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I don't really understand the details of the split E, is it an extra key? Does it change the fingering at all for notes on the high register? I am 99% sure that I will be going with the Pearl-505, and now I am seeing that I can get it with closed or open holes and am not quite sure what I want to do...

Hello everyone, I'll start off with a little bit about me. I am 25, a graduate student in the medical sciences, and listen to music almost non-stop all day. My favorite genres are jazz, blues, and recently I have started to listen to more classical music. Despite all of my listening, I am ignorant w...