| Bartók | Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano |
| Berg | Vier Stücke |
| Bernstein | Sonata |
| Brahms | Sonatas, Trio, and Quintet |
| Copland | Concerto |
| Debussy | Premiere Rhapsodie |
| Finzi | Five Bagatelles |
| Martino | Set for Unaccompanied Clarinet |
| Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time |
| Mozart | Concerto |
| Muczynski | Time Pieces |
| Nielsen | Concerto |
| Poulenc | Sonata |
| Rosza | Sonatine |
| Stravinsky | Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet |
| Weber | Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 8 |
| Borodin | Polovetsian Dances |
| Brahms | Symphony No. 3 |
| Dvorak | New World Symphony |
| Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 2 & 3 |
| Moussorgsky | Night on Bald Mountain |
| Prokofiev | Classical Symphony |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Capriccio Espagnol |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade |
| Shostakovitch | Symphony No. 5 |
| Sibelius | Symphony No. 4 |
| Strauss | Don Juan |
| Strauss | Till Eulenspiegel |
| Stravinsky | Firebird |
| Stravinsky | Petrouchka |
| Tchaikowsky | Nutcracker |
| Tchaikowsky | Symphony No. 6 |
| Wagner | Siegfried Idyll |
And many, many, many more contemporary pieces.
c" R - c#" R - d" R - d#" R - e" R -
T - T 2 T 2 T 2 T 2
- 3 3 3 3
- 4 4 4 -
- 5 - - -
- - - 6x -
ab/eb ab/eb ab/eb
Omit ab/eb
key if too sharp.
(g#)
f" R - f#" R - g" R 1 g" R - g" R 1 g" R 1
T 2 T 2 T - T 2 T - T -
3 c#/g# - - - 3 3
- - 4 4 4 4
- - 5 5 5 -
(6x) (6x) - - - 6
ab/eb ab/eb ab/eb ab/eb ab/eb ab/eb
Add g# key or Add 6x if
6x if too flat. too flat.
a key
g#" R - a" R - a#" R - b" R 1 c''' R 1
T 2 T 2 T 2 T 2 T -
3 f#/c# 3 3 - -
4 - - 4 4
- - - 5 -
- - - - -
f#/c# f#/c# f#/c# f#/c#
Use ab/eb key Use g# key ab/eb key ab/eb key
instead of f#/c# instead of a key may be used may be used
if too sharp. if pitch too sharp. instead of f#/c#. instead of f#/c#.
These fingerings are the least complicated alternate fingerings and used in combination with the standard fingerings will be sufficient in most music. Some of the fingerings are useful only in trills or as the top note in scaler passages. Very advanced players will want to experiment further and consult other sources.
g# key
c#" R 1 c#" R 1 c#" R 1 c#" - 1 c#" R -
- 2 T - T - - - T -
3 sk3 - - - sk2 -
4 - - - sk1 -
5 - - - -
6 - - - -
ab/eb
d" R 1 d" - - d" R -
- 2 - - T -
3 - sk3 -
4 - -
- - -
6 - -
ab/eb (lip up pitch)
g# key a key g# key
d#" R - d#" R - d#" - - d#" R - e" R 1
T 2 T 2 - - T 2 2
3 3 - 3 3
- - - 4 -
- 5 - 5 -
6 - - - -
ab/eb ab/eb (lip up pitch) Add e/b key for
darker timbre.
f" R 1 f" R - f#" R 1 f#" R 1 f#" R -
T 2 T 2 T 2 T 2 T 2
3 c#/g# - sk1 - - sk1 3
4 4 - 4 -
5 - - 5 -
6 - - 6 -
ab/eb (ab/eb optional) ab/eb ab/eb
g" R 1 g" R - g#" R - g#" R - g#" R - g#" R - g#" R -
T - T 2 T 2 T - T - T 2 T 2
- sk1 - 3 - sk1 - - -
- - 4 4 - - 4
- - - - - 5 -
- - 6 - - - -
(ab/eb ab/eb f#/c# f#/c# ab/eb ab/eb ab/eb
optional)
a key
a#" - - b" R -
- - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
ab/eb ab/eb
or
f#/c#