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Author: Heidi
Date: 2003-02-09 17:03
Hello. I'm back with another fingering question. You guys were so super last time - thank you. I'm working on Telemann's Sonata in A Minor, 4th movement, and it has a lot of very fast changes between middle D and F above the staff. Even using the lefthand F key, I'm finding this to be very awkward and I'm blurping. Any advice on nontraditional fingerings or exercises I can do to make these transitions smoother?
Thanks!
Heidi
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2003-02-09 19:11
Hi there. I'm sitting here looking at that piece right now. Ah yes there they are starting right after the little 32nd note run from A to A. Well I would say that left F is definitely the right key to use; I wouldn't try and use some sort of weird fingering to get through it. Now that I think about it, I think this was one of the pieces I used to play that I used to get comfortable with using the left F key.
This movement in itself is a great exercise for using the left F, but if you want more, you can try doing the C major scale in thirds up and down two octaves, using nothing but the left F key.
You could also devise some sort of exercise like you would see in the Salviani scale book. For instance, take a figure like you see in the second beat of the measure immediately after the 32nd note run in the Teleman. Do a pattern like that starting on low C, and work your way up on the C major scale. So it would be like:
C-D-E-C D-E-F-D E-F-G-E F-G-A-F G-A-B-G etc. all the way up to high C and back down. Trying this with different articulations wouldn't be a bad idea either. Also, practicing your D minor arpeggio gives you a good workout on the left F and forces you to develop smoothness with it even when not using it in a series of consecutive notes, like all the ones in the Telemann.
Anyway good luck.
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Author: finlandia_flautist
Date: 2003-02-10 05:30
um i'm just wonderin, what instrument is this you're talkin about?
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Author: Heidi
Date: 2003-02-11 00:45
Wow — that looks like a real workout. I'll give it a shot. That blurping's got to go.
Thanks!
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2003-02-11 01:41
Heh, well yeah that is a workout. I didn't mean you had to do it all at once. 
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