Doublereed Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2004/09

From: oboetools@-----.com
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Oboe vs. Clarinet
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 15:36:48 -0400

In a message dated 9/4/2004 14:46:45 Eastern Standard Time,
charette@-----.org writes:
The clarinet overblows on the 12th, not the octave, which makes the
fingering patterns ... interesting, to say the least. The 12ths contribute
to the wide range of the clarinet, but not to the ease of fingering ...

I am also told that the 'break' between registers, on
clarinet, is much more of a pain to cross. I was never
proficient enough on clarinet to know whether this
gets easier with more experience, but it sure seems
problematic from the stand point of a beginner.

Kevin

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