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Re: alt fingering Eb4

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-11-27 01:39

Philip Caron wrote:

> Karl, if the LH Eb4 sliver key is blocked closed or otherwise
> avoided, how would one play a repeated sequence at quick tempo
> of, for example, Eb-F#-F-F#4? Side key Eb I suppose, plus
> flipping F#-F-F# with index and thumb (or hey, can you slide
> off/on just the second side key?? I must try that.) Or maybe
> 1+1 to the side key F# and back. Either way it sounds like
> more work to make smooth than using the sliver key for Eb.
>

Well, if something came up that really was significantly easier with the sliver key, the cork isn't glued in place, only force-fit, so I can take it out if I really want to use the fingering. And I don't cork the sliver keys shut on my soprano clarinets, where there's a little more room. Mine are filed thinner, though, and positioned a little closer to my LH 2nd finger so I don't accidentally open them with my 3rd finger, which tends to angle upward a little.

Karl

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