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Author: Dan Oberlin ★2017
Date: 2013-03-06 11:44
Do you know any good fingerings for a loud, fast, and exposed trill from top line F# to G#? The best I've found so far is to play the F# with the third finger of the right hand and to trill the side Eb/Bb key.
Thanks for any help,
D.O.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2013-03-06 12:53
Borrow a clarinet with an articulated G#.
Or transpose the trill and passage surrounding it to an A clarinet.
Karl
Post Edited (2013-03-06 12:54)
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-03-06 13:10
Try using the sliver key fingering for F# and trilling with the left little finger C#/G# key.
If you're playing little March from Carmen, I (and I think most players) transpose the whole thing on the A clarinet, exactly to avoid this trill and the G#-A trill at the end. And ditto for Funeral March of a Marionette.
Ken Shaw
Post Edited (2013-03-06 18:11)
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2013-03-06 13:23
You can use the standard 2nd finger RH F# and LH G#key. Start the trill with the standard fingering and then begin leaving the G# key down while trill with the RH 2nd finger. It is not in tune, but you are fooling the ear by playing the 1st few reps with the in tune standard fingering.
John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com
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Author: Bob Barnhart ★2017
Date: 2013-03-06 20:02
I use the overblown clarion Bb (using the side Bb trill key) for the F# and trill with the 1st/2nd fingers of the left-hand. Although slightly more difficult than a single-finger trill, on my CSG this is perfectly in tune.
Bob Barnhart
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Author: GBK
Date: 2013-03-06 20:24
Play the ![[F#5]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/gb5.gif) with the sliver key fingering and then trill to ![[G#5]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/ab5.gif) by using the first finger of the LH.
It's weak, but a viable alternative.
...GBK
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Author: Bob Barnhart ★2017
Date: 2013-03-06 21:09
Sorry...I misread the octave!
But if you have to take it up an octave,
You should be good to go!
Bob Barnhart
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-03-07 01:38
Another possibility is to slide your left index finger down to hold the pad below it closed and trill with the left middle finger. I have short index fingers and can do this easily.
Steve Fox makes two solutions: a tab on the C#/G# key that allows it to be opened with the right index finger or a tab that makes it easier for the left index finger to hold down the pad below. However, at least on his site the second solution requires relocation of the pad hole.
http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/Accessories.html
I've seen an alteration that simply adds the left index finger tab without hole relocation.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-03-07 12:56
Ken, the second one you mentioned is a Bb bis key as on saxes and fits to the LH2 ring key without any alteration - the photo is a closeup of the top joint ring keys. The clarinet in the photo has been altered (the E/B tonehole has been relocated), but is otherwise standard.
I've bought and fitted the C#/G# key from Stephen Fox and fitted it to a Vito plateau clarinet where the player (who has very bad arthritis in both hands) can't use the regular C#/G# key - she can now operate the C#/G# with RH finger 1 with no problem.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2013-03-07 13:56
Use the lower side key in the RH for the high F# and then raise all your figers except for the thumb and the side key too overblow a G#. On my clarinet the G# is pretty close to being in tune and that's a very good F#.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
Post Edited (2013-03-07 18:28)
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Author: Heather G
Date: 2013-03-20 03:21
Play F# with the first finger on your right and the sliver key. Trill with the third/ring finger of your left hand.
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Author: AAAClarinet
Date: 2013-03-20 04:54
the best i can come up with is play the F# with the ring finger of the right hand and the Eb key then trill with the normal G#. its flat but the closest i can get
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