Registers of the Clarinet

Virtual Clarinet Academy instructor Rucha Trivedi explains the different registers of the clarinet.

Chalumeau register: E1 to Bb2
Throat Tones: F2 to Bb2
Clarion register: B2 to C3
Altissimo register: C#3 to G4
Super altissimo: G#4 and up!

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[ThreeMoonsArc]

I play alto sax and the fact that the clarinet can go this high is insane to me. I'm in 8th grade and the highest note I've ever played is what you would call a super G (keep in mind that this is pitched in Eb, so this is pitched a full step below the highest C on the piano) and that note takes so much air that I've only ever hit it once and it snapped my reed in half. I still have the remnants.🎷

[tomeaston]

Keep doing these videos, they are really, really, good . Your explanations are outstanding .

[suei]

Wonderful demonstration and explanation of each register. Just what I was looking for, and from a fellow Badger, no less! I really need to start practicing again…

[Hellofriend]

Amazing additional history lesson thank you

[edward]

Awesome and informative! Can’t wait for more videos

[kwcnasa]

Thanks for the tips gotta practice. @6:00 Altiss, high G fingers tips @6:35, high D flat, 6C, 6D, 6G @9:00

[papagreenemusic]

Just one thing, a "twelfth" is not an interval of "12 whole steps", rather of 12 DIATONIC SCALE STEPS which includes some whole steps & some half steps.

[asventvm]

I am from India and having Yamaha Clarinet would like to Join in VCA classes..please guide

[Ostsol]

I didn't play past high school, but I could never play altissimo in tune. I could make sounds, but they weren't great. Perhaps part of the problem was that my repertoire rarely included pieces that went that high. I kinda miss playing clarinet, though.

[alejandrorodriguez-dorj]

i wanted to know about the side and trill keys and the banana keys, i ve seen the fingering charts, and only the second banan key appears in the 3rd register, im still baffled

[aljorap]

Thank for the information. Only two points:
1. The "Clarion" doesn't mean trompet, that word cames from the Brightest sound of the register of an ancient trompet, it is the same for clarinet.
2. In the description you wrote in the low register E1-Bb2, I think that you maybe wanted to say E1-E2? I guess because the other sound are from the throat register, right?

[alexcarter]

I've played trumpet for years and am now learning clarinet ... I can play high C on the trumpet but I'm looking forward to "super C" lol.

[mattimaranda]

5:56 "This is where we start to get pretty high" hehe

[whoitisnot]

Altissimo is not "pretty high". The term literally means "very high". Other than the mix up about 12ths this was very well done. Thanks for being clear and playing with a quality sound.

[Mamaw]

Im in 8th grade and can get the really high a out.