Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 2004/11

From: <duffyl@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:01:39 -0500


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From: "kimi" <kimi_kimy@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Clarinets

>
> --- dnleeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
>
> > Well it is not as simple a question as you might
> > think. And in
> > order to create an answer that can be understood by
> > someone who
> > has no experience in music is not at all easy.
> >
> > Unlike any other member of the family of woodwind
> > instruments,
> > the clarinet is made in a large variety of pitches
> > or keys. Why
> > this is necessary is really what you want to know,
> > but for the
> > moment take that as a given. There is a need to
> > have them in a
> > variety of keys.
> >
> > So the first question is, how does make clarinets in
> > a variety of
> > keys?
> >
> > That's easy: you simply make the body of the
> > instrument longer
> > and it will be in a different key.
> >
> > What does this mean from a practical point of view?
> >
> > Envision a table with five clarinets on it. The
> > first one is two
> > feet long, the next two and 1/3 feet long. The next
> > two and 2/3
> > feet long. The fourth is 3 feet long and the fifth
> > is 3 and 1/3
> > feet long. Each clarinet has a mouthpiece and a
> > reed and you
> > daughter is asked to play a simple scale on the
> > shortest one.
> >
> > She picks it up and plays a simple scale perfectly.
> >
> > Then she goes to the next clarinet and plays the
> > same scale. By
> > that I mean that she puts her fingers in the same
> > physical
> > positions that she employed for the first clarinet.
> >
> > Then she does the same with the third clarinet, and
> > the fourth,
> > and the fifth.
> >
> > She has taken an identical set of finger positions
> > on each of
> > five different length clarinets.
> >
> > So a question for you: since she used identical
> > finger positions
> > on each of the five instruments, what do you expect
> > to hear?
> >
> > Will you hear five identical scales, or will you
> > hear five
> > distinctly different scales?
> >
> > Your turn, please.
> >
> > Dan Leeson
> > DNLeeson@-----.net
> >
> >
> The scale is the same however, the pitch will change
> due to each clarinet carrying a different pitch. At
> least that is how I'm understanding it. LOL :P
> k
>
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