This fingering chart includes both basic fingerings and alternatives that are more appropriate in
some passages. Some alternate fingerings are designed for fast passages, while others modify
the tone, color, or pitch at normal and extreme dynamic levels. These fingerings apply to all
sizes of Boehm-system clarinet unless specified otherwise. There is also an alternate fingering
chart for Boehm-system alto, bass, and contrabass clarinet, which includes additional alternate
chalumeau and altissimo fingerings for those models. The clarion register fingerings for these
low models are given below.
D5 RT 123|123 Basic.
RT 123|123G# Basic.
E5
RT 123|1-- Basic.
F5
F5 RT 123|-2- Basic.
G5
Chromatic, use in
RT 123|1- B- combination with Bb4
or F5 .
RT 123|--3 Use in combination
with D5 .
G5 RT 123|--- Basic.
RT 123C#|--- Basic.
G5 Use in combination
A5 with fingerings
RT 12-|12-
involving the right
hand fingers.
A5 RT 12-|--- Basic.
RT 12-|4--- Basic.
RT 1--|--- Basic.
B5
C6 Use in combination
RT –23F#|123 with lower altissimo
notes.
B5 RT ---|--- Basic.
C6
Useful for pp attacks
RT --3|4123 and upward skips from GK
D5 .
Suitable for large
RT –––|123 interval skips, such as TP
with D5 , and for pp.
Slightly sharp. Good
RT 12Eb–|34––– for ff. Useful in TP
combination with Bb5.