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Author: Jeanne
Date: 2001-10-17 03:17
I read on a fingering chart off this site that clarinet can only go up to G5, but in a question below, someone was talking about G6 beain the highest they can play, but want to play higher. Are there two different octave counts (i.e. one off piano and one off clarinet)? Or are someone's facts mixed up?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-10-17 03:34
The general accepted range of the clarinet is considered 3 octaves and a sixth. In written terms it would be E (3 ledger lines below the treble staff0 to C (5 ledger lines above the staff).
It is possible to find fingering charts and books that will show fingerings for 4 full octaves or more. Tom Ridenour's fingering book (a must to have) shows fingerings up to high E...
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-10-17 12:12
There are a multitude of different systems to designate the range (even for piano). That's why Mark has put a key at the top of the bulletin board for a reference point.
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Author: Alta
Date: 2001-10-17 14:18
I previously asked the question about G6 and used the reference at the top of the page on this BB since there always seems to be so much confusion. I guess it didn't help much.
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Author: Richard Fong
Date: 2001-10-17 15:59
A little command of the "Mark's C4" ...
I am using IE 6.0 of PC, IE5.0 for Mac, both couldn't see the C4 clearily. Until Dee post the notice, I had found the reference point.
BTW, althought this site look "invisible" , it still the BEST site in world.
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Author: Fred
Date: 2001-10-17 23:39
uh-oh . . . Don Q has fired a round across the bow.
Will there be immediate retaliation, diplomacy, or coalition-building?
Stay tuned . . .
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Author: sarah
Date: 2001-10-17 23:42
Um, Don Quijote, the C4 pic isn't wrong. It is just another system that uses the lowest C on the piano as C1. That would make middle C, C4.
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Author: sarah
Date: 2001-10-18 01:52
That is a system based on clarinets. No other instrument would use that because it is tailored to the range of the clarinet. Having middle C be C4 is more of a universal system, so that other people (who might not play the clarinet) can understand the octave.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-10-18 13:02
It is also a good idea to use piano as a reference since this tends to be the basis tool used as a reference for music theory anyway. It's why the C one ledger line below the treble clef is called "middle C." It is in the middle of the Grand Staff used for notating piano music.
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Author: Fred
Date: 2001-10-18 17:48
See, Don Q . . . there's a reason that they named the plastic explosive "C4".
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