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B/F# alt. key

Author: part-time clarinetist
Date: 2023-12-28 20:50

I'm a part-time clarinetist---primarily saxophonist---and, while I played it a lot through high school and college, had really not played much for 30 years until recently. Now in my 50's, I'm fatter, and my new problem is that my fatter right middle finger keeps bumping the alt. key for low-reg. B / high-reg. F#. I can't be the only one this has happened to. Any tips / answers...besides the obvious Jenny Craig 😂 ?

Update: Thanks to so many kind and expert responses, I have several things to try now. Once I settle on the most effective solution, I'll be sure to provide another update. I'm so glad I found this terrific board!

Update 2: So, after careful consideration of all suggestions provided (& thank you all again!), I finally settled on eliminating the key altogether. It's sort of weird when I'm doing chromatic passages, but not much of a game-changer, really. I've never really had a problem alternating between finger one and two anyway...and hardly ever use the F#-alt. key on saxophone. But the 'leak' problem I was causing myself by inadvertently 'fat-fingering' that key has definitely been fixed.

Thanks again, woodwind friends!

Post Edited (2024-01-20 19:22)

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