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Re: counting keys on a clarinet

Author: javier garcia m
Date: 2003-05-03 14:09

What a problem! properly speaking, a key is a device to cover or uncover a hole that is not possible to reach directly with the fingers.
On boehm soprano or piccolos Clarinets (standard 17/6 models) there are 7 holes that are covered by fingers:
LH: thumb, 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers
RH: 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers
there are 3 holes that are covered by pads when you press the rings: the pad aligned with the three rings on RH, the pad attached to medium finger on LH and the pad actioned by LH thumb or 1st finger to play F or F#.
And there are 14 holes that are covered or uncovered by keys, described on the previous thread.
On big clarinets things change. On my bass for instance, RH 3rd finger press a key (a device to cover a hole that is not reached by the finger), not a hole and RH 2nd finger press a plateau directly over the hole. How do you count it? But if I say you my bass has 18 keys (the extra key for the low Eb) you understand what I'm saying.

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