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Basic Fingering Chart for Boehm-System Clarinet
Lower Altissimo Register: C
6 to G6
This fingering chart includes the primary fingerings learned by all clarinetists. These fingerings are the same on all sizes of Boehm-system clarinets unless specified otherwise.
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Note |
Written | Description | ||
| C |  | RT -23|12- |      | Basic. |
| D6 |  | RT -23|1--G# |  | Basic. |
| RT G#---|4--- |   | Less flat, trill fingering with C5. | ||
| RT G#---|--- | | Trill fingering with C5. | ||
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D |  | RT -23|1-B-G# |  | Basic. |
| RT -23|--3G# | | Use in combination with lower clarion notes. | ||
| RT -23|-2-G# | | Flat, use for facility, trill fingering with C#5. | ||
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E6 |  | RT -23|---G# | | Basic. |
| E |  | RT -23C#|---G# |  | Basic. |
| RT 123C#|123 | | Use for slurring with lower registers and for pp. | ||
| F |  | RT -2-|---G# | | Basic. |
| RT 12-|4---G# | | Accurate pitch. Speaks easily in all dynamics. Good for wide skips. | ||
| RT 12-|123G# | | Use for slurs with lower registers, more stable, good for pp and ff. | ||
| G6 |  | RT -2-|12-G# | | Basic. |
| RT 1--|12-G# | | Use for slurs from clarion notes. | ||
| RT --3C#|---F# |  | Trill fingering with F5. | ||
| RT -2-|4---G# | | Trill fingering with F#5. | ||
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