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Re: Aftermarket Bell

Author: Brad Behn
Date: 2018-03-04 17:36

I forgot to mention a great trick to add resonance on your long B is to add the A-key.

I use it as often as possible.

There is one drawback to the tonal improvement however. It does raise the pitch a touch. So it should be properly voiced to not be sharp.

The Brahms solo I mentioned in my above comments is a great place to use this technique. It matches resonances in the scale from G, A, to B and on, making the timbre more consistent and evenly matched.

This fingering for B (adding the A-key) wasn't introduced to me in my studies. Marcellus never mentioned it, however I owe Steve Barta, another Marcellus student thanks for showing it to me years ago. He learned it from Harold Wright.

Brad Behn
http://www.clarinetmouthpiece.com

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