Posted by tubagoo on September 19, 2000 at 12:49:52:
In Reply to: E sharp fingering posted by Keith C. on September 18, 2000 at 13:56:12:
This comment is just a bit of mental work for myself, please indulge or ignore me.
one final bit to consider.......especially if this is a slow passage or otherwise long note.
Seeing an E# will often mean that you are in the Key of F#. If the E# is the third of C# chord (leading to the F# most likely) you may want to flatten the note slightly to make it an 'in tune' third of the chord. depending on the intonation of your horn, you might lip the note with the open fingering, or play the note 4th valve, or play the note 1 and 3 and pull a slide
gee that was fun....thanks.