Klarinet Archive - Posting 000112.txt from 2008/03

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key Signatures for Clarinets
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:08:37 -0400

Hi Wayne.
I sometimes play my 18th cent clarinet (by Parker of London) and find
that G major is slightly easier than F major but Bflat (written key
signatures) is definitely easier than D major. Past 2 sharps or 2
flats things get equally nasty.
Martin
On 13 Mar 2008, at 21:27, Wayne Thompson wrote:

> I'm curious to hear from 5 key clarinet players. Is it more
> difficult to play in D than in Bb? I know that I consider flat
> keys easier on my modern clarinet, and I remember flat keys easier
> on the recorder, which is very similar to the 5 key, I think? But
> maybe that is custom and simply the order I learned my scales on
> both instruments.
> Here's a fingering chart for 5 key clarinets, thanks to Anne Bell.
> http://www.anne-bell.woodwind.org/ABCtutor.htm
>
> Wayne
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