Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2017-06-05 20:18
One more thing:
low F#/C# are hard notes to play because with the need for full finger coverage, all fingers must cover, completely, only those places they are suppose to.
Contrast this with a just below staff "C," that involves only the left hand's coverage, 3 fingers down, and suffice it to say, there's more to go wrong with the full finger coverage note you seek.
You would be amazed how the left hand's ring finger can move ever so slightly off its tone hole, particularly when the note you describe is played with the left, rather than right pinky, and also incorrectly press the just below staff C#/ just above staff G# lever, and open this hole ever so slightly, causing the note desired to be compromised.
Be cognizant that fingers are exactly where they are suppose to be. Slow down play, perfect, and slowly upgrade speed, all while TIMMing.
Keep that left pinky rounded. Conceptualize pressing that lever more in a up and down fashion (sometimes that keeping fingers rounded helps do) than one that attacks the key at a -45 degree angle (that runs risk of angling the clarinet as described above).
That's a conceptual model at least as much, if not more, than what happens in practice (pun intended).
Post Edited (2017-06-05 20:21)
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