 The Clarinet BBoard
|
Author: Greek Style
Date: 2006-07-05 15:46
I just wonder in what pitch todays clarinets are made in? A=442 is low pitch right?
A=440 is also low pitch or what?
and finaly high pitch =444?
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Merlin
Date: 2006-07-05 16:54
Low pitch is usually used to encompass anything from 440-442 these days. High pitch, as found in bagpipes and old military instruments is usually 457-460hz.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Ken Mills
Date: 2006-07-05 21:23
Just buy the clarinet with the mechanism highest on the body, that would be a Selmer, I think, whose mpcs such as the C85 have a severe but relatively closed facing designed for soft reeds. The Selmer Signature is a case in point. The barrel on it has a smaller diameter than most of the upper part of the upper joint so that the left hand clarion notes will not sound too unruly with a soft reed, in my theory. I like soft reeds with a medium facing so I sound too flat on the usual clarinet with my Selmer CP100 mpc and no. 2 Vandoren reed, which has plenty of power too. Measure some clarinets for me, Ken
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2006-07-05 21:36
The old "HP" (High Pitch) clarinets were much higher than A-444. The 457-460 pitch Merlin gives is nearly a quarter-tone above 440. This is too much to correct by pulling out the joints or using a longer barrel. Low pitch includes 444 as well as 440. Viennese pitch is even higher -- 445 or so -- and the Vienna Philharmonic wind players use instruments specially made for that pitch.
Ken Shaw
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: clarnibass
Date: 2006-07-06 04:55
"High pitch, as found in bagpipes"
I have a CD of a bagpipe player and the pitch is a lot lower than 440. About 30 cents lower.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
The Clarinet Pages
|
 |
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
