Bb clarinet
D4
| Acoustics of the clarinet |
Bb clarinet |
D4 |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
Sound spectrum
of a Bb clarinet
played using fingering for D4.
For more explanation, see
Introduction to clarinet acoustics
You can hear D4
played.
Alternative Fingering |
Bb clarinet |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
Note that this very cross-fingered arrangement produces an impedance spectrum with no regular spacing of peaks below the cut-off frequency. Consequently, the sound spectrum shows a strong fundamental but weak higher harmonics, and no systematic difference between even and odd harmonics.
You can hear D4
played with covered fingering.
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Contact:
Joe Wolfe
/ J.Wolfe@unsw.edu.au |
a key depressed
a key not depressed
a hole covered 
a hole uncovered
a
part of the mechanism that is not normally touched 
