20.00 last I
heard.

>>> "Angelia Fagg" <arfagg@-----.com> 11/14/06 3:27 AM >>>
Hi everyone!!!
I am new to the list, so I thought I'd introduce myself. My name is
Angelia. I started playing clarinet in the fifth grade (more than 20
years
ago, but let's not dwell on that!); I originally planned to be an
orchestral
musician, but injured my arm practicing for spring juries my sophomore
year
of college. It took more than a year to get that straightened out, by
which
time I had run out of money to finish school. Now I consider myself to
be a
very serious amateur. Living in a *very* small town, I seldom get the

chance to play in public, except special music for church. (You should
see
what I've gotten myself into for Christmas!!) My grandmother, both my

parents, and my younger sister are all chronically ill, and I've spent
the
last five or six years in what felt like a constant state of crises.
Everyone seems to be more or less stabilized now, and I finally have
time to
actually PLAY the clarinet instead of just using it to blow off steam.

Which brings me to my question. I recently purchased a copy of Robert

Schumann's Fantasy Pieces, op. 73, transposed for Bb, because I don't
have
an A clarinet. This puts the third movement in B. In measure 16
(third and
fourth beats), I have g# (top of staff), c# (third space from the
bottom),
d#, e--all eighth notes, pretty fast tempo. Does anyone know of an
alternate fingering for the g#? The only one I've been able to find
(one
and two on both hands) does not work on my clarinet. It plays, but
sounds
like the thing is stuffed with cotton. Can't use the right hand c#,
because
of the d#, and I've never seen an alternate for the d#. Of course, the
best
solution would be to get an A and play a, d, e, f, but since it took me

three months to save enough pennies to get the music, that's not going
to
happen any time soon :-(. If anyone knows of any thing that would
help, I'd
really appreciate it!

Thanks,
Angelia

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