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Re: Enhanced Key Systems

Author: 42cheese
Date: 2013-11-07 14:46

Ken: Are there any other drawbacks? Personally I don't mind the extra adjusting, but it does concern me that I've lost that altissimo fingering. I vaguely recall reading somewhere that the third LH ring "makes some trills impossible" or something like that, but I haven't encountered this.

I guess my main reason for choosing the enhancements over standard is that I rarely play Mozart concertos--I play jazz, and having the "extra" fluency available in the midst of improvisation is a lot more helpful than it would be if I only played set melodies that my fingers have perfectly memorized. That's not to say that I don't have to practice as much. It's the opposite: I now have many more fingering patterns that need practicing. As for weight, I can't detect any difference between my standard BT and the enhanced CT, and it will soon be a moot point because I'm going to have my local tech put rings on the thumbrests of all my clarinets so I can carry the weight with a good sturdy sax neckstrap. I don't see any point in destroying my thumb any further, no matter what the instrument's weight is.

Chris: As a fellow CT player, perhaps your judgment as to altos and basses may help me find a suitable horn. Which Yamaha(s) are you referring to? And am I to take it that altos don't have enhanced systems at all, or do they often have the LH Ab/Eb as you say that basses often do?

Thanks,
Sean

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