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Re: Finger Pops

Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2012-06-22 15:07

Thank you for the explanation! A jazz-playing friend showed me a very different way to do what he called "finger pops," so I would have done something alien to what you want.

His "finger pop" refers to the sound made by putting the knee into the bell of the clarinet to stop it, closing all the tone holes, blowing a very hard breath into the mouthpiece, then simultaneously (suddenly) *inhaling* hard, leaning back to release the knee and springing all the fingers off the keys, leaving nothing from the hands touching the clarinet except the thumb supporting the thumb rest. The result is a weird sort of "WHOP!" noise. If it comes out as open G (more or less; expect it to be out of tune), it's not terribly loud but quite percussive.

For me, most of the time it's not open G; it's a brutal squeak. I think it's consistently on what organ players call the nona-decima, the 19th (excruciatingly high D, in other words), but it's so brief that I'm not even sure about that. My friend's reaction is, "Oh, cool! You can definitely use that!" Uh . . . really? (For what, giving my cat a heart attack?)

Your finger-pops sound more useful, frankly! Thanks again!

Lelia
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