Klarinet Archive - Posting 000391.txt from 1998/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Altimetry register
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:44:14 -0500

My apologies.....I was speaking in terms of sounding partials on the
clarinet, not actual partials, including those that are skipped or do not
sound. The G I was describing is the sounding 4th partial. In my earlier
discussion, sounding partials on the horn are still relevant in making
choices of fingerings. When I teach, I do not refer to the standard
terminology - students have a hard enough time figuring out what I meant
to begin with! But, for the purposes of the listserv, I can see how my
discussion was confusing.

Roger Garrett
IWU

> On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Roger Garrett wrote:
> > G, based on a fingering for a low Bb would be, in order of partials:
> > Low Bb - 1st, or fundamental partial
> > F (top line on staff) - 2nd partial
> > D - Altissimo - 3rd partial
> > G (actually G#) - 4th partial

Edwin Lacy clarified
> The harmonic series of low Bb on the clarinet would be:
>
> Fundamental or 1st partial: Bb
> 2nd partial: Bb on the third line of the treble clef
> 3rd partial: F, top line
> 4th partial: Bb, 2nd space above the staff
> 5th partial: D, 3rd space above the staff
> 6th partial: F, 4th space above the staff
> 7th partial: Ab, 5th space above the staff, but this one will be
> quite flat. With a little alteration, it serves for a
> high G fingering.
>
> So, not surprisingly, on the clarinet we use the fingerings which are
> based on the odd-numbered partials, which are the ones which predominate
> the clarinet sound. The 1st partial is the normal fingering for low Bb;
> adding the register key produces F, the 3rd partial; venting it by lifting
> the 1st finger of the left hand produces the 5th partial, high D; and,
> lifting both the 1st and 3rd fingers of the left hand, with the addition
> of the 2nd finger of the right hand to bring the already-flat 7th partial
> down even a little more results in high G, actually the (very) flat Ab.
>
> So, the high G, while it is the seventh partial, is the fourth one which
> is available on the clarinet. Still, I think it is better to retain the
> standard terminology.
>
> Ed Lacy
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