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RE: slurring up to high C/D

Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-09-29 15:35

Janlynn -

Play first-space F (thumb only) and gradually press the register key until you "pop up" to the C above. Do this so slowly that you don't know exactly when it will happen. Carry the warmth of the low register up to the high note.

Do this several times, to get comfortable on the high C. Then get the same feeling making the narrower slur between the two clarion Cs.

Also, here's another aid that Bernard Portnoy showed me many years ago. Hold the clarinet fairly vertical for the lower C and push your thumb out and up (not too much) as you make the slur.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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