 The Clarinet BBoard
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Author: JTJC
Date: 2026-01-12 01:52
I’ve just received the part for this piece by Peter Maxwell Davies. There’s a solo passage where the two clarinets, in octaves, are like Scottish bagpipes. The first clarinet it’s largely in the altissimo and there’s some tricky ornamentation. I would post an image of the relevant section, but as it’s a copyright piece I’m not sure about the legality of doing that. So I’ll describe the series of notes.
There are Altissimo grace notes/ornamentation A6, E6, F#6 leading main melody note B5.
Another awkward interval is A6 grace note down to melody note F#6.
The A6 and F#6 aren’t the best of notes on my Bb either, even trying a few alternative fingerings, and with not the best of reeds (I really don’t want to flog my good reeds on this, just at the moment). Can anyone suggest some alternative ways to approach these passages?
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2026-01-12 02:29
Maybe overblowing Bb (Bb6? 2 spaces above the staff) for the F#s? One of my favourite fingerings. My grandfather was born on Sanday, Orkney.
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Post Edited (2026-01-12 02:31)
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