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Author: Timothy Reichard
Date: 2001-12-17 20:15
I've decided to scrap the confusing, instrument-specific octave numbering system used at the Woodwind Fingering Guide in favor of the more standard one used here. C4 is now Middle C, rather than the 4th lowest C a given instrument can play.
Hopefully this will help remove some confusion from note naming on this forum and others.
Also, the altissimo trill chart has been lacking an A6-B6 trill fingering for quite some time. Could anyone suggest a fingering for it?
Tim Reichard
http://www.wfg.sneezy.org/
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-12-17 20:24
Timothy Reichard wrote:
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> Also, the altissimo trill chart has been lacking an A6-B6 trill
> fingering for quite some time. Could anyone suggest a
> fingering for it?
Wouldn't that be A7-B7 by the notation above?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-12-17 20:28
Finger the high A in the traditional manner:
TR oxx / ooo C# and trill to high B by adding:
TR + A key oxx / xxx C# ...GBK
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-12-17 20:45
One addition...in the fingering I posted for the high B, the 3rd finger (ring finger) of the right hand may be omitted on the trill. This will make the B slightly higher.
Therefore the high B would be fingered:
TR + A key oxx / xxo C# ...GBK
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Author: Timothy Reichard
Date: 2001-12-18 03:35
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> Timothy Reichard wrote:
> >
> > Also, the altissimo trill chart has been lacking an A6-B6
> trill
> > fingering for quite some time. Could anyone suggest a
> > fingering for it?
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> Wouldn't that be A7-B7 by the notation above?
I think A6-B6 is correct. Here I'm using the recommendation of the Acoustical Society of America, which concurs with the C4 reference image on this forum. It sets C as the low note of each octave, and the fourth octave begins at Middle C (= C4) and extends upward to third-line B (= B4). So the A above Middle C (second space) is A4, the A on the first ledger line above the staff is A5, and the A on the space above the fourth ledger line is A6.
I found a pdf file online that may be a good pointer. I'm referring to the A6 and B6 shown here:
http://www.emporia.edu/~houchina/pdf/unit1/octdesig.pdf
Tim Reichard
http://www.wfg.sneezy.org/Dee wrote:
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-12-19 13:16
Oh well. They design a good scheme to number based on the piano but mess it up by numbering starting on the lowest piano C rather than the lowest piano A. That's what threw me. I would have started on the lowest piano A, called it A1, and numbered from there going A1, B1, C1 etc. Of course we engineers tend to think a little differently and I'm sure that there is a historical reason of some kind for using the C as the basis for numbering.
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