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Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-08-03 21:50
Is there a drawing or photograph that lists the names of all the keys on the clarinet. I'm not looking for the notes, just the physical key names. Thx
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Author: kdk
Date: 2016-08-03 23:07
Most fingering charts use their own numbering system to match the fingering diagrams to the pictures of the clarinet keys. I don't think there's a standard nomenclature except for identifying the note they produce. Sometimes a descriptive word is added - LH Ab/G# spatula, LH long F#/C# lever. People aren't even consistent when naming the notes between using the lowest note and its twelfth (F#/C#) or the two enharmonic names (Ab/G#). Sometimes here on the BB we have to ask a poster which of a couple of possible keys he or she means.
There are a couple of standard names - register key (or the less correct octave key), bridge key, rh or lh sliver key come to mind. I think the rest are named pretty much descriptively by what they do. The easiest way is to identify the note by its octave - Eb5 is different from rh Eb4 (or lh sliver Eb4).
Karl
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2016-08-03 23:24
So what about the manufacturing variations of the "standard" Bb Boehm (not "full Boehm" or other outliers)... is it always pretty much the same set of parts, give or take an extra post here or there, no matter who made/makes it? Any real oddballs out there, and if so- for good reason or just crazy?
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2016-08-03 23:27)
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2016-08-04 00:15
When I refer to them in writing I always use "RH" or "LH", or "top joint" or bottom joint" for clarity.
At Red Wing it was like this, and I think it's standard for all shops...
The top joint keys use the upper register note names.
The lower joint keys use the lower register note names.
For example, the top joint 123 fingering is "G" or "G/C", the bottom joint 123/456 fingering is "G" or "G/D".
Keys are metal things that move and have pads. (register key)
Levers move keys. (LH pinky levers)
Touchpieces are things you touch. (except for rings)
Keys take their name from the note produced when pressed.
TOP JOINT.........................
The A, and Ab are "A key" and "Ab key".
The thumb ring key is the "thumb ring".
The register key is the "register key".
The side trills from top to bottom are:
"C trill key"
"Bb trill key"
"Alt F# key" or "F# trill key"
The regular Bb key below the trills is the "SIDE Bb Key"
The top ring key, fingered 1, is the "F# ring key"
The bottom ring key, fingered 123, with the upper bridge, is the "A/D ring key".
The sliver key is the "Inline Bb/Eb key"
The G# is the "G#/C#" key, or "Ab/Db key."
BOTTOM JOINT.......................
The LH pinky levers:
"F/C lever"
"F#/C# lever"
"E/B lever"
The rings fingered 456 (123/456), with the lower bridge, is the "3 ring key".
The sliver key is the "B/F# key"
The RH pinky keys:
The upper top is the "Ab/Eb key"
The upper bottom is the "F/C key"
The lower top is the "F#/C# key"
The lower bottom RH is the "E/B key"
- Matthew Simington
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