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A clarinet is a common musical instrument.{{Todo|improve synopsis}}
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=Microtonal fingerings for normal clarinet=  
== Timbre ==
Quartertone cross fingerings are widespread (and apparently standard technique in French orchestral playing today), but certain pitches right above the break have no fingerings.
Notably, the [[timbre]] of a clarinet emphasizes [[odd harmonic]]s.<ref>Wolfe, Joe. [https://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/clarinetacoustics.html "Clarinet acoustics: an introduction"]. ''The University New South Wales''. https://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/clarinetacoustics.html. Retrieved 3/15/2026. </ref> As such, [[EDT|tritave-based systems]], such as the [[Bohlen–Pierce scale]], are suitable for use with a clarinet timbre.


Richard Eldon Barber has made available this [[http://www.geocities.com/bassooner42/jicl/|fingering chart for a 31-tone JI scale]].
== Microtonal fingerings for normal clarinet ==
[[Quartertone]] cross fingerings are widespread (and apparently standard technique in French orchestral playing today), but certain pitches right above the break have no fingerings.


[[http://pitch.xentonic.org/|AFMM's Pitch]] publication has fingerings up to 72 per octave.
[[Richard Eldon Barber]] has made available this [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027012216/http://www.geocities.com/bassooner42/jicl/ fingering chart for a 31-tone JI scale].


Also worth mentioning is the scheme for making a small xenharmonic clarinet by connecting the mouthpiece directly to the lower joint. This fits only on certain clarinets, and it produces a macrotonal scale with no high register.
[http://pitch.xentonic.org/ AFMM's Pitch] publication has fingerings up to 72 per octave.


=Actual microtonal clarinets=
Also worth mentioning is the scheme for making a small xenharmonic clarinet by connecting the mouthpiece directly to the lower joint. This fits only on certain clarinets, and it produces a [[macrotonal]] scale with no high register.
All clarinets are tuned to an inexact 12tEDO. It might be more accurate to describe them as [[19ED3|19ED3 (19 equal divisions of 3/1)]], since they overblow at the twelfth.


==Quarter-tone clarinets==  
== Actual microtonal clarinets ==
[[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwarttoonklarinet|This quartertone clarinet]] apparently uses parallel tubes of 12, with a single key to switch between them.
All clarinets are tuned to an inexact [[12EDO]]. It might be more accurate to describe them as [[19ED3|19ED3 (19 equal divisions of 3/1)]], since they overblow at the twelfth.


==Bohlen-Pierce clarinets[[#BPClarinets]]==  
=== Quarter-tone clarinets ===
The [[http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/bpclar.html|Bohlen-Pierce clarinet project]] by Stephen Fox (instigated by Georg Hajdu) has so far resulted in the building of a soprano clarinet in the [[BP|BP scale (13ED3)]]; the scale seems ideal for clarinet in particular.
{{Wikipedia|Quarter tone clarinet}}
A quartertone clarinet was designed in 1937 by [[Fritz Schüller]]. It uses two parallel tubes, one slightly longer than the other, with a single key to switch between them.


Several compositions have been written for Bohlen-Pierce clarinets: by Canadian composers Owen Bloomfield and Todd Harrop; as well as by German composers Georg Hajdu, Peter Michael Hamel, Sascha Lino Lemke, Fredrik Schwenk and Manfred Stahnke. Links to the former composers' audio streams can be found on http://www.transpectra.org/audio.html; and links to the latter composers' audio streams can be found on http://mmm.hfmt-hamburg.de/index.php?id=konzert-programm_1362008.</pre></div>
=== Bohlen–Pierce clarinets ===
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The [http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/bpclar.html Bohlen–Pierce clarinet project] by [[Stephen Fox]] (instigated by [[Georg Hajdu]]) has so far resulted in the building of a soprano clarinet in the [[Bohlen–Pierce scale]]; the scale seems ideal for clarinet in particular.
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Several compositions have been written for Bohlen–Pierce clarinets: by Canadian composers [[Owen Bloomfield]] and [[Todd Harrop]]; as well as by German composers Georg Hajdu, [[Peter Michael Hamel]], [[Sascha Lino Lemke]], [[Fredrik Schwenk]], and [[Manfred Stahnke]]. Links to the former composers' audio streams can be found on http://www.transpectra.org/audio.html; and links to the latter composers' audio streams can be found on http://mmm.hfmt-hamburg.de/index.php?id=konzert-programm_1362008.
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== References ==
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[[Category:Instruments]]
Quartertone cross fingerings are widespread (and apparently standard technique in French orchestral playing today), but certain pitches right above the break have no fingerings.&lt;br /&gt;
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Richard Eldon Barber has made available this &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.geocities.com/bassooner42/jicl/" rel="nofollow"&gt;fingering chart for a 31-tone JI scale&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://pitch.xentonic.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;AFMM's Pitch&lt;/a&gt; publication has fingerings up to 72 per octave.&lt;br /&gt;
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Also worth mentioning is the scheme for making a small xenharmonic clarinet by connecting the mouthpiece directly to the lower joint. This fits only on certain clarinets, and it produces a macrotonal scale with no high register.&lt;br /&gt;
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All clarinets are tuned to an inexact 12tEDO. It might be more accurate to describe them as &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/19ED3"&gt;19ED3 (19 equal divisions of 3/1)&lt;/a&gt;, since they overblow at the twelfth.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwarttoonklarinet" rel="nofollow"&gt;This quartertone clarinet&lt;/a&gt; apparently uses parallel tubes of 12, with a single key to switch between them.&lt;br /&gt;
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The &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/bpclar.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bohlen-Pierce clarinet project&lt;/a&gt; by Stephen Fox (instigated by Georg Hajdu) has so far resulted in the building of a soprano clarinet in the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/BP"&gt;BP scale (13ED3)&lt;/a&gt;; the scale seems ideal for clarinet in particular.&lt;br /&gt;
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Several compositions have been written for Bohlen-Pierce clarinets: by Canadian composers Owen Bloomfield and Todd Harrop; as well as by German composers Georg Hajdu, Peter Michael Hamel, Sascha Lino Lemke, Fredrik Schwenk and Manfred Stahnke. Links to the former composers' audio streams can be found on &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:36:http://www.transpectra.org/audio.html --&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.transpectra.org/audio.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.transpectra.org/audio.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:36 --&gt;; and links to the latter composers' audio streams can be found on &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:37:http://mmm.hfmt-hamburg.de/index.php?id=konzert-programm_1362008 --&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://mmm.hfmt-hamburg.de/index.php?id=konzert-programm_1362008" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://mmm.hfmt-hamburg.de/index.php?id=konzert-programm_1362008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:37 --&gt;.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
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