source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 14:41:59 -0700 Subject: clarinet microtones From: "Edwin M. Richards" <76400.1435@compuserve.com> I have just signed on to this group, after hearing that my dissertation on clarinet microtones was mentioned. This information (478 microtones) has been included in a book ("The Clarinet of the Twenty-First Century") that also describes 213 altissimo register fingerings and 463 multiple sounds - I also have a somewhat shorter but similar book on bass clarinet. Please send me a private email if you would like further information. The German fingering system still exists (in fact many German orchestras will not even admit a Boehm-system player to an audition), although almost all American clarinetists use Boehm system instruments (one notable exception is Michelle Zukovsky of the LA Philharmonic, who uses a Wurlitzer clarinet) - multiphonics are possible, but, naturally involve different fingerings (Joji Yuasa details multiphonic fingerings for both French/American/Boehm and German systems in his "Clarinet Solitude") - it is not always possible to generate the same pitches from both systems. E. MIchael Richards Associate Professor of Music Hamilton College Clinton, NY 76400.1435@CompuServe.com Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:59 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id LAA09522; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:59:19 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:59:19 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu