Author: Klose ★2017
Date: 2019-02-04 01:55
As a player who switched from French system to German system several years ago, I was initially not willing to use those "historical" fingerings on Oehler system clarinets, such as fork F5, fork B flat 5, and middle finger C6, as using these fingerings often make some transition not smooth: for example, one phrase at the beginning of Mozart concerto, the quick repeated B5-C6 change. Please see this performance by Jörg Widmann:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUX7FLbey3s
Of course, on German system clarinets, we can use side key or a small key to play C6 in this phrase.
However, due to the recent fed of using historical instruments, I began to use them more. One argument is that these fingers can make the music sound as close to the original as possible. Yet, they are not necessarily better.
On French system clarinets, to do this is certainly more difficult, but I also notice some players actually are emulating: for example, the same concerto played by Annelien Van Wauwe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6vjn8dOAzo
It is quite obvious that she ended many phrases with a much separated C6, which sounds like the C6 played on a German system clarinet (and this is because the middle finger C6 does not speak very easily on a German instrument).
What are your opinions here? Do you think it is worthwhile keeping these minor details as traditional as possible?
Post Edited (2019-02-04 08:49)
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