Klarinet Archive - Posting 001458.txt from 1998/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Please help me / Chalumeau / clarion
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 19:01:03 -0400

At 04:15 PM 5/29/98 -0400, Mark Bradley wrote:
>I have read a publication about the clarinet, with an informative
>section on clarinet registers. As Lee said, there is no "standard" for
>register names, but this list should give you an idea of what people are
>talking about when they use the names.
>
>Chalumeau - E to F#
>Throat tones - G to Bb
>Clarion - B to C (above the staff)
>High - C# to G
>Altissimo - G# to C (or higher)
>
>Bill, you forgot the throat tones! They are different from the
>chalumeau in a big way, as they are produced from the top "throat" of
>the clarinet.... >This is not an "official" list, but useful in
communicating >notes to be played.
... Bill, you did a good job, but simply saying chalumeau, clarion,
>and altissimo is kind of broad for the wide range of notes and registers
>on an instrument like the clarinet. For all intents and purposes it was
>fine. I know I'm being picky. :-P Most of this is quoted from a book.
>--
I guess you are right about the "no standard" thing. I have never heard of
separating out the throat tones as a different register, although an
argument can certainly be made for it. But as far as I am concerned,
anything above C above the staff, requiring cockeyed fingerings with open
holes, qualifies as "altissimo." Anything above G# qualifies as "dog
whistle." (My altitude record (for notes required by the score), in the
show I just played, was F#.)

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