| Acoustics of the clarinet | 
| Bb clarinet | F6 | 
|   | Fingering  Acoustic schematic  Non-specialist introduction 
  to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. | 
This curve is qualitatively similar to that for C#4 and G#5 in the registers below, although the first two peaks have been weakened and shifted by the speaker key and left index finger hole acting as register holes. See the discussion of the altissimo register on the note C#5.

  Sound spectrum 
  of a Bb  clarinet 
  played using fingering for F6.
  For more explanation, see 
  Introduction to clarinet acoustics 
| Alternative Fingering | Bb clarinet | 
|   | Fingering  Acoustic schematic  Non-specialist introduction 
  to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. | 

 
  You can hear F6 
played with alternative fingering.
   You can hear F6 
played with alternative fingering. 
|  Contact: 
        Joe Wolfe 
        / J.Wolfe@unsw.edu.au  |