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break register = breaking point?

Author: Eina Kari Rajesh
Date: 2015-02-03 17:28

Hi all,
Excuse my ignorance. Off late I have been reading the book You Can Sing by Carrie & David Grant, where the human voice range has been divided into two distinct areas, The chest voice and The head voice with the bridge or THE BREAKING POINT from F4 to B4, which almost corresponds with the clarinets BREAK REGISTER OR THROAT TONES.
I wonder whether these notes are named as throat tones/break register in clarinet due to its nature (difficulty in singing or voicing) or to the specific attributes of clarinet like the bridge between the chalumea and clarion register. Does this range refered the same irrespective of instruments (Bb, A, Eb clarinets or even other woodwinds) and it's range? Is it the fingerings or the pitch? Knowing this might not help me playing better, but I ask to know the instrument better. Kindly never mind my English.
Regards

EKR

Post Edited (2015-02-03 19:16)

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