Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 2011/03

From: K S <krsmav@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Trills
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:08:35 -0500

Just to put Keith Bowen's comments in context, I sent him an email
(which I'm perfectly happy to have on the board) referring to a post I
had put on the Clarinet board that said:

>From a master class many years ago, I can't remember with whom. [It
may have been Gino Cioffi.]

The important note in a trill is the note you're trilling from -- the lower one.

On a string instrument, the lower note sounds whenever the trilling
finger is not on the string. The upper note sounds only when the
finger is down, and immediately goes back to the lower note while the
finger is making the rest of its motion.

On a wind instrument, it's the opposite. The lower note plays, then
the finger rises, and all the time the finger is moving up and back
down, the upper note is sounding. This unbalances the trill, giving
too much of the upper note. Wind players must learn to keep the finger
down most of the time during a trill.

This is something you hear all the time once it's called to your
attention. I heard it from every student [at as clarinet workshop].
Although none of the coaches mentioned it, their trills were perfectly
balanced.

Ken Shaw
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