Highest note on clarinet
Neil Martinez
Hello,
I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
that? If so what is the fingering?
Any comments appreciated.
Neil
Matt
In article <34BED7EA...@idirect.com>,
Neil Martinez <npat...@idirect.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
>clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
>the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
>that? If so what is the fingering?
Highest standard note is a G# above that. I've known players who can
play higher but only very softly with a lot of windup...or very loudly
and not all the time.
Paul Zonn gives his fingerings in Blatter's Instrumentation and
Orchestration, but I understand that different makers may subscribe
to different methods of tuning the holes which lead to different
fingerings...
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Dave Tholen
Neil Martinez writes:
> I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
> clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
> the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
> that? If so what is the fingering?
I read a book many years ago that I recall said something like this:
Many composers consider the altissimo G to be the legitimate top of
the clarinet range, though there are standard fingerings for notes
up to the C, but rarely used in compositions (probably the instance
most clarinetists encounter is the altissino A in Semper Fidelis).
Some players have managed to tame notes a minor third above that,
though it's considered nothing more than a stunt.
I heard Bob Lowrey hit the D above that C in performance. I have
it on tape.
lanza
Listen to the climax of the great Sidney Bechet's stunning virtuoso
performance of *Maple Leaf Rag* (with the New Orleans Feetwarmers, on
Victor) for a visceral answer to your question!
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On 16 Jan 1998, Dave Tholen wrote:
[ well, interesting stuff, I say, but... ]
... I could not resist. No offense intended, it's a joke.
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Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
On 16 Jan 1998 01:18:06 GMT, Matt <fie...@zip.eecs.umich.edu> wrote:
:In article <34BED7EA...@idirect.com>,:>
:>I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
:>clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
:>the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
:>that? If so what is the fingering?
:Highest standard note is a G# above that.
You mean, G# above the "two lines above the staff C", surely, not the
C above that!
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In article <slrn6bvo2...@lyapunov.ucsd.edu>,
Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply) <ken...@NOSPAMlyapunov.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>On 16 Jan 1998 01:18:06 GMT, Matt <fie...@zip.eecs.umich.edu> wrote:
>:In article <34BED7EA...@idirect.com>,
>:Neil Martinez <npat...@idirect.com> wrote:
>:>Hello,
>:>
>:>I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
>:>clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
>:>the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
>:>that? If so what is the fingering?
>:
>:Highest standard note is a G# above that.
>
>You mean, G# above the "two lines above the staff C", surely, not the
>C above that!
Uh, right. Anytime I want a note higher than that I call for a different
size clarinet. The Eb one is just fine.
>
>
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>* Matthew B. Kennel/Institute for Nonlinear Science, UCSD
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>* Quoth the X Consortium: "Mechanism Not Policy"
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>* Translated: "Once ze windows go up, who cares why push MouseDown. That's
>* not my department!" says Wehrner von Braun.
>
>
E Ferret
Hi, all. A really useful reference book on this subject is Tom Ridenour's
Annotated Book of Altissimo Fingerings, published by Leblanc. We all know the
G and A above high C, and if you play the Rossini Introduction, Theme and
Variations, and you wanna have some fun, you can go up at the end, to the
double C, like Stoltzman does, instead of resolving down to high C. Babin's
Hillandale Waltzes has the Bb just below double C in the next-to-last mvt,
which you hold for a long time! In the band arrangement of Mars and Jupiter
from the Planets of Holst, there are G's, A's, and a B! I think most people
would consider double C to be the standard top note on clarinet. Ridenour's
book shows fingerings up to the E above that, and he himself says about this
part of the horn:"the response and tuning of the notes of the extreme altissimo
are precarious and much more contingent on the variable of reed, mouthpiece,
and embouchure than lower pitches. It is suggested that each player record his
own analyses of these tones for future reference. Many of the tones above C4
can only be played very softly and others only respond when the teeth are
placed on the reed. This range can only be played securely after considerable
work and experimentation on the part of the player." Great book--check it out.
Hope this helps.
Peter H. Granzeau
>I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
>clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
>the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
>that? If so what is the fingering?
While I have no idea at all of the answer to your questions, I do
remember one interview I heard on radio in which a clarinetist,
speaking of some modern works, indicated that the kind of squeaks
normally heard from beginning clarinet students are now being written
for the clarinet by some avant garde composers.
Matt
In article <34c534ff...@news.exis.net>,
This requires a player who can play the *right* squeak at the
*right* time, with feeling!
John P. Cloninger
E Ferret wrote:
I can consistently get all notes up to the altissimo C:
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and can dare say that I can reliably hit a G above that without use of teeth, with
the following fingering:
Left thumb: hole and register key
Left middle finger
Right index and ring in the forked F# formation
Right pinky on the Eb as is typical in the altissimo register
I've done this on two instruments, so it's not completely arbitrary. Needless to
say it takes a hard reed and an ridiculously firm embouchure. And don't think that
you'll be able to just land it with a normal sounding attack...it's the type of
thing that eeeks out at first, and then once you've found it, can get some volume
out of it. In other words, it's rather impractical. But I thought I'd mention it
to fuel the fire...
-jpc
Willie Noleth
In article <69mbev$b...@news.Hawaii.Edu>, Dave Tholen wrote:
>> I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
>> clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
>> the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
>> that? If so what is the fingering?
>I read a book many years ago that I recall said something like this:
>Many composers consider the altissimo G to be the legitimate top of
>the clarinet range, though there are standard fingerings for notes
>up to the C, but rarely used in compositions (probably the instance
>most clarinetists encounter is the altissino A in Semper Fidelis).
>Some players have managed to tame notes a minor third above that,
>though it's considered nothing more than a stunt.
>I heard Bob Lowrey hit the D above that C in performance. I have
>it on tape.
Do the frequencies compare to those emitted by an astronomer receiving
a wedgie?
Willie.
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> Hello,
> I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
> clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
> the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
> that? If so what is the fingering?
>
>
> Neil
Yes
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> Hello,
>
> I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
> clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
> the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
> that? If so what is the fingering?
>
> Any comments appreciated.
>
> Neil
Boggie Man
> Hello,
> I was just wondering, what is the highest playable note on the
> clarinet? I am able to play all the way to the high C an octave above
> the C two lines above the staff. Can the clarinet go any higher than
> that? If so what is the fingering?
> Any comments appreciated.
> Neil