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Re: Annoying fingering in Nielsen

Author: William
Date: 2014-09-07 19:49

Anyone who has played the second strain of the original "On Wisconsin" has used these fingerings for the first few notes of the solo clarinet part:

C# X00/000

D TR 000/000

The sixteenth note passage goes so fast that the slight intonation problems are unnoticeable--and besides, it's usually played from the 50 yrd line while marching 8 to 5 at 120. Try doing THAT using the traditional fingerings.

FWIW, John Yeh also told me that he used the flutter style double tonging technique on his Grammy winning recording of the Neilson. Which just proves, if you want to play with the best, you've got to know all the technical shortcuts that help you keep the beat.

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