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This is a supplement post to the already existing posts on dyad multiphonics for Bb and bass clarinets. Checking those posts out first will give you plenty of background information, and some tips for writing (and playing) these effects.

As always I am notating in written pitches here.

# Pitches/Fingering Audio Notes
01  eb dyad 1    
02  eb dyad 2   Need to drop my jaw to play this one – makes it especially airy
03  eb dyad 1    Very fragile – possibly works better with bell slightly covered (with leg)
04  eb dyad 1   Need to drop my jaw to play this one – makes it especially airy
05  eb dyad 1    
06  eb dyad 1  very stable
07  eb dyad 7    stable
08  eb dyad 1  Need to drop my jaw to play this one – makes it especially airy
09  eb dyad 1    stable
10  eb dyad 1  stable
11  eb dyad 1    less stable than 9
12  eb dyad 1    Need to drop my jaw to play this one – makes it especially airy
13  eb dyad 1    Difficult and requires a louder dynamic
14  eb dyad 1     Difficult and requires a louder dynamic

4 responses to “14 dyad multiphonics for Eb clarinet”

  1. […] On close interval dyad multiphonics for Bb clarinet. And for bass clarinet.  And for Eb clarinet. […]

  2. […] the register key, the post on  bass clarinet underblown multiphonics and also to the post on Eb clarinet dyads. It might be worth reading those, as well as the posts on spectral multiphonics for Bb, bass and […]

  3. Hi, Thank you very much for all your work ! Regarding the Eb clarinet multiphonics : Could you please specify which trills are possible? I was wondering about trilling #6 with #9, do you think it could work? Thank you in advance!

    1. Hi Antonin, sorry for the loooong delay – that trill will kind of be possible, but the clarinetist will need to do it with their right thumb (which is usually used for holding up the instrument), so this is going to be much better if it’s in a chamber music piece where the clarinetist will be sitting!

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