Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 1994/04

From: Barbosa <barbosa@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Urgent technical question!
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 23:46:05 -0400

On Wed, 6 Apr 1994, SCOTT MCCHESNEY wrote:

> > A friend of mine is doing a modern piece on a Selmer extended Bass
> > Clarinet (pitched in C).
> >
> > The piece calls for the creation of "4 zones of multiple harmonics"
> > (chords, tone clusters?) while fingering a low C.
> >
> > He has done some experimenting however he is unsure of what is asked to be
> > done. Is this to be accomplished by fingerings? embouchure? air stream?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated and past on to the non-internet user.

Yes, this is accomplished by fingering (in this case the low "C"),
embouchure, air stream and throat. If want examples go to P. Rehfeldt's
book, New Directions for Clarinet. Under the chapter of multiphonics
you will see examples of different kind of multiphonics. One of the examples
is a piece by Xenakis (sorry for the spelling) which uses different zones
of multiple harmonics. Don't forget to listen to the tape that comes with
the book, it has all the multiphonics recorded on it (including this
example by Xenakis.

Good Luck

Joel Barbosa