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Re: Fingering for whole-tone scale

Author: ghoulcaster
Date: 2023-08-15 22:17

I don't have a clarinet on me, but something fun to try might be
from the A# as: TR XXO A# side key OOO
to a C fingered as TR XXX A# side key XXX Eb

So just putting down LH 3 and all 4 RH fingers down from the A# fingering, keeping the side key open. Gives an interesting, dark sounding C.

Sid played a plateau albert system, and would have fingered C as
TR OXO/OOO

The C fingered on German/Albert clarinets like that has a different sweeter sound than the thumb only version on Boehms which can be a little strident, and is tougher to play because of the need to balance the instrument without support from any of the fingers.

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