I am a beginner (4 months) starting to introduce ornaments to my playing. My question is, when cutting the 2nd D, what fingering do you use? I vent this D, and putting my first finger down while simultaneously lifting either the third or fifth finger is just to tough for me at this point. Is there a better way? I’m sure this has been covered, but searching returns too many results to sift through. I’m sure Larsen covers it, but I don’t have my book handy. Thanks.
Since you’re in Long Island, and I’m from Throgg’s Neck (back when it had two "g"s), I suppose I can pass along the secret.
You actually cran the Ds and not do the normal cut/tap combo.
It varies by player. Some prefer to go up on their crans (finger D, then lift #5, put down, lift #4, put down…and for the triplet ending, lift #3 and put down) as I like, or downward (merely reverse, beginning on #3).
Done quickly, it’s a nice touch and no need for worrying about the feigned C-nat that sounds.
hope it helps
dm
Thanks David. That is part of my problem, sounding the C, but I guess that with practice it will eventually become unnoticeable. Sure sounds easier than covering the first hole, my fingers were having a kiniption (how is that spelled anyway?)
Well, you don’t have to crann the D if all you want is a cut. To me, the crann would take the place of a roll; you didn’t say whether you were trying to do a roll on D. If you simply want to cut the D from above, you can do it with the E (x indicates closed hole, o is open):
xxx xxo
oxx xxx
or you can do it with the G to get a crisper, more contrasty cut:
xxx ooo
oxx xxx
You can also experiment with not venting the D on those cuts, it’s one less finger to lift, and in dance music you won’t notice any difference in tone between the vented D and the unvented D.
Thanks Brad, it didn’t occur to me that I didn’t have to vent the D. I think this was the answer I needed. Definitely have to get aquainted with those cranns though …