Fingered Multiphonics Explained

Fingered multiphonics are one of four ways to produce multiple sounds on the clarinet and are very common in contemporary music for clarinet. Understand the basics and fundamentals of producing, playing and writing this technique.
This video is part of a series that aims to explain the most common extended techniques for clarinet. The series is aimed at clarinettists, at composers and at anyone interested in knowing more about these techniques. The topics are explained in an intentionally simple way, so that an international audience can learn more about these complex phenomena. If you are interested in knowing more about the complexities of certain techniques or performing research with a clarinet player, please contact me directly via my website, www.richardehaynes.com
This video was made possible in part through the support of the InMusic Clarinet Festival: www.in-music.pt/festival/
These techniques and more can be heard in the context of contemporary works for clarinet on the following albums:
Sonorous Body (clarinets in E-flat, B-flat and A)
Spotify - open.spotify.com/album/4vrYRq...
Apple Music - / sonorous-body
Rendering (bass clarinet)
Spotify - open.spotify.com/album/4FS2lP...
Apple Music - / rendering
The Outward Impulse (contrabass clarinet)
Spotify - open.spotify.com/album/3E5YCL...
Apple Music - / the-outward-impulse-ep
Ghosts of Motion (clarinet d'amore)
Spotify - open.spotify.com/album/4pRIuO...
Apple Music - / ghosts-of-motion
A wealth of tracks can also be heard on Soundcloud: / richardehaynes

[@RAMChiTribe]

This information is gold. Thank you

[@RichardElliotHaynes.clarinet]

Thanks very much! Glad you think so.

[@fredrikstanghov4424]

Great videos! Can I apply same fingerings and multiphonics on bass clarinet? As I understand it the fingerings are the same for normal playing. Sincerely, Composer.

[@RichardElliotHaynes.clarinet]

Hi Frederik, it's not quite as simple as that. The chromatic fingerings for notes between written E3 and C6 are the same, however microtonal fingerings in that range can be quite different. When it comes to any kind of fingered multiphonic the same fingering can in most cases be used but on the bass clarinet will most likely result in different pitches. This is because the mechanism, in particular the arrangement of tone holes and the automatic double register key, is slightly different and the pitches will emanate from the instrument in different ways. There are resources, such as the book by Harry Sparnaay, that detail fingered multiphonics for bass clarinet. I would not recommend simply applying clarinet multiphonics for Bb and A clarinets on bass clarinet.