Klarinet Archive - Posting 000116.txt from 1998/06

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Higher notes on the Contrabass?
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 16:39:00 -0400

On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Grant Green wrote:

> It *is* possible to play the upper registers of the contra: I find myself
> playing up to D or E above the staff fairly often (mainly when reading off
> bass or Eb contra parts, and transposing to get the pitch indicated).

Grant, I find greater ease in this if you use the R3 key as well

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WHat this does is open the other register mechanism, which is easier to
play the altissimo in, IMO. I can play up to C above C, relatively easily
and in tune by keeping that key down. I use the same fingerings as Bb
clarinet, a trick I don't do so well on regular bass, mind you. ^_^

Shouryu Nohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe; ICQ 6771552
Coffee Drinker, Musician, Otaku, Jesus Freak, Admirer of Women
(Not necessarily in that order)
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