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Uppermost register on woodwind instruments
Altissimo is the uppermost register on woodwind instruments. For clarinets, which overblow on odd harmonics, the altissimo notes are those based on the fifth, seventh, and higher harmonics. For other woodwinds, the altissimo notes are those based on the third, fourth, and higher harmonics. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AltissimoA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Fast micro and slow macroThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A case study integrating remote sensing and distinct element analysis to quarry slope stability assessment in the Monte Altissimo area, ItalyCited 44 times
- Go sideways: Alto saxophoneA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Soprano saxophoneA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A case study integrating remote sensing and distinct element analysis to quarry slope stability assessment in the Monte Altissimo area, Italy
Eocene decapod faunas from the Konservat-Lagerstätten laminites of “Pesciara” (Bolca, Verona) and Monte Postale (Altissimo, Vicenza) in northeast Italy: a review and update
Learning the altissimo register of the saxophone
Sindrome coronarica acuta senza sopraslivellamento del tratto ST ad altissimo rischio in coronaropatia critica trivasale con indicazione a procedura coronarica percutanea complessa, complicata da shock cardiogeno: ruolo e timing dei supporti meccanici al circolo
Flute in Altissimo
La vegetazione dei ripari sottoroccia frequentati da ungulati selvatici sul Monte Altissimo di Nago (Monte Baldo settentrionale)
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Fast micro and slow macroFilippo Altissimo · 2007
- 📕Nonlinear VARFilippo Altissimo · 1998
A Força que Vem do AltíssimoSilvio Dutra · 2016- 📕The altissimo registerPaul Drushler · 1978
- 📕How deep are the deep parameters?Filippo Altissimo · 1999
- 📕GLI ELEMENTI TRADIZIONALI DELLA CONTEMPLAZIONE NELL'INTERPRETAZIONE FILOSOFICO-TEOLOGICA DI PAVEL FLORENSKIJCostante Altissimo · 1979
- 📕Wealth and asset price effects on economic activityFilippo Altissimo · 2005
- 📕Long-run determinants of inflation differentials in a monetary unionFilippo Altissimo · 2005
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🔗 Related topics
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- Tenoroon The tenor bassoon or tenoroon is a member of the bassoon family of double reed woodwind instruments. Similar to the alto bassoon, also called octave bassoon…
- Overblowing Overblowing is the manipulation of supplied air through a wind instrument that causes the sounded pitch to jump to a higher one without a fingering change…
- Clarinet The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a family…
- Transposing instrument A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which music notation is not written at concert pitch (concert pitch is the pitch on a non-transposing…
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- Multiphonic A multiphonic is an extended technique on a monophonic musical instrument (one that generally produces only one note at a time) in which several notes…