Category Archives: clarinet techniques

Altissimo Quarter Tone Studies

Posted on February 23, 2017 by heatherroche

One for the bass clarinet players today… I was working on writing up some short exercises to help with working on the altissimo, particularly quarter tones, and thought that actually these might be useful for any advanced bass clarinet students … Continue reading →

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Three Octave Tremolo/Moving Passages Chart w/ Quarter Tones for Bb Clarinet

Posted on August 30, 2014 by heatherroche

This post is for composers who, when writing fast passages or tremoli (including quarter tones), aren’t sure what combination of pitches is going to work. The clarinet is tricky in this regard, as there’s no simple way to explain it, … Continue reading →

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… on writing Bb clarinet harmonics

Posted on August 11, 2014 by heatherroche

As composers and clarinetists, one thing we know about the clarinet is that its distinctive sound comes in large part from the fact that it only has access to odd partials in the harmonic series. This is all very well … Continue reading →

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More techniques for a mouthpiece-less bass clarinet

Posted on May 20, 2014 by heatherroche

Most of these techniques I’ve covered already, in my post on clarinet articulation. If you look there you’ll find information on tongue rams without the mouthpiece (and with, for that matter), flute embouchure (which only works – for me – … Continue reading →

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…on double trills for Bb clarinet

Posted on May 11, 2014 by heatherroche

This page is currently undergoing a two-phase reboot. The first phase (now completed) involved remaking all of the image files, fixing any errors I’ve found over the years, tidying up the audio files, and adding proper fingering diagrams (rather than … Continue reading →

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