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 Confused on fingering!
Author: Cathleen 
Date:   2002-09-27 21:09

I have just recently switched my instrument from the bass clarinet to the contralto clarinet and I am so confused, Since the bass clarinet is in B flat and the contralto is in E flat. Can someone please tell me at least one note and I can figure out the rest? (ex.: on the bass clarinet if I am playing a low C what note is that on the contralto?) If someone could help me, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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 RE: Confused on fingering!
Author: Dee 
Date:   2002-09-27 22:17

The fingerings should be the same and any transpositions taken care of in the printed music.

The bass clarinet is pitched in Bb. That means when you finger a C, the concert pitch actually heard is a Bb. On the contralto clarinet, which is pitched in Eb, fingering a C will give you a concert Eb.

Concert pitch is what pianos, violins, flutes, and oboes use.


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 RE: Confused on fingering!
Author: Torus Tubarius 
Date:   2002-10-03 23:23

Concert pitch is the only pitch. Everyone else is a mutant. :)

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 RE: Confused on fingering!
Author: sax playa 
Date:   2002-10-13 21:00

On Bass C it Would be a G on Contralto
Or ask an alto sax player to tranpose for you.
HOpe this helps

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 RE: Confused on fingering!
Author: how-to-finger 
Date:   2002-12-06 16:08

you start slow then work it to a frenzy


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