Cor Anglais Ranges

Hello all,

Just a quick question regarding the dynamic range of a cor anglais. If I have it playing at the highest extremities of it's range (High A#) is it possible to get it staccato and forte. Similarly can I grace note to it from the G# below? I know it sounds pinched but that's kind of the point as it's meant to emulate a moorhen.

Thanks very much,

Chris

You'll need to give me a visual example. I can't tell if you're talking the written range/sounding range, or specifically which notes you're talking about. It helps to use standard pitch references.

Ok well that's A#5 sounding. Just over an octave and a half above middle C.

E# (F) written. I would upload a picture but my internet is just rubbish at the moment.

If the player can get the note out at all, it's going to sound like some kind of sick bird anyway. The English Horn's upper register is not particularly useful or pretty; I usually stop at sounding G5 (written D6) as a practical useful limit.