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Eb clarinet-altissimo

Author: glupaya
Date: 2011-01-08 18:52

Hello-I just started playing this tiny ...well, I guess I can't use foul language on here!! I have a sort of love/hate relationship with this instrument.
I've been playing about six months, and am starting to get more comfortable in the altissimo range....EXCEPT for the E. It is terrible. I really never know what note (or screech) is going to come out. What is up with that? Am I just crazy?

I should mention I have only played Bb before this (for many years), and so I am just using the same fingerings that I know and love already. But, I am starting to notice that the fingerings that I use on the Bb in the altissimo are not the ones I am finding I like best on the Eb. Are there better/different fingerings for altissimo on the Eb? Where would I find these?

Thanks!
PS I have a lovely Leblanc Noblet Artist model, if that matters at all.

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