Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 1998/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Starter Clarinet?
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 04:20:33 -0500

No -- this would be the flat *fifth* harmonic of f'. Theoretically, it
should
be a'''.
Roger Shilcock

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Tim Roberts wrote:

> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 13:57:15 -0800
> From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: "klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Starter Clarinet?
>
> I've seen several suggested fingerings for altissimo G on this list in the very
> recent past. Somewhere early on, I picked up the habit of fingering this
> exactly like the top-of-staff C: thumb and register key only. This gives me a
> solid note, and it seems to be in tune.
>
> I've never seen this fingering mentioned. Am I just fabulously lucky that my
> particular combination of horn and mouthpiece make this note acceptable? Or
> have I just learned to "voice" up or down what would normally be a different
> note?
>
> (Come to think of it, I'm probably getting the 4th harmonic of open G, which
> should be unstable on a clarinet, shouldn't it?)
>
> This does make some altissimo runs easier; a run like D-E-F#-G flows pretty
> easily with this open G.
>
> --
> - Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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