Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 2007/09

From: Don Turoso <dturoso@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] trill fingering
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:25:30 -0400

Curtis Bennett wrote:

>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.
>
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I forgot to add that another option is to raise your 3rd finger on the
left had, keeping the C# key down while fingering the side Bb.
This helps the pitch of the alternate Eb/D#.
Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Donald Turoso

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