Has anyone worked out a way to show flute fingerings? I need this in only two places, for the playing of multiphonics.
I’m guessing the easiest thing would be to put them in the performance instructions and not even try to hack them into the score or part. I’m betting that anyone who plays new music with extended techniques will be in the habit of perusing the performance instructions.
On the other hand, I don’t have a convenient way to write the fingering chart down in the performance instructions either. All I have is squiggles on my performance score — in the original performer’s own hand!
If you just need two fingerings, you could add them with graphic frames and build them cleanly using this fantastic tool by Bret Pimentel. I’ve used it for that sort of thing before.
It includes clarinet fingerings, which I may also be able to use. I have a A3 on clarinet that’s not quite a trill, more of a wavy line. The instructions I wrote down from the clarinet player who performed it are “Trill half way with forked B.” Can someone who happens to play clarinet tell me if a note to that effect is sufficient, or would a fingering diagram help? I could even color the forked B (presumably the trilled key) red for clarity.
I can post another question about this if no one knows the answer.
Is this a trill from (written) A to a quarter tone above? You probably don’t need to include a fingering - most clarinettsts will figure this out themselves (there is no other way to do it).
In the original score, I have single notehead and a diminishing wavy line immediately after it, not above, and a footnote that says to trill half way with forked B. (I don’t know what a forked B is. That’s one of the clarinet keys I assume?) If I keep what I see in the diagram above, I need to make it a diminishing wavy line — if I can do that.
I could include a graphic of what’s in the original score if it might help.
I think you need to notate exactly what you want and let the player figure it out. It is not clear what interval you want for the wavy line. I would interpret that as a minor third, the way you are notating it.
The forked B key is that thin key on the lower joint between the second and third tone holes.
However, this key has a very different function on German system clarinets so the instruction your colleague gave you would not make sense to those players.
This thread been closed, but I wanted to respond just to say that this worked just fine and provided exactly what I need. The project is done, with fingerings inserted where they belong.
