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Author: Emily
Date: 2001-01-04 23:08
Our music intstructor just gave us new sheets of music and on there are new notes to me, F# and high Gs .. and I don't know how to play them! I was wondering if anyone could tell or teach me how to play them? If you do, thanks!!
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Author: Amanda Rose
Date: 2001-01-04 23:40
I play high F# with my second finger on the top hand and (of course) the Eb key (right pinky).
High G, I play with the second finger on the top hand, and the first and second on the lower hand. Oh, yeah, and the Eb key.
Hope I helped!
Amanda Rose
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Author: Emily
Date: 2001-01-05 00:22
Thanks a bunch Amanda! I really appreciate it!
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Author: William
Date: 2001-01-05 01:38
F# TR, l-h 2nd finger, r-h cr F# (bannana key) + Eb ( or) TR, l-h 1&2, r-h 1,2&3 +Eb
G TR, l-h 1&3, r-h 1&2 + Eb (or) TR, l-h 1, r-h 1&2 + Eb (or) TR, l-h 1, r-h 0 + Eb
In each case, the first fingering given is the preferred one, the others are alternates.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-01-05 02:01
Both notes have a number of possible fingerings. You should get a good fingering chart such as comes with the complete Klose book or the Rubank Advanced books and see what works best in the particular passages and for your particular horn. There are over 10 possibilities for the G. I admit that I certainly don't know them all but it is still good to know some of the commonest options. If you really want to get into fingering options, there are a couple of books available through one of the sponsors of sneezy.
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Author: Sandy
Date: 2001-01-05 03:24
Amanda,
For a GM scale the easiest and best intonation for F# to G is thumb and octave, of course -- middle finger left hand, the forked key with right hand and pinky (Eb) then just switch the middle findger of the left hand to the first finger of the left hand for the G and back again on the way down.
The very best G I find is the last two fingers left hand, the first two right hand plus the pinky (overblown C# but with the pinky) and F# can be easily gotten to by just putting the last finger of the right hand down with what you already have for the G. It's an easy transition and good intonation as well. There are many more fingerings for these pitches also.
You would do well to get a good method book - the Twenty-First Century Clarinetist has great (and many) fingerings, plus fingers for many, many trills. It may be out of print, so you may have to search for it.
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Author: earl thomas
Date: 2001-01-06 14:48
There are many ways to play those notes, some even involve the trill keys! However, for two that I don't think have been mentioned, let me suggest:
High G = TR 1-3 / 1-3 plus the right-hand E-flat/A-flat little finger key ("Long G")
High F-sharp = TR 1 2 - / 1 2 3 plus the right hand E-flat/A-flat little finger key ("Long F#")
Those two are probably most accessible in arpeggio pattterns, and seem to be the most successful for intonation.
For chromatic F-sharp, the most "in tune" is: TR - 2 - G#/C# key / RH "pinky" followed
chromatically by high G as: TR - 2 - / 1 2 - RH "pinky".
While I feel quite comfortable with high F# as RH 1 2 - / 1 2 (no RH "pinky") followed by
high G as RH 1 - - / 1 - - (no RH "pinky") let me say that those two are inherently sharp, particularly if the player's embouchure habituates excessive biteing pressure. The high F# can easily become high B, especially with the addition of the RH little finger on the C/F key and perhaps some help from opening the throat G# key, which is somewhat our "ersatz" equivalent to the oboe's 2nd octave key.
In all cases, excessive biteing is counter-productive. A minimum of upper teeth atop the mouthpiece, a pointed-chin reaching down the underside of the mouthpiece, and a fairly steep angle can all but eliminate excessive biteing habits.
I hope these suggestions bring you long-range and lasting help. All the best, Sincerely, Earl Thomas
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Author: Paul
Date: 2001-01-08 00:04
( Pretend that the charts are fingering charts and that the Z's are covered and O's are open)
F#
Z O
Z Z
O
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O
O
O
O Z
O O
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G
Z O
Z Z
O
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Z
Z
O
O Z
O O
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Author: DLE
Date: 2001-01-08 11:23
I always thought the answer would depend on how the clarinet was tuned. Yes Dee, there may be around 10 fingerings for top G on the B-Flat Clari, but only 2 of them sound "In tune" on mine, 2 sound flat, and the others I didn't know of 'til this morning. Advice to the writer: Pick a fingering that works for you, and that sounds good. I would only ever use the others when presented with fingering dilemmas in a complex recital piece.
DLE.
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