Klarinet Archive - Posting 001419.txt from 1998/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Please help me / Chalumeau / clarion etc
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 05:26:55 -0400

At 05:02 PM 5/29/98 +0800, Lam wrote:
>I have been following on the posting and notice that different octaves are
called by different names
>Eg clarion , chalumeau etc
>I asked my sister who is musically trained and she does not know of this
>can someone tell me the all the names and how it relates to a instruments
octaves ?
>
The lowest, or chalumeau, register is named for an early instrument, a
precursor of the clarinet, which played in that range and did not have a
register key. Clarion defines the middle register (above the "break").
Altissimo is the highest register (C# and up). Note the root word "alto"
meaning "high" and "issimo" (just like in fortissimo) meaning "very."
These names, seem to apply pretty much exclusively to clarinet. They are
not, except for altissimo, commonly used for saxophone, for example.

Hope this helps.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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