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5-key clarinet (clarionett) E. Howe

Author: Jonathan Bayley
Date: 2002-07-10 20:38

How does one read 5-key clarinet fingering charts?

I have 3 fingering charts in an Mid-19 Century clarinet Tutor titled "Howe's School for the Clarionett" and can not understand the fingering charts.

There seems to be more keys than fingers. Might the filled-in "notes" or circles represent untouched holes or keys and the open circle or filled in notes represent covered holed or depressed keys?

What a mistory?

Jonathan

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RE: 5-key clarinet (clarionett) E. Howe

Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-07-11 15:51

It sounds to me that you already know how to read it. In some of the "turn-of-the-century" tutors, Klose etc, there are Albert fingering charts, even if they make use of more keys, the basic fingerings should be much the same, prob. lots of "fork" fingerings for half tones etc. As the Music Man said, experiment with your horn [and sing that "funny" tune??] . Don

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RE: 5-key clarinet (clarionett) E. Howe

Author: Gnomon (Eoin McAuley)
Date: 2002-07-12 07:30

I've copied two of those old fingering charts for 5-key clarinets and have put them on my website. You might find them a bit easier to read than the originals. They are at

<A HREF="http://gofree.indigo.ie/~jonmca/clarinet2.html">http://gofree.indigo.ie/~jonmca/clarinet2.html</A>

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RE: 5-key clarinet (clarionett) E. Howe

Author: Gnomon (Eoin McAuley)
Date: 2002-07-12 07:32

In the case of my charts, the coloured keys are pressed while the white ones are untouched.

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