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Author: damizns
Date: 2022-03-21 17:22
a piece requires a tremolo between chalumaeu E and throat A. i guess with practice and a lot of skill it's possible to make it clean but I would definitely prefer to use an alternate fingering if possible. Does anyone know if there's an easy way to do this?
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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-03-21 18:21
I assume you mean ![[E4]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/e4.gif) to ![[A4]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/a4.gif) . What comes before and after the tremolo? How long is it?
Karl
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Author: damizns
Date: 2022-03-21 19:37
it comes at the start of a new section, sustained for one bar. there's a series of other tremolos that follow but those fingerings are easy to manage
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-03-21 21:29
Try trilling both the top two trill keys together, or just the upper one on its own if that gives a better tuned A whilst keeping your LH fingers down for the E.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-03-22 00:06
Depending on what the next fingering is, I get a serviceable if slightly flat if I cover the E tonehole (LH 1st finger) with my 2nd finger and then tremolo with the A key using my LH index finger.
I can also get a perhaps better in-tune A with the standard fingering and my top RH trill key, but the A is muffled and maybe, on my clarinet, a little more squeak-prone.
Karl
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2022-03-22 00:23
I tried it on my Selmer student model and the top of the right hand trill keys is very close to in tune. A little sharp, so relax embouchure. But I imagine it differs widely on each clarinet with those RH trill keys.
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Author: StanD
Date: 2022-03-24 00:14
Another “fun” tremolo solution:
Rest bell on knee (or grab the bell with knees) and, while fingering the “E”, reach up with right hand and tremolo the “A” lever with 1st finger. All depends on amount of time available to make the hand position adjustment.
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2022-03-24 01:37
StanD--A guy I used to play with in a symphony actually did this on certain trills. He had arthritis, so using the right hand in these situations was easier for him.
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Author: r small
Date: 2022-03-24 03:02
StanD--This actually works. But since I use a neck strap I don't need to hold the horn with my knees. If I ever encounter this tremolo I'll remember this tip.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-03-24 03:11
Using the throat A key will only give a flat A whilst you have your other LH fingers held down for the E. Just because the throat A key is used for throat A, doesn't mean it's the best key to use for that note just because it's the throat A key.
You can also do an excellent open G-A trill using the Bb trill key instead of the throat A key if that happens to be easier.
The trill keys are the best ones to use for this tremolo, so use the one or both, whichever gives the best tuned A whilst playing E. Even if the A is stuffy but in tune when using the best trill key to make that note, that's much better than it being flat when sticking to convention.
You'll have to experiment and put the fingering chart aside for certain trills and tremolos.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2022-03-24 05:24
Even if a trill key fingering is slightly out of tune, it may be fine. In many contexts. tremolos are more indicative of a tone color or timbre than they are of exact pitches.
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