Klarinet Archive - Posting 000678.txt from 2002/03

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: [dl] Vi to Alto Clarinet
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 11:58:55 -0500

On a soprano clarinet you would usually play an altissimo D with the first
left hand hole open. On an alto or bass you should slide your first finger
down toward the bell so that the key is closed but the pin hole is
uncovered. That is why it is there.

Gary

At 08:51 AM 3/23/02, you wrote:
>I guess my little Alto is bassakwards. Its find from the low Eb to the
>High C# .. the D, E, Eb, F and G just doesn't speak at all.. they squeak.
>In all the other clarinets (Bass, Bb,Contra) I'm able to play up and down
>the full register, the Alto.. its... EVIL! :)
>
>I do play bass Clarinet , yes, about an hour and a half every day. Though
>I have never had to mess with that little tone hole thing. It's not
>physically plugged, I usually just cover it with my index finger.
>
>D
>On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:09:02 -0800 Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
>writes:
> > 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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