Klarinet Archive - Posting 000663.txt from 2000/01

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] middle register
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:16:11 -0500

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Kelly Dewees wrote:

> Hello,
> Does anyone know what the name of the middle register
> of the clarinet? Also is there a name for anything
> maybe above the clarion range, or is it just clarion
> all the way up?

I'll be a little more specific, Kelly - I'll add notes.

Low E/Eb to first finger F# is the chalumeau.

Open G, Ab, A, and Bb are the throat register.

Long B to C above the staff is the clarion register.

Db above C to the next C is the altissimo.

Everything above 'super' C is called the earsbleedprofusely register. In
some dialects, you may also hear it referred to as the
'whatdafu*am-aye-playendeeztingsondizklarinetfer!?!?!' register.
Generally, I prefer to transpose such an register to Eb clarinet - that's
what it's for.

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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