Klarinet Archive - Posting 000494.txt from 2001/04

From: test <eliazor@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Higest clarinet note
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 18:29:45 -0400

get a fingering chart. It does not cost much.
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From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Higest clarinet note

> <><> Jennifer Houle wrote:
> Is there a way to play a note higer than a C (two octaves above middle
> C) on the Bb clarinet?
>
>
> Every clarinet player needs a complete fingering book which answers
> this question (and many others).
>
> The book that I like costs about $15 (?), has very clear diagrams,
> and fits easily in a shirt pocket. Its title is "303 Clarinet
> Fingerings & 276 Trills". Among other places, you can buy a copy from
> Gary Van Cott (who posts on this list) at www.vcisinc.com.
>
> By the way, the book says that one of the preferred fingerings for
> __G an octave above 4 leger lines above the staff__ is the thumb and
> register key all by themselves. This is also a preferred fingering for
> C that is only two leger lines above the staff, which everybody needs to
> play eventually. I can't approach the octava G myself, but the
> difference between these two notes is embouchure and tongue position and
> breath support, not fingering.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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