Author: David Peacham
Date: 2006-08-26 16:04
I knew about the finger-switching idea; I use it for example in the Finzi Forlana just before figure 2, where I switch on C5. But the C5 is a long note, there is plenty of time.
Usually I prefer to slide, for example in the Saint-Saens sonata, second movement bar 57, when I slide the right little-finger from D#5 to C#5. Or, an easier slide, in the second movement of the Brahms Eb sonata, from Ab3 to F3.
Perhaps I should retitle this thread "Switching or Sliding?"
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Tony Pay wrote: "All that having been said, if you want to play these pieces, buy an A clarinet!-)"
But has been discussed on this board in the past, some performers actually prefer to play them on the Bb. Or to play the first on the Bb and the other two on the A, which seems to me almost the worst of all possible worlds in live performance, given the attacca markings.
Also, playing them on the Bb is good practice. Seems to me a little perverse to play them on the A to make them easier, then go hunting out studies in obscure keys in order to improve technical fluency. I'll probably learn the A-clarinet part as well, albeit still using my Bb.
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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.
To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
Post Edited (2006-08-26 16:06)
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