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Author: Jamie Dunlop
Date: 2000-10-03 00:50
I am in a precarious predicament.
I'm playing the E-flat Clarinet part of Mahler's 1st symphony, and it frequently calls for a high G-sharp, four ledger lines above the staff. I cannot for the life of me figure out what the fingering for this note is...
I'm playing the piece in November! Help, please!
Thank you.
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Author: Jim
Date: 2000-10-03 01:06
Try Left hand thumb on back hole and register key...all left hand fingers off.
Right hand ..all fingers down this works fine on my tuning meter.
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Author: Alisha
Date: 2000-10-03 04:02
I have a few,
1. LH thumb on back hole & register key, and 2nd & 3rd fingers down +
RH 1st & 3rd down + pinky on C# key.
2. LH thumb on back hole & register key, pinky on c# /g# key +
RH index finger on Bb /Eb side trill key, & pinky on Eb / G# key.
3. LH thumb on back hole & register key, no other fingers down except RH index finger on either one or two of the side trill keys (eg Bb /Eb tr key or add the next one up if this doesn't speak too well).
4. LH thumb on back hole & register key, add middle finger +
RH middle finger and pinky on Eb /G# key. If this isn't up to pitch you can experiment by adding a side trill key or LH side Ab (throat note Ab).
I hope these will help you.
Good luck, Alisha! :-)
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2000-10-03 20:29
Unfortunately none of the fingerings mentioned above work very well in context.The figure is written 16th-notes in t:o 104-112: f#-g#-d#-g#, f#, f#-g#-d#-g#,f#, ---------I usually play this like:
f#; LH. reg+hole, middle. RH. middle and ring. No Ab/Eb-key.
g#;LH. reg+hole, middle and ring, long f#/c#. RH. index. No Ab/Eb-key.
d#; regular fingering.
This works very well if the mouthpiece/reed setup is heavy enough to play this high. This is a famous spot and I have given it a few hours over the years. I have colleagues who swich to D-clarinet shortly before this spot.
Good luck,
Alphie
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Author: Andy J.
Date: 2000-10-04 02:50
D-Clarinet? arn't those.. extinct or something?
anyhow, there's about 11 fingerings for G#.. i'll try and give you the easiest ones..
from fingering the F#, you should be able to just push the 2nd (F# semi-lower octive) key and it should jump up to G#, you could also goto the fork fingering which would be kinda' a pain to do in 16th notes.. bah! i haven't played Eb in a loooonngg... time.. i hope this helps..
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Author: Kathy Wiliams
Date: 2000-10-04 10:42
Get yourself the Peter Hadcock book on E flat playing, the guy is a genius, there are a million fingerings, and excerpts. That book is my bible!
Kathy
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Author: June
Date: 2000-10-06 10:26
What is the name of that book by Peter Hadcock?
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Author: Daniel
Date: 2000-10-09 06:09
It's called "Orchestral Studies for the Eb Clarinet" by Peter Hadcock. Published by Roncorp, $18.00
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