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Am I innovative or just lazy?

Author: blazian
Date: 2014-09-20 09:30
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Playing Ab/G# to Bb/A# in the high register can be annoying and problematic to those who haven't mastered the back-and-forth of it. The transition pops up now and then in music from middle school and on. While it's obviously better to learn to synchronize the fingers to go between the notes smoothly, why not have a helper?

While I was noodling around (and supposed to be practicing), I thought of the idea of only being able to have one hole or the other open. My solution was easy and low-tech. I grabbed some key felts, put wood glue in between, and clamped them into a taco shape. When it dried, I stuck it on my G#/Ab key underneath the Eb trill so I had somewhat of a buffer/pivot thing going on.

Is there anything I'm missing out on by having that there? I can't think of any fingerings that require both holes at once. And it's not that I can't go between the notes smoothly. I just thought why not prevent the flubbing problem?

Comments?

- Martin

Post Edited (2014-09-20 09:43)

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