Category Archives: quarter tones

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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