| The Clarinet of the Twenty-First Century - E. Michael Richards |
CHAPTER 7 - E-flat Clarinet
Microtones
The E-flat clarinet has long been capable of producing microtones smaller than quarter-tones, but has rarely been asked to do so. It's full range of microtonal possibilities has been largely undocumented. In fact, accurate microtonal segments of intervals smaller than thirty-second tones are often possible and quite easy to produce.
Equidistant Microtones
Equidistant microtones are represented in Table #7; sixth, eighth, twelfth, and sixteenth tones. Bar lines mark the length of uninterrupted scale segments, since equidistant pitches are not always available.
TABLE #7 - Equidistant Eighth, Sixteenth, Sixth, & Twelfth Tones
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