I’m working on the reed 5 book for The Music Man and I am looking for fingering advice on this passage. It’s very quick (about half note = 130). I’ve played clarinet for over 20 years but my official training is on saxophone. How do I elegantly navigate c# to f# to e#, etc and end back down on d#?
Fingering help
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That's a rough passage. I would mostly use the alternate F# fingering (1-2-3-4 +6 on the sliver key) but the first (and every) C# to that F# fingering is a bit ugly. In measures 61 and the first half of 62 (and also 63 & 64) I would revert to the traditional F# (1-2-3-5). That ten-tuplet in 69 ending on the high G natural in measure 70 is also intimidating. Be happy it wasn't a high G#!
The best advice I can give you is to practice it slowly at first, and gradually speed it up, but half note =130 (I would translate that to quarter note =260 in my head) is pretty insane.
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The best advice I can give you is to practice it slowly at first, and gradually speed it up, but half note =130 (I would translate that to quarter note =260 in my head) is pretty insane.
The name of the dance reveals my thoughts on the arranger that wrote this.
Don’t really understand the problem, you just use std. fingering. E# 1234 f# 1235 then D#. And so on next bar with the alternate F#. When appropriate. Hope that helps.
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This is a good ex. using the L & R. C# and std. fingering for the F#.
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That jump from C# to F# to E# is a bit of a doosie. Reminds me of finger flipping with an oboe. Jump from C# using the alt-F# key is a bit awkward to do it smoothly. If not for that jump, I've found the alt-F# handy, especially when it comes to trilling.
Can't say best way to go, basically it is what comes easiest to an individual, plus a lot of practice to be able to do it smoothly and quickly. I've gotten used to doing finger flipping with the sax.
Can't say best way to go, basically it is what comes easiest to an individual, plus a lot of practice to be able to do it smoothly and quickly. I've gotten used to doing finger flipping with the sax.