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Author: Kathy Beatty
Date: 2002-02-06 19:59
It must be trilling season, this is the third question about a trill today! Are there any good fingerings to allow one to trill from clarion A to altissimo C#? None of the trill charts I've seen address trills between notes more than 1 step apart. Does anyone know of a chart that does?
Kathy
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-02-06 20:16
Kathy -
A trill of more than a step is called a tremolo.
Have you tried lifting your middle finger and thumb, as you would going from low D to F#? It's not perfect, but may be the best possible. I don't have my instrument with me right now, but a combination of trill keys might work, too -- perhaps the bottom 3, which you can press with the side of your finger on the lower 2 and your knuckle on the third one.
Let us know what works.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Paul
Date: 2002-02-07 11:44
Could you please elaborate on how to move your fingers again? i don't quite get you
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-02-07 14:30
Paul -
It's a trill using two fingers instead of one. Play A, keep your left index finger down and raise and lower your middle finger and thumb simultaneously.
Ken Shaw
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Author: William
Date: 2002-02-07 15:19
Play the A the traditional way, play the D with just l-h first finger in place (overblowing the bottom line F#) Alternate (tremelo) between the two--try sixteenth note speed (four per beat) Ugly, but it works!!! (kind of like the clarinet as an instrument) Good Tremeloing (and Clarineting)
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Author: Kathy Beatty
Date: 2002-02-08 13:45
Well, last night the band director decided to drop the piece (a band arrangement of"Jupiter", from Holst's "The Planets"), due to lack of enough depth in the band. We are a small band with only about 20 members and just 3 clarinet players. If you're familiar with the arrangement, it really needs a large clarinet section to do it justice.
However, I tried Ken's fingering solution and while it was better than anything else I found, I was having a very hard time coordinating my fingers. I plan to continue to practice this tremolo, however, since it is very challenging. I'd like to be able to get it to a place where it sounds decent.
Kathy
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Author: Burt
Date: 2002-02-08 23:36
I've used the fingering Ken recommends on "Jupiter" and that's my preference, also.
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