Klarinet Archive - Posting 001066.txt from 1999/03

From: Mark Thiel <thielm@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] High AHigh A
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:01:31 -0500

>Are there any standard ways of identifying notes . . . ?

Yes, there are lots of standards, and that's just the problem.
There may be almost as many standard note nomenclatures as there
are standard pitches! Thus Dee Hays' suggestion:

>. . .
>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.

makes a lot of sense. Describing the position on the staff (top
space e; 2 ledger altissimo D; 6 ledger altissimo D etc.) will
help clarify things since registers cover more than an octave.
Most clarinets are transposing instuments but we almost always
read the treble clef in a standard way.

Mark Thiel

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