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Author: SecondTry
Date: 2021-10-09 05:14
Philip Caron wrote:
> Hi SecondTry. Mr. Williamson seems to be using his rh middle
> finger to trill G5-G#5, holding the clarinet with his knees to
> do so.
>
> Why? Why? Why?
Hi Philip:
I do realize that Mr. Williamson's fingering here is analogous to something I describe, not actual that I describe. Perhaps you realize that I realize that.
Both fingering, that I seek and that Mr. Williamson effects, have in common use of the right hand fingers on customarily left hand keys.
In Mr. Williamson's case I imagine it is because he feels he can turn more trills, faster and more accurately with his right pointer than his left pinky on the C#/G# key.
I actually own, but don't have this installed http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/Accessories.html. The C#/G# touch piece shown on this webpage that is. Maybe he'd like to try one.
I could have sworn that before Dan Gilbert was a Backun artist he had one of these on his Buffet for a while. That fact is hidden somewhere in a Youtube video if I can find it.
Speaking of videos, there's one with Ricardo Morales which cites the opening solo to Rhapsody in Blue as what he considers the hardest solo: in part due to the fact that everyone listening knows it, if not for its technical difficulty compared to some others. Perhaps Mr. Williamson just feels that extra level of comfort in the solo using this piece of hardware.
Anyway, back to my question, I figure if clarinet makers can correct the pitch of the low F, that someone, at least at some point in time made a dedicated trill key for that I described in my OP, going from G#4 to A4.
:)
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SecondTry |
2021-10-08 22:10 |
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Philip Caron |
2021-10-09 01:41 |
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SecondTry |
2021-10-09 05:14 |
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2021-10-09 13:44 |
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John Peacock |
2021-10-09 16:14 |
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SecondTry |
2021-10-09 20:57 |
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Philip Caron |
2021-10-09 19:35 |
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Chris P |
2021-10-10 00:34 |
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