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Author: Person4me2
Date: 2011-11-13 18:24
How high can you people play your chromatic scale up to. Talking about me. On a regular Bb clarinet i can play my chromatic scale from a low E (E3) all the way up to Double High F flat (Fb7). Fb7 is a really, really piercing and shrill note, and it is pretty difficult to get up there. I dont expect you guys play up to that high, but anyways tell me how high you guys can go up to.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2011-11-13 23:26
There is the Ginistera and Wagner (Fire music?) that swirl up to a double C but I usually only get to the 'A' below that. Not much call for anything higher really.
..................Paul Aviles
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Author: FDF
Date: 2011-11-13 23:36
Dear Person4me2,
Can you top this: I can hit that double high F flat while writing E=MC squared with chalk on a blackboard while playing “Flight of the Bumblebee” plunking a low E on a piece of twine tied to a broomstick stuck in a galvanized steel wash tub.
Hold the applause, please!
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Author: Barry Vincent
Date: 2011-11-14 03:06
So Person4me2 , are your sure you're using a regular Bb soprano or
a red hot fountain pen ?
Skyfacer
Post Edited (2011-11-14 03:20)
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Author: Claire Annette
Date: 2011-11-14 04:13
True story--our community band often borrows music from area high schools.
Recently seem penciled in the first clarinet part: " B normal."
It was either a command or a reminder not to play Bb.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2011-11-14 14:09
Dear Barry,
Don't be 'dissing' fountain pens!!!
That's a topic for another forum.
......................Paul Aviles
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Author: William
Date: 2011-11-14 20:56
E3 up to C7, one breath--down, as well. Big deal....just takes a little practice. It's playing musically that is more important.
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Author: FDF
Date: 2011-11-14 21:27
Mark said, "You got it wrong, sorry.
In my world, E=Fb
Ba da boom."
Yep, sorry should have rewritten that equation.
Physics and music don't really mix that well.
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Author: FDF
Date: 2011-11-14 21:28
or computers! : (
Post Edited (2011-11-14 21:31)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-11-14 21:49
E=Fb is relative in (scientific) theory.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Dharma
Date: 2011-11-14 22:08
I've been playing two weeks precisely, and can just about manage F on the top line of the staff. Attempting anything beyond that makes my teeth explode and my nose fall off.
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A horse is drawn to water, but a pencil must be lead.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2011-11-15 02:58
For the record, Einstein got it wrong (but Stravinsky got it right). In reality:
E = D## = D#²
Best regards,
jnk
Post Edited (2011-11-15 14:12)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-11-15 03:03
Or D#x (if followed by an E#)
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Tony M
Date: 2011-11-15 05:43
Now you really have me thinking. Does string theory only apply to violins or can it have a bearing on clarinets as well?
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2011-11-15 14:10
Of course it has a bearing on clarinets. When the proper string enters the black hole (a.k.a., bore), it can convert a Bb clarinet to an A clarinet by perturbing the relativity of the instrument's bore size relative to its tone hole locations.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2011-11-15 18:12
Well, if I begin on my bass, low C, switch to Bb and than to Eb clarinet I have a pretty big range. As far as one on clarinet, who really cares. ESP
eddiesclarinet. com
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2011-11-15 18:43
I only practice once in a while in scales to double high A (A6)
I can't recall any music higher than that off the top of my head.
i think all the glass in the house would shatter if i went (or could go) any higher.
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