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Re: Clarinet identification Lafleur

Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-05-22 19:11

The fingering is exactly the same as any Boehm system clarinet, plus some extras/alternatives that can't be done as easily on a regular 17 key, 6 ring Boehm system:

Forked Eb/Bb (xox|ooo) which is in tune in both registers (unlike long Bb xoo|xoo which is only in tune as an upper register A#/Bb and sharp as a D#/Eb). Useful for C-Eb or G-Bb tremolos and arpeggios with those intervals as you only lift off or trill LH2 while LH3 remains held down instead of using the side Eb/Bb key.

Articulated C#/G# which allows you to hold the C#/G# key down and do a B-C# or upper F#-G# trill by trilling with RH2. Or any interval with a RH note and C#/Db, upper G#/Ab and altissimo F.

The extra 'sliver' key for RH2 is for a low register C-Db, upper register G-Ab and altissimo E-F trill.

For altissimo Bb, play that as upper register C but with the left thumb off the thumb hole (but still holding the speaker key down) - the usual fingering can't be used as the RH ring keys are holding the C#/G# pad cup closed.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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