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Vent A on B4- try it you'll like it

Author: fskelley  Date:   2017-09-21 06:14 I think I got the suggestion to do this from one of Tom Ridenour's videos, though it probably is also somewhere here on this forum- to open the A key when playing long pipe clarion B4 . I do it any time B4 is troublesome or doesn't feel right, and it's an immediate improvement, powerful and stable. Amazing stuff. When my crow's foot and associated hardware are perfectly adjusted, and my reed, ligature, mouthpiece, and embouchure are all aligned with Jupiter and Mars, I have no trouble with B4. That is to say, never. But mostly B4 is not an issue. There are a few places in my arrangements, though, that I've already formed the habit and always open the A. Wonderful. Today I added another one, hadn't really thought about that one, but it's early in the song, a long and pivotal note in the passage, and today was a tad flaky. Fine- is it convenient to open A? sure no problem, and that particular B4 will never be an issue for me again. Who else does this? Anybody sworn off of it? (if so, why?) Any other "unusual" fingerings you find equally rewarding? Stan in Orlando EWI 4000S with modifications Post Edited (2017-09-21 23:24)

Topics	Author	Date
Vent A on B4- try it you'll like it  new	fskelley	2017-09-21 06:14
Re: Venting A on long pipe B  new	Luuk	2017-09-21 11:35
Re: Venting A on long pipe B  new	rmk54	2017-09-21 16:09
Re: Venting A on long pipe B  new	fskelley	2017-09-21 16:47
Re: Vent A on B4- try it you'll like it  new	DavidBlumberg	2017-09-22 01:09
Re: Vent A on B4- try it you'll like it  new	Caroline Smale	2017-09-22 01:49
Re: Vent A on B4- try it you'll like it  new	Chris P	2017-09-22 03:07
Re: Vent A on B4- try it you'll like it  new	fskelley	2017-09-22 04:16
Re: Vent A on B4- try it you'll like it  new	zhangray4	2017-09-22 05:16
Re: Vent A on B4- try it you'll like it  new	nellsonic	2017-09-22 09:24

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