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Author: R. Simpson
Date: 2000-11-04 01:45
Ive seen my Bass Clarinets advertised ti have a resonance key. What is a resonance key, and what is its function
Thanks for your help
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-11-04 17:43
Since no one has answered, I'll try. In order for any note to "sound good", meaning clearly, cleanly [no fuzz or buzz] and in tune with its octaves and adjacent notes, the tone holes must "vent" properly to release the air pressure and effectively terminate the length of tube sounding that note. This is "my" description-understanding of a quite complex standing-wave action, far better described in our "good books" with Clarinet and/or Musical Acoustics in the titles by Brymer, Baines, Gibson, Benade and numerous others. In some instances, because of construction methods, the "sounding" tone hole needs additional venting so "resonance" holes and pads-mechanisms are provided. Only a few extras seem to be provided for clarinets, since we make use of helpful fingerings to accomplish satisfactory tonalities, but more are provided for the oboe family particularly for english horn in my limited experience. Related to your other question, the Bundy 3 bass cl mp's [for me] have been only fair so I use a Selmer C* or VanDoren B45, try different ones. Don
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Author: mark weinstein
Date: 2000-11-06 00:52
Very, very good introduction, Don.
Resonance "keys" aka Resonance *FINGERINGS*.
Take a look at a Fingering Books like Tom Ridenhour's & you will find many examples!
Some standard, others NOT. Much depends on YOUR sound, YOUR setup, YOUR specific instrument.
mw
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