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Re: from B to A really fast

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2014-08-29 21:23

Ken Shaw wrote:

> If you start on A, and it's the main note, you can reverse
> this, but I think it's better to play the normal A fingering
> and go to the B using the two top trill keys. Using just the
> top trill key ay work, but it tends to be flat. It's better for
> the interval to be too wide than too narrow. By the way, Mark
> Nuccio says he always uses this in the Midsummer Night's Dream
> Scherzo.
>
> Ken Shaw

I think the benefit to using the tip two trill keys is makes the B sound tonally like a throat tone so you're not adding a different character to the sound as you go between them. It'd be akin to a singer choosing when to use a falsetto or head/chest voice.

There's a range of pitches where the clarion and throat tones crossover and you just have to use a judgement based on character of the piece, where it's coming from and leading to, the speed of the piece, etc. on whether to use "true' fingerings or use some side trill key trickery to get what sounds like a B or C.

Alexi

US Army Japan Band

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