Duodezime Verbindung

English translation: articulated C#/G# key

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German term or phrase:Duodezime Verbindung
English translation:articulated C#/G# key
Entered by: billcorno (X)

10:11 Nov 25, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Music / Klarinetten
German term or phrase: Duodezime Verbindung
Beschreibung einer Klarinette.
Was ist der Unterschied bei der Übersetzung des Begriffs "Duodezime Verbindung"
"duodecim connector" oder "duodecimo connector"
Beides richtig?
Danke
Elvira Schmid
Italy
Local time: 22:18
articulated C#/G# key
Explanation:
This is a key that is added on some German clarinet key systems that makes certain fingerings easier. I googled "clarinet twelfth connection" and it showed that it is a special key on some clarinets. (C# and G# can be a twelfth interval apart.)
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3articulated C#/G# key
billcorno (X)
2 -1register (key) linkage
Erik Freitag


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Duodezimverbindung
register (key) linkage


Explanation:
Unlike most other wind instruments, the clarinet overblows at the 12th (most others overblow in the octave). To close the gap between the lower and upper register, the register key is used. I really don't know a lot more about clarinet key mechanisms, but inital research may hint at "register linkage" or "register key linkage" as starting point for further research.

Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 22:18
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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disagree  billcorno (X): I confused register key with bridge key, which (I think) are both wrong.
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, billcorno. Maybe I confused register key with bridge key?
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articulated C#/G# key


Explanation:
This is a key that is added on some German clarinet key systems that makes certain fingerings easier. I googled "clarinet twelfth connection" and it showed that it is a special key on some clarinets. (C# and G# can be a twelfth interval apart.)


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