Klarinet Archive - Posting 001056.txt from 1999/03

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] High A
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 02:22:11 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Paikin <larrypaikin@-----.net>
Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] High A

>Are there any standard ways of identifying notes when writing about them
in
>letters like Kirstin's? E.g., is middle C written as C, or C1, and the C
above
>middle C called C1 or C2, etc. And how does one identify the C below
middleC,
>etc.?

In general music there are several such standard systems but they will cover
the full range of the piano. Since the clarinet falls in the middle of that
range, we would get some confusing nomenclature since the piano's lowest
notes don't occur on the clarinet and ditto for the highest notes.

Including the register name helps a lot. For example the A above the 3rd
ledger line above the staff would be an altissimo A. The next A down (one
ledger line above the staff) is a clarion A. The next A down is usually
called a throat A (even though throat tones are part of the chalumeau) while
our low A is referred to as being in the chalumeau register.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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