Fork handle
A fork grip is a special grip in wind instruments in which a certain number of fingers do not lie linearly from top to bottom on the keys / tone holes and then a certain number of fingers are not on the keys / tone holes. Fork fingerings are mostly used to play non-linearly tangible notes on an instrument, but there are also forked fingerings that function as alternative fingerings for linearly tangible notes.
To illustrate, some normal and some forked handles on the F recorder (X = hole closed, O = hole open):
Lineare Griffe C: X|XXX|OOOO F: X|XXX|XXXX A: X|XXX|XXOO Gabelgriffe B: X|XXX|XOXX H: X|XXX|OXXO Es: X|XOX|XOOO
A fork handle is necessary for plucked instruments such as B. the guitar a grip of the plucked hand, in which two or more notes sound simultaneously (or as an arpeggio ) that are two or more strings apart, with the thumb not playing one of the notes. Example: Finger I (index finger) plays the 3rd treble string "G" and finger A (ring finger) plays the 1st treble string, the high "E" etc.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hugo Alker: The recorder instrument theory, history, music practice. Geyer, Vienna 1962.
- ↑ The fork grip on www.gitarrenbrevier.de , accessed on June 30, 2017