Klarinet Archive - Posting 000140.txt from 1997/02

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <lgbuick@-----.net>
Subj: Re: basset horn fingerings?
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:17:47 -0500

Are you using a Leblanc basset horn, the large-bore kind which uses an alto
clarinet mouthpiece and therefore is technically not a basset horn but an
alto clarinet in F?

If so, that's what I play and I've never had any problem with using the
same altissimo fingerings I use on Bb.

Clark Fobes reviewed the horn for The Clarinet back in Nov/Dec '89 (v17n1)
and said: "The altissimo register reacted much like an Eb soprano clarinet
in that the pitch began to drop considerably above E3. I had no problem in
finding alternate fingerings that played very well in tune." Maybe he would
share these fingerings, if indeed this is the instrument you're playing...

> Can anyone direct me to something in print that gives the fingerings for
> basset horn in the altissimo octave (beginning with C# above the stave)?
>
> Or, if someone can somehow communicate to me via email how the fingerings
> differ from the fingerings used on Bb clarinet, I'd appreciate it. I've
> figured out that the portion of the B key with the hole in it is left open,
> but the key depressed on some notes. But I'm having trouble with some of
> the notes, especially the F above the stave!
>
> Appreciate any help!
>
> =====================================================================
> Tom Ascher Internet: u15310@-----.edu
> University of Illinois at Chicago Phone: (312) 413-3665

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