Timeline for How are alternate fingerings developed?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
4 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2017 at 17:28 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | @Tim yep, it's just called the "octave key" for simplicity. | |
| May 27, 2017 at 15:07 | comment | added | user19146 | @Tim That's correct - the clarinet has (approximately) a cylindrical bore closed at one end by the reed and overblows at the 12th, while almost all other reed instruments have (approximately) a conical bore which overblows at the octave. | |
| May 27, 2017 at 12:04 | comment | added | Tim | Isn't it a register key on clarinet, as it raises a twelfth rather than an octave, as in sax? | |
| May 27, 2017 at 10:41 | history | answered | Carl Witthoft | CC BY-SA 3.0 |