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Author: wjk
Date: 2003-08-10 01:03
When playing altissimo F# (F#3)---do others use the lower joint sliver key as advocated in the Ridenour book? What alternate fingerings have others had success with?
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Author: pzaur
Date: 2003-08-10 02:15
Not being a college trained clarinetist (I started playing clarinet as my main instrument after I burned out playing sax...personality and ideology conflicts with a professor), what is meant by the "silver key?"
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-08-10 03:12
First, to clear up any notational confusion, altissimo F# (3 leger lines above the staff) is usually referred to as F#6. I am aware that Ridenour calls it F#3, but for clarity sake and consistancy let's use F#6. (Please, let's not start a debate on the different notational systems)
Without going through the pros and cons of the more than twenty F#6 fingerings, the tuning, response, and ease of fingering should dictate when to use a certain choice.
The "textbook" F#6 (TR oxo / ooo Ab/Eb) is terribly flat on most clarinets and its tuning is greatly helped by adding the RH sliver key. In rapid passages this is often not possible (but thankfully, not as noticeable). Another tuning help is to use either the right pinky F#/C# or right pinky E/B instead of the Ab/Eb. Try both to see which plays better in pitch on your set up.
Using a tuner, pick two or three F#6 fingerings to keep in your arsenal, and experiment with their usefulness in different settings ...GBK
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2003-08-10 05:24
I use it on my A clarinet but not my B flat for intonational purposes....or is it the other way around? This is the real problem of having two clarinets- I always get confused about which notes are out of tune on which clarinet.
pzaur- the sliver key in this case is the B natural/F# alternate key in between the 2nd and 3rd right hand holes. The E flat/B flat alternate key in between the 2nd and 3rd left hand holes is also called a sliver key. Or sometimes the "banana key."
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Author: pzaur
Date: 2003-08-10 16:26
Thanks!
Reading back on my previous post, I remember reading that and thinking that wjk wrote "silver key" and not "sliver key." Apparently the "L" placement makes a big difference in what is meant Thanks for the clarification.
Post Edited (2003-08-10 16:29)
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Author: William
Date: 2003-08-11 01:53
Not to confuse the issue, but I call them "banana" keys, because of how the look. And I do use my RH banana on all F# 6's for tuning. Play it with the third finger, not the second.
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