Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2008/04

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Altissimo
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:52:47 -0400

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:29:56 +0200, Joseph Wakeling
<joseph.wakeling@-----.net> wrote:
> Since Glenn has already given you an online resource, I'll suggest a
> non-online one, Alan Sim's "303 clarinet fingerings & 276 trills". It's
> a little pocket-size booklet and covers the whole range of the clarinet
> up to altissimo G (yes, 2 octaves above the G that lies on the top of
> the stave). It's particularly nice because it gives not just fingering
> charts but also frequent useful commentary on the preferable fingering
> for different situations.
>

I would like to add an additional endorsement for Sim's fingering
booklet. Beyond just the alternate fingerings and their justifications,
he also includes multiple suggestions for half-step and whole-step
trills from every note. My copy is well worn.

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Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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