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> Clarinet questions, Yes, I have asked my teacher!
bourdon16
post Jan 30 2012, 01:33 PM
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I am doing Grade 4 clarinet.

In D minor scale which upper B flat do people use? I find Bb to C# awkward when legato so I wonder if I should use side key version rather than the long one?

Also, when putting a clarinet together, is it OK to have the reed slightly out of alignment* with the register key or is the assembly sacrosanct? [*I mean the barrel is rotated by a degree or three.] Obviously a child would be taught to do it properly but, at 53, I am not as supple as I was and I find it can help me hold the thing more easily!
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post Jan 30 2012, 01:56 PM
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QUOTE(bourdon16 @ Jan 30 2012, 01:33 PM) *

I am doing Grade 4 clarinet.

In D minor scale which upper B flat do people use? I find Bb to C# awkward when legato so I wonder if I should use side key version rather than the long one?

Also, when putting a clarinet together, is it OK to have the reed slightly out of alignment* with the register key or is the assembly sacrosanct? [*I mean the barrel is rotated by a degree or three.] Obviously a child would be taught to do it properly but, at 53, I am not as supple as I was and I find it can help me hold the thing more easily!


Quick response as I'm dashing out to teach. Use whichever Bb works best for you and no the reed doesn't need to be in line. I play with it rotated and always have done.
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post Jan 30 2012, 06:44 PM
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I use side key.
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post Jan 30 2012, 08:10 PM
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'Banana key' Bb is probably going to be awkward, otherwise anything goes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jan 31 2012, 11:00 AM
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'Banana key' Bb is probably going to be awkward, otherwise anything goes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'd forgotten about banana key upper Bb but it would be, as you say, tricky to get to C# from there unless there's another C# fingering.

Thanks for the replies guys and gals.
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post Jan 31 2012, 11:12 AM
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And only slightly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/offTopic.gif) After playing a rather exposed 8 beat long throat Bb yesteday I was asked 'What fingering are you using for that Bb?' The answer was 'The other one'.......oops!
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post Jan 31 2012, 06:21 PM
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Pardon my ignorance, I'm sure it is obvious but which is the banana key? (and yes I use the side Bb for D minor, I think it is just practice and keeping the support going to retain a nice legato). Always disliked the D scales.
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Pardon my ignorance, I'm sure it is obvious but which is the banana key? (and yes I use the side Bb for D minor, I think it is just practice and keeping the support going to retain a nice legato). Always disliked the D scales.

The little one under the 2nd tone hole.
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QUOTE(liseypeasy @ Jan 31 2012, 06:21 PM) *

Pardon my ignorance, I'm sure it is obvious but which is the banana key? (and yes I use the side Bb for D minor, I think it is just practice and keeping the support going to retain a nice legato). Always disliked the D scales.

The little one under the 2nd tone hole.


Aaaah. I'd forgotten about that one. Obvious really.
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QUOTE(sbhoa @ Jan 31 2012, 06:23 PM) *

QUOTE(liseypeasy @ Jan 31 2012, 06:21 PM) *

Pardon my ignorance, I'm sure it is obvious but which is the banana key? (and yes I use the side Bb for D minor, I think it is just practice and keeping the support going to retain a nice legato). Always disliked the D scales.

The little one under the 2nd tone hole.


Aaaah. I'd forgotten about that one. Obvious really.

I rarely use it, unlike the RH one.
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QUOTE(bourdon16 @ Jan 31 2012, 11:00 AM) *

QUOTE(barry-clari @ Jan 30 2012, 08:10 PM) *

'Banana key' Bb is probably going to be awkward, otherwise anything goes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'd forgotten about banana key upper Bb but it would be, as you say, tricky to get to C# from there unless there's another C# fingering.

Thanks for the replies guys and gals.


There is another c# fingering- overblown F#, either F with two side keys or normal F#. Both work better on bass clarinet though!
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