Klarinet Archive - Posting 000076.txt from 2007/09

From: Glenn Kantor <klarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] trill fingering
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:34:00 -0400

There are a few choices, but all of them have their drawbacks.

The most common way, if you clarinet permits it, is to finger the C# and
just use the bottom right side key. However, the resulting D# is flat.

The second most common way, is to play the C#, and trill to the D# using
the standard fingering. Coordination between lifting 2 fingers and adding
the side key (for the D#) will take practice to make it smooth.

A third, more interesting way to play the trill, which will only work if you
have adequate time, and the trill is isolated, is to play the C#, and WITH
THE FIRST FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND hold down the small pad between the E and
D. Then you can trill to D# but lifting the middle finger of the left hand.

Be careful not to drop the clarinet :-)

Glenn B Kantor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Bennett" <curtis.bennett@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:01 PM
Subject: [kl] trill fingering

> In community band, we came across a trill that neither myself, nor my
> fellow 1st chair clarinetist could figure out how to play elegantly.
>
> C# to D#. - this is 1 line below the staff C# (left hand). Any ideas?
> The C# key overrides the Eb/D# key, so that to trill it seems I have
> to alternate the two.
>
>
> --
> Curtis Bennett
>
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