 The Fingering Forum
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Author: Sarah
Date: 2000-06-27 04:40
if u know these fingerings I would appreciate if u could explain them S-L-O-W-L-Y, like tell the exact fingers to use! I need to know!
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Author: Eoin McAuley
Date: 2000-06-27 07:15
Which high C# do you mean?
If you mean the one that is two leger lines above the top of the stave, then the fingering is:
Register Key
Thumb
Left hand middle finger
Left hand ring finger
Right hand index finger
Right hand middle finger
This should look like this oxxxxo
E# is just another name for F. The standard fingering is:
Register Key
Thumb
Left middle finger
Left index finger
Left little finger on C# key
Right little finger on G# key
If you have never played up to these notes before, you are in for a shock, as they don't come easily. It will takes many months of practise before you can play with a good tone in this register, which is known as the altissimo register.
If you mean the C# and E# an octave higher than this, I can't help you, but the fingering is given in the charts here are the Woodwind Fingering Guide.
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Author: Sarah
Date: 2000-06-27 19:13
thankyou but that was not what i was looking for this is what I was looking for ________ and ________
___o#___ ________
________ ____o#__
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they don't look like notes but they are
(they are not on the lines, they are in between..... i couldn't put it exactly in between)
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Author: Eoin McAuley
Date: 2000-06-28 07:33
C# is played with the same fingering as low F# except with the addition of the register key:
Thumb hole covered
Register key pressed
All finger holes covered
Right little finger key pressing one of the four keys at bottom of clarinet. It's one of the two that are tucked in underneath the other two. Of these, it's the closest one to the mouthpiece.
E# is another name for F. It is played with the same fingering as low B flat but with the register key added.
Thumb hole covered.
Register Key pressed.
Left hand finger holes covered.
Right hand index finger hole covered.
Hope that helps.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-06-29 00:07
I strongly suggest you go down to your local band instrument store and buy one of the advanced instruction books available that comes with a fingering chart. Even if you are not yet ready to work on the material in these books, you will be someday and the charts are invaluable. Online charts are nice, but its a good idea to have one that you can keep with your music in case you get stuck.
Two particularly good books are:
The Complete Klose Method
Rubank Advanced Method Book (two volumes)
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-06-29 00:12
Also a fingering chart will show you alternate fingerings in case you get into a situation where the standard won't work. Eoin has only given you one fingering for each of these notes. In both cases, there are actually two fingerings that are used regularly depending on what notes precede and follow it in the passage.
If you only learn one fingering for each note, some not very difficult music becomes next to impossible to play.
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Author: Eoin McAuley
Date: 2000-06-29 07:31
OK, Dee, I give up! What's the second regularly used fingering for clarino E# ?
For Sarah, the other note, C# does have two fingerings and you should learn to use each of them. Instead of using your right little finger as I described, you can use your left little finger. Try each of the keys beside your left little finger until you find the one that gives the same note.
I agree with Dee that at this stage you need to start doing some reading, instead of learning single notes in isolation.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-07-01 21:57
Had a momentary lapse there. I was thinking of F# rather than F.
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Author: Sarah
Date: 2000-07-12 18:07
I know about the books w/ fingering charts- I have one and I use it. The reason I asked this question was because one of my friends had my book because she never had proper instructions.
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