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What are the side keys on a clarinet for?
This side key is also used as a trill key or alternate fingering to avoid crossing the break between the chalumeau and clarion registers. Boehm and Oehler models only. ... This side key is also used as a trill key or alternate fingering to avoid crossing the break between the chalumeau and clarion registers.
What are trill keys on clarinet?
This fingering chart includes trill fingerings, which are fingerings designed for rapid alternation between two notes at an interval of a minor second (semitone) or a major second (whole tone) apart. Many of these fingerings can also be used as alternate fingerings for some fast passages.
What are trill keys?
The C# trill key is a lever activated by the first finger of the right hand to open a tone hole next to the thumb key. It simplifies many awkward trill and tremolo fingerings, and has become a preferred feature among professional flutists. ... High F# to G#: Finger high F# and trill the C# key.
