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Re: Bb5 to D6 Tremolo

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2014-09-24 00:13

You don't mention exactly which "open" D you've tried or why it doesn't work for you but, if Glenn's fingering doesn't work well, and you are truly playing D open, try improving the D by leaving the Bb side key down and adding additional right hand fingers that have negligible effect on the Bb but which tend to raise the pitch of the D and make it a little easier to play softly. The best combination I found was fingering Bb as:

RT xxo (right side Bb) oo,o (G#/Eb)

and the D as:

ooo (right side Bb) oo,o (G#/Eb)

(in other words, open D with the addition of the right-hand Bb trill key, the lower joint sliver key and right-hand G#/Eb.)

You can also try this without the right side sliver key and experiment substituting different spatula keys for (G#/Eb). That tended to lower the pitch for me, though.

Best regards,
jnk

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