Klarinet Archive - Posting 000672.txt from 2002/03

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vito Alto Clarinet
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 11:09:02 -0500

In my experience the altissimo notes are not a problem on the alto
clarinet, even a cheap one. (It is the middle register that is the problem.)

I believe you are a bass clarinet player, correct? So you know about the
pinhole on the first left hand finger key. Have you checked to see if it
plugged up? Also, as you would on a bass clarinet, consider using throat
register fingerings with the register key. F#@-----.

Gary

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At 02:48 PM 3/22/02, you wrote:
>I'm currently moonlighting on Alto Clarinet, and have had some difficulty
>with the instrument. This is a Leblanc or Vito, I however do not know
>what model it was. It was most likely purchased about a decade or so ago.
>
>Unfortunately, most of the music I previously played on the Alto was in
>the mid range.. my current piece goes about the break to High D and C#
>-are these notes that are normally hard to get to "speak" on Alto
>clarinet?
>
>Thank in advance,
>D
>

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