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.
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.
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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.
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.