 The Clarinet BBoard
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-04-04 23:16
This little sequence of notes showed up in an exercise book of mine, and I was wondering the best way to finger this so that I can work this up to a really high speed eventually. It's kind of got me stumped...
The notes are C#4 (chalumeau C#) B4 (middle line B) D#5 (second line from the top of the staff) C#5 (second space from the top of the staff). The whole thing is slurred and played in 16th notes (semiquavers).
I'm trying to play this on a plain vanilla R-13 Buffet, so I don't have a left-hand Eb key. The only potential solutions I could come up with on my own were to play the B on the right and then switch fingers mid-note (which gets harder to do the faster you go) or to play the B with the side keys (which, aside from the obvious tuning and tone problems, is a bit of a stretch for the right hand).
I keep thinking there must be a better way to do this. I just haven't found it yet. Anybody have any ideas?
If if helps, this little figure comes from Jettel's Klarinettenschule vol. 2 (the scale book). It's part of the exercise in 7ths and 9ths for the key of E major. Surely somebody has a good solution for negotiating this passage (or at least can tell me which unpleasant solution they use).
Post Edited (2009-04-05 00:15)
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-04-04 23:31
The best way, probably, would be to do a really quick finger change on the B if i've understood your notes correctly. I'd have to see the dots to be more sure, i'll look to see if I have this Jettle book.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-04-05 00:03
Attachment: figure.pdf (19k)
You can look at this attachment to see what the four notes I just described look like in music notation.
(Note to Mark/Glenn: I wrote this out myself, and it's just the four notes by themselves, so there should not be a copyright problem with this)
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-04-05 00:34
pewd wrote:
> A clarinet 
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You know, that may just be the best solution of all!
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-04-05 00:48
Mrn
Thanks for the attachment. I stick with what I originally posted. it's certainly doable
Peter Cigleris
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-04-05 01:01
cigleris wrote:
> Mrn
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> Thanks for the attachment. I stick with what I originally
> posted. it's certainly doable
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I'll have to work on that, then. Thanks!
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Author: William
Date: 2009-04-05 15:14
Cheat--transpose the first C# up an octave and simply alternate little fingers (l-r-l-r, etc)
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-04-06 19:12
Thanks, everybody! I think I'm just going to have to practice doing a quick pinky switch on this figure--not a bad skill to have, as I've used that trick many times on slower passages. I just wasn't quite sure how doable it was at higher speeds.
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The Clarinet Pages
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![[C#4]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/db4.gif)
with RIGHT hand INDEX finger on C# key.![[B4]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/b4.gif)
R and L hand pinkys.![[D#5]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/eb5.gif)
![[C#5]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/db5.gif)
