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Author: alanporter
Date: 2013-03-20 23:05
I need to trill B/Bb across the break on bass clarinet. I have not been able to find a way of doing it. Can anyone help ?
tiaroa@shaw.ca
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-03-20 23:14
Play the Bb with the usual fingering and trill with the lower trill key (2nd from the top) for the B natural. If that's a bit on the flat side for the B natural, then trill with the top trill key on its own if it gives a better tuned B natural.
For a Bb-C trill, trill with both trill keys together along with the Bb fingering.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2013-03-20 23:21)
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-03-20 23:27
On most BCs, the low Eb fingering plus the register key plays third line Bb too out of tune to bear, particularly because the lower note of the trill is the main one and must be in tune.
If you have to have the B natural out of tune, it's much better for the interval to be too wide. When you play the baroque (1-key) flute and even the recorder, you get used to this very quickly, and some of the best baroque flutists prefer the interval to be slightly too wide on a half-step trill even if an in-tune fingering is available.
Begin the trill with the standard fingering for B to set the pitch in the listener's ear, and switch to the trill fingering. Using the standard "pinch" Bb and using one or both of the top trill keys should work. If not, try the throat A key plus the next-to-top trill key and reach up with your right thumb and trill with the top key.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2013-03-20 23:59
It should be the same as on the regular clarinet as suggested above. Sometimes it depends on the instrument so experiment with the different side keys to see which one is best on yours. As long as the pitch is close a trill works because the ear hears the lower note most of all, as long as the trill note is close.
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Author: alanporter
Date: 2013-03-21 16:49
Thank you for your helpful suggestions, I am working on it. It is certainly much easier on the soprano. Getting all fingers back in position after the trill is the hardest part on the bass.
tiaroa@shaw.ca
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