 The Clarinet BBoard
|
Author: Pet
Date: 2000-12-20 07:43
Or more precisely (for Boehm system):
Can one leave the left little B finger on the key, while playing the right hand little finger C#. Books say yes. But on my clarinet the note sounds different and not so good, as when the B key is released. There seems to be some high frequency disturbing the sound.
If this is a repair problem, maybe someone can tell me, what the problem is.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2000-12-20 09:51
Theoretically it will affect the note slightly, possibly more on some instruments than others, depending on tone hole size, venting, etc. You would normally take it off, but leave it down for a trill where clean, speedy articulation is more important than tone.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2000-12-20 16:55
Pet -
The only time I would hold the E/B lever down while playing F#/C# is for the trill, and even that sounds awful.
As a matter of finger technique, you should learn to get off the E/B key when you go to F#/C# to be ready to play G#/D# in keys with 4 sharps or more.
On the full Mazzeo model, there was a mechanism that closed the F#/C# hole when the E/B lever was held down, so that you had a perfect trill or scale passage simply by holding down both and lifting off of the E/B lever. It never caught on, though, and relied on opposing springs of different strengths, so there were reliability problems.
It's just one of the things you have to learn to do. Practice, practice, practice.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
The Clarinet Pages
|
 |
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
