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Re: Orchestra studies for Eb cl.

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2015-01-24 22:15

I just pulled out my copy of the Hadcock excerpts for Eb clarinet. FWIW, the book does not contain an exhaustive collection of alternate fingerings for the Eb. Rather it is a collection of excerpts from important/difficult Eb parts in which Hadcock occasionally recommends specific fingerings for specific situations. Often the fingering is context-specific.

The book does include excerpts from Mahler's 3rd symphony for both Eb1 and Eb2. However, there are not a lot of fingering suggestions for this piece. For the first Eb part, Hadcock suggests a fingering for altissimo A and a fingering for a trill between altissimo F# and G# but that's it as far as fingering suggestions go. There are no fingering suggestions for the second Eb part.

Most of the fingerings Hadcock suggests throughout his Eb book are actually "standard" altissimo fingerings that can be found in Tom Ridenour's fingering chart. Hadcock simply identifies the specific choice that worked well for him in a particular context. As it turns out, though, neither of the two fingerings Hadcock suggests for Mahler 3 are in the Ridenour book.

Best regards,
jnk

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