Klarinet Archive - Posting 000501.txt from 2001/04

From: Clarguy3@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Higest clarinet note
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 00:19:45 -0400

In a message dated 4/21/01 6:32:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
eliazor@-----.net writes:

<< 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.
>
>>
Interesting discussion. Don't forget Tom Ridenaur's book(s)--especially the
one about altissimo fingerings. Bill Smith's Variants, which has been around
for a good thirty years now, goes way up in the A neighborhood, 8 ledger
lines above the staff. And it can be done, though many folks just put their
teeth on the reed for that one.

I think the answer is, you can play as high as you can play.

Chuck

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