The Clarinet BBoard
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2014-09-24 00:13
You don't mention exactly which "open" D you've tried or why it doesn't work for you but, if Glenn's fingering doesn't work well, and you are truly playing D open, try improving the D by leaving the Bb side key down and adding additional right hand fingers that have negligible effect on the Bb but which tend to raise the pitch of the D and make it a little easier to play softly. The best combination I found was fingering Bb as:
RT xxo (right side Bb) oo,o (G#/Eb)
and the D as:
ooo (right side Bb) oo,o (G#/Eb)
(in other words, open D with the addition of the right-hand Bb trill key, the lower joint sliver key and right-hand G#/Eb.)
You can also try this without the right side sliver key and experiment substituting different spatula keys for (G#/Eb). That tended to lower the pitch for me, though.
Best regards,
jnk
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charlesgordon |
2014-09-23 23:09 |
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GBK |
2014-09-23 23:18 |
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charlesgordon |
2014-09-23 23:29 |
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Jack Kissinger |
2014-09-24 00:13 |
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John Peacock |
2014-09-24 09:43 |
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Ed Palanker |
2014-09-24 17:10 |
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GBK |
2014-09-25 06:58 |
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Barry Vincent |
2014-09-25 10:38 |
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