Klarinet Archive - Posting 000852.txt from 2002/07

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Conservative Clarinet Ranges: Well?
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 17:54:28 -0400

The problem is that the average high
school band director can't sing that
high and he can't even sing in unison
with him/or/herself.

Tim A Zehr wrote:

> Quoting Roger Hewitt <rogerclarinet@-----.uk>:
>
>
>>>2 B-Flat Soprano Clarinets:
>>> Small E (below Middle C)
>>> to F3 (3 ledger lines above the Treble Clef).
>>>
>>Here the comon range almost certainly includes the extra tone at the top to
>>G it is absolutely standard in the band. More modern classical music will
>>sometimes go higher right up to C4, but the G is the usual maximum.
>>
>
>
> Although, the intonation on high F# and G tends to be really painful if you
> have several "average" highschoolers playing in unison!
>
> Tim Zehr
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