The Note Low E
The note low E is written under the third ledger line below the staff.
This is the lowest note on the clarinet. Like low F, this note has two fingerings. As before, try both fingerings in the following example. practice them until you are comfortable with both.
This piece was written by famous classical composer Bach. It is written here in the key of F major and it contains low E notes in bars 7 and 15.
The Note B Flat (Bb )
When a flat note is written on the staff, the flat sign is placed before the note.
Notes written below the middle line of a staff usually have their stems going up. The stem for the note Bb can go up or down, as shown in the following example.
Class Sessions
1- The Clarinet as a Transposing Instrument
2- The Note F
3- The Note D
4- The Common Time Signature
5- The Eighth Rest
6- INTRODUCTION
7- Tuning Your Clarinet
8- The Note Low E
9- The Triplet
10- New Sounds and Rhythms, Sharps and Flats, Transposing
11- The Eighth Note
12- The Note Low B
13- Parts of the Clarinet
14- The Dotted Quarter Note
15- The G Major Scale
16- Learning the Notes, Basic Techniques
17- D.C Al Fine
18- 12 Bar Blues
19- The Tie
20- First And Second Endings
21- Keys And Key Signatures
22- The Lead-in
23- How To Read Music
24- Syncopation
25- Swing Rhythms
26- Index of Fingerings
27- Putting the Clarinet Together
28- Before You Begin
29- Chord Symbols
30- Breathing Technique
31- Attaching the Mouthpiece
32- Keys And Key Signatures
33- Tone Development
34- Clarinets
35- The F Major Scale
36- Other Useful Exercises
37- Relative Keys
38- The Key Of F Major
39- Keeping Time
40- Attaching the Reed
41- Reeds
42- Transposing
43- Posture
44- Breath Marks (<span class="symbolB">;</span>)
45- How to Hold the Clarinet
46- Approach to Practice
47- Playing In All Keys
48- Fingering Numbers
49- Playing Your First Note
50- Tonguing