Thread: Clarinet makes oinking sound?

I'm noticing while playing ABC files on the Clarinet that it often makes an "oinking" sound, like a pig. I haven't isolated which note(s) cause this.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Check this post out, explains whats going on....

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=256704

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=241419
This link works as of 9/28/09.

Seems to me like that happens when the clarinet tries to hit a note it actually isnt capable of playing. Instead of playing a note, it makes that weird noise.

Correct, the clarinet doesn't have the range of stringed instruments. The horn and flute also suffer from this. In the case of the clarinet, if you play a song configured for strings, you'll get a coughing sound when it reaches a note that's outside the clarinet's range. As I say, the horn and flute do it too, it's just harder to hear.

flute doesn't have any missing notes they are all available with flute, this is why its a major choice of mine over the other wind instruments for making songs for.

the clarinet has ^C, and C, I believe, and Horn is C, if I remember right

These quacks, are by design, and the horn sound is the sound of someone blowing air into a horn (without a tone ) hehe.

You can use these in songs if you are creative.
the C, on the horn also sounds similar to guitar fret squeeks, which can be snuck into a song if you are careful.

Bagpipe also has a full range of notes, however the bagpipe needs long sustained notes for bass lines to sound good in a song. Otherwise they sound like a sack full of unhappy cats

My hope is that we some day have violas and violins and so on , we need sustaining strings.

Well, it appears that the lowest D flat available joins the ignominious ranks of unconventional sounds for the clarinet. I could swear it did not do this before the latest patch. Any witnesses?
X:1
T:Low D flat test Clarinet
N: Tirigifu transcription, Elendilmir server, LOTRO
M: 8/8
L:1/8
K:C
Q:1000
_D,22

Your character probably just doesn't have a very good embouchure...

Quote: "Your character probably just doesn't have a very good embouchure..."
Yeah, too much winterberry ale can do that to one's face...

Originally Posted by FreePeoplesUnite2

Well, it appears that the lowest D flat available joins the ignominious ranks of unconventional sounds for the clarinet. I could swear it did not do this before the latest patch. Any witnesses?

D flat is the same as C sharp, and the low C sharp has made an oinking sound long as I can remember. Which is about 6-8 months ago.

Originally Posted by Astleigh

D flat is the same as C sharp, and the low C sharp has made an oinking sound long as I can remember. Which is about 6-8 months ago.

The lowest two notes on the clarinet are breath sounds and are deliberate.