[TPIN] Auxiliary / Backward fingering

[Ellis Workman]

... so it's a way of weasling out of "lip slurs"?

-Ellis
    (ducking for cover)



On Mon, April 14, 2008 8:42 am, Jeff Helgesen said:
> I had the experience of chatting with Diz briefly before a concert in
> the late 1980s.  The "backward fingering" term is just another way to
> refer to alternate fingerings.  And it's not solely for stuff up above
> high C.
>
> Diz (and later, Freddie) would use an alternate fingering to slot up
> or down to the next partial without rearticulating.  For example,
> playing a G above the staff and snapping quickly to the E below
> without tonguing (in the middle of a fast line) is a little hairy, but
> if you finger the E as 1-2, it slots a little easier.
>
> So, as a simple test, try G E F F# G E F F# ... over and over with
> regular fingerings, then as though you were playing an octave down.
>
> Here are some notes on this technique for jazz players:
>
> http://www.shout.net/~jmh/clinic/alt-fingerings.htm
>
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Ellis Workman, ARS KØELW
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Rochester, MN US