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Re: Another Fork in the Road

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-12-19 19:09

Thanks for the clarification of the term "fork" Chris. I was getting dizzy

So I think we have too many "shoulds" and "should'nts" it playing.......and I suffered from my own to my own detriment. For many many years I found the side key solution to the Bb sitting on the first ledger above the staff (and the Eb in the chalumeau) to be pretty much my exclusive out.

In the last ten years I had heard Karl Leister refer to the Boehm 1 and 1 Bb as being a beautiful covered note. That got me thinking of "solutions" as being more than an immediate physical solution and more one of tone, pitch, and alternate technical solution.

My biggest lesson (unfortunately quite recently) was that though the Eb (first line of staff) is naturally "high" with the 1 and 1 fingering, if you continue to use it, your brain and embouchure will eventually bring that down.........after a few months. Now I use the 1 and 1 fingerings for both 12ths quite a lot and throw in the sliver key fairly regularly as well just depending on all those qualities I mentioned above. That's MUCH better than doggedly following a precedent that we set for ourselves as we are first learning.

..............Paul Aviles

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