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Throat Bflat

Author: jonok
Date: 2015-02-04 09:05

Being literal, I always read fingering charts to say that Bflat is ONLY the throat A and register key ... and it made sense to me as I discovered that my Bflat was much clearer if I managed to completely release the thumb ring. Though I now note that fingering charts don't refer to the thumb ring, just that there's a hole.

I ask because I've been told I'm overdoing it by trying to release the ring completely, and that the solution is to use right hand keys for the throat notes (which I had been doing, not so much for tone, but more for the facility of getting to following notes over the break).

So, what is the consensus ... is just venting the thumb hole enough (even if it leaves the ring mostly / completely down)?

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