Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 2008/03

From: "Tony Pay" <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key Signatures for Clarinets
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:37:09 -0400

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Thomas Carroll
<Thomas.Carroll@-----.edu> wrote:

....a good example of the need for sliding is the first clarinet solo
in the second movement of the Beethoven Violin Concerto.

Another common technique for going from 'long' B to 'long' C sharp is
to play the C sharp 'round the back' with the RH thumb. (This idea
was developed by some later makers in the form of a dedicated F sharp
/ C sharp key operated by the RH thumb.)

Tony

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