Klarinet Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Harmonic Overtone series
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 10:50:43 -0400

There is SOME pattern, and this can be appreciated by trying to
overblow harmonics without (preferably) the speaker key. For instance, if
your reed co-operates, it's fairly to overblow the chalumeau C to produce
G, E, and the altissimo A, which is a flat seventh harmonic - most of the
really high notes are flatter than one would expect from just looking at
the harmonic series. (This is much easier on the bass clarinet - sometimes
much too easy...).So altissimo A-C ("normal" fingerings) work out to be
flat seventh harmonics of chalumeau C-E flat. There are a lot of
fingerings which cannot be fitted into such a pettern, though, especially
most of those for high G and G#.
Roger Shilcock

On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Robert and Deborah Shaw wrote:

> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 07:08:40 -0500
> From: Robert and Deborah Shaw <theshaws@-----.net>
> To: Klarinet <klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: Harmonic Overtone series
>
> Can someone explain the harmonic overtone series to me in regards to the
> clarinet? I was reading in my music dictionary that the clarinet
> produces only the alternate overtones in the series. I am not sure that
> I understand how the overtone series is constructed. Is there a
> pattern, or do I just need to memorize the notes?
> How can this help me with alternate fingerings in the altissimo
> register in particular?
>
> Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Deborah
>