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Author: tan_mx
Date: 2003-08-26 03:12
hello all... what do you think the highest note on the alto clarinet is? because the alto seems to be struggling with high notes...
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Author: ron b
Date: 2003-08-26 06:06
Hi, Tan -
Assuming you practice periodically and your mpc/reed setup is good, altos should play up into their written high G (4 lines above staff) range without too much struggling. If it's a top notch horn you should be able to play around up there with very little effort. Personally speaking, though, I don't know why you'd want to...
Alto clarinets function well when they're properly adjusted. When they're out of adjustment they can give you a lot of agravation. I've found them not nearly as leak-forgiving as regular Bb horns. Has a repair technician checked it out recently?
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-08-26 14:15
Sky's the limit on alto clarinet, as on bass clarinet. With a well-adjusted, decent instrument and a good mouthpiece you can go as high as a soprano clarinet if you should so choose (and if local ordinances, your neighbors, and the local cats and dogs will tolerate it).
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-08-26 14:38
Dave, with fine humor, says it well. Any alto cl parts in community band music [most common use, except for transposed string parts, 2nd violin/viola/?cello] that I've seen [Morning, Night and Noon in Vienna is a good example] seldom go far above the staff, since that is the "realm" of 2nd/3rd sop. cl's and 2nd Alto sax. Clarinet choir parts [important!] may have greater range. The better A C's are full-plateau-keyed IMHO, and like the bass cl, MUST be very "tight" [no leaks] to play well, softly and with a distinct tonal character. Search for more comments. Luck, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: CJB
Date: 2003-08-26 16:57
Highest alto cl part I've had to cope with in a wind band piece went up to an altissimo E (Philip Sparke Dance Movements). Most of the others have remained in lower territory. To be fair though I haven't played many as I prefer just about any other size of clarinet and normally play Eb.
(Before the alto lovers attack me I dislike playing alto mostly because it is often poorly written for and usually doubled elsewhere as composers usually assume there won't be one.)
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-08-26 17:25
CJB, This OLDT alto-lover [I fantacize [sp?] it as a Basset Horn!] AGREES with you re: poorly written, very few "solo", parts beyond alto sax and French horns. Of course most of my bass cl parts are covered up by unisons with bari sax and tubas etc, but a few more goodies! As to range, our recently-rehearsed, Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes{TKS again +, Ken], has a high Eb in its first few measures, makes me work!!, otherwise these biggies are mainly in the chalameau. Just thots, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: C. Hogue
Date: 2003-08-26 21:28
I agree with Don on the full-plateau keys and, I might add, that half-hole on the index-finger, left hand key. Keep that little hole clean and uncover it on the 3rd register and you'll be up in the stratosphere.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-08-26 22:02
Rite, C H, TKS. During warmup, I like to go up and up on my bass cl, well above G, to get amazed looks from my sop cl friends, the "half-hole" [oboe terminology?, a well located register vent] sure makes it possible! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: tan_mx
Date: 2003-08-29 09:02
Thanks! It took me up to 3 years to play altissimo on the alto clarinet, but I could play altissimo the first time I play a Bb soprano :( haha...
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