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Author: Michael
Date: 2004-05-14 21:13
what is an 'articulated g#/c# key' and what is it used for and what do it do/eleviate/solve? also what is up with those clarinets with the ring around the left hand tone hole?
-michael
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2004-05-14 22:24
The articulated G# is a special mechanism which allows you to do a trill from F# to G# in the clarino register by only moving one finger. Most trills on the clarinet involve only one finger, but the F# to G# normally needs two fingers to be moved simultaneously, which is very difficult. More expensive models have the articulated G#, which makes this trill easy.
The extra ring on some expensive clarinets allows a different fingering to be used for the hogh Bb note in the Clarino register: RT 1-3 | ---. All the normal Bb fingerings work as well.
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