Klarinet Archive - Posting 000479.txt from 1999/10

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Altissimo on bass clarinet
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 18:45:10 -0400

On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:

> OOPS, now that I think about it, I realize that some of my G and above
> fingerings I close the half hole. I haven't intellectualized this in a long
> time (hmmmmmmmm). I't's probably because I'm now in a fourth register??????
>
> Insight here, bass clarinetters???

I know there's some book out there with like, 118 fingerings for bass
altissimo (it's not the Ridenour, but that's an excellent one of Bb, btw),
and I can't recall who wrote it. Basically, experimenting with a tuner
and a good ear can find you LOTS of usable fingerings. One trick I
ESPECIALLY like is used for the first part of the altissimo - c# to f#.
Instead of just fingering as you would on clarinet, i over blow the throat
Ab, A, and Bb fingerings, and add trill keys to that. It's a not really
controllable below forte, so I use them in loud situations (Pines of Rome
is a good example, or the altissimo Es concluding Rhapsody in Blue).

I haven't seen the Buffet fingering chart, but I'll look into purchasing
one. It sounds like an excellent resource.

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"If I wanted a 'job,' I'd have gone music ED, thank you very much!"

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