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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2009-07-26 18:21
Attachment: altissimo-1.pdf (76k)
Attachment: altissimo-4.pdf (98k)
I've attached two versions of fingering charts for the altissimo starting at C# above the staff.
These are fingerings that I've collected over the years that have worked on various clarinets. They are not "complete," probably don't include some standards, and so forth...and YRMV, of course.
There are two versions: One note per page and four notes per page. (The 4 makes a nice little booklet when the pages are cut.)
They're in .PDF format, but if anyone has Visio 2003 or later, I'd be glad to send the native files, if you e-mail me.
Hope these are useful.
B.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-07-26 19:47
My website also has a fingering chart for both clarinet and for bass clarinet if anyone is interested. Some charts have so many fingerings that are so out of tune it's hardly fair to list them as a fingering. I tried to ovoid doing that on my charts. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2009-07-26 20:22
Ed,
Your charts are great to have, and I agree with you about including nearly useless fingerings. In fact, I have versions of my own charts for my students that are less inclusive of the more obscure and marginally useful fingerings, and more in-line with their level of playing.
The reason I made my own is that I wanted something entirely graphical, with no key or finger "numbers" or codes, that could be understood by anyone at a glance. (I'm sure we've all seen the various keys on the clarinet "named" in several different ways; everyone seems to do it differently in the books.)
Also, I made these so that they could easily be be reproduced in several different sizes. And I also wanted to put a tuning "grid" for each note for record keeping; something that I haven't seen in other charts.
Yep, it needs improvement, especially a way to indicate the various tunings for multiple fingerings for each note. (Not enough space right now.)
B.
Post Edited (2009-07-26 20:28)
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-07-26 21:16
I have to say that there is no such thing as a useless fingering. Fingerings such as when the note is way sharp or flat to be used in a 'normal' context are extremely useful in playing quarter tones and micro tones. These fingerings are also useful in really fast leaps where the 'normal' fingering just doesn't quite do it.
These sorts of 'cheat' fingerings are extremely useful in Contemporary and Avant Garde music as well as the well known orchestral repertoire. Two spring to mind as I right this. The 2nd game in Bartok Maraculous Manderine where the sextuplets start on the high D# and indeed the Firebird Variation from Stravinsky's Firebird Suites (1919 and 1945), again the triplet leaps, one has a rather nasty high C#, I always use the 'cheat' and it has never failed me in concert.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: GBK
Date: 2009-07-26 21:23
Fingering charts are useful up to a point. Many charts have fingerings which you will never use (awkward fingering, questionable pitch, too much resistance, slippery attack, etc...)
Thus, as I do with my students, purchase the Ridenour book (or anything similar) and for each altissimo note find (and MARK IN THE BOOK) 1 or 2 primary and 1 or 2 alternate fingerings and commit all of those to memory.
Over time, some of the more obscure, but still useful fingerings can then be added to your personal arsenal.
...GBK
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-07-26 23:39
Cegleris, I agree with you up to a point. That's why I have many fingers on my chart for the high F#, G and G#, the're not all "in tune" but at least they sound like the note, sort of. My trill and tremolo fingerings are a bit "less" true to the pitch in many cases. There's a difference between playing the note and "finding a possible way" to play the note. ESP
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