Klarinet Archive - Posting 000681.txt from 2002/03

From: tianshiwushendu@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: [dl] Vi to Alto Clarinet
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 13:03:27 -0500

For the really high D? -is confused now- I thought the fingering was Left
middle,ring, pinky .. Right Index,middle, ring and pinky on the Eb key?

D
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:58:55 -0800 Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
writes:
> 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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