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Re: Tremolo A#4 to C#5

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-05-13 17:00

This is one of those cases where arrangers (or composers) deserve whatever comes out when people play what they've written.

How many players are on the part? Is it doubled somewhere else (in the same octave)? I'd make it metric in the quickest subdivision you can do with control. If there are enough people playing it, even a relatively slow tremolo between the two notes should create the intended effect.

I don't know a fingering that would span that interval. I'm assuming there isn't time to put some kind of paper extension into the bell to make the Bb come out with a completely closed fingering. I did it just now with a piece of letter-sized paper rolled into a cone and pushed into the bell. It actually produced a decent A#/Bb and pressing the C# gave me the C#. You'd need time to put the insert in (and you have to secure it somehow, or it just blows out when you play). Or have a stand-by instrument prepared ahead of time with the insert and pick it up at some point when there's time before the passage. You won't be able to play B5 with the insert in place.

I'd say this is going to too much trouble to get an inept composer/arranger out of trouble, but YMMV.