Klarinet Archive - Posting 000259.txt from 1995/06

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Glissandos
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 22:25:09 -0400

Lisa,
I've never heard of the term "hooking" but I wonder if it could
refer to the jazz player's technique of "scooping" or "bending" into a
note. I do this by attacking the note while my embouchure is very loose
and then immediately tightening up. However, this won't help you with
doing a gliss. It sounds like you're doing all the right things anyway.
Incidentally, when you get real good at glisses, you'll learn how to do
them with the throat and not the fingers. This is the way Jazzers and
folk musicians do it.

Fred Jacobowitz

On Tue, 13 Jun 1995, Lisa Clayton wrote:

> After putzing around with the listserv database, I received
> quite a bit of information about glissandos, but nothing regarding
> how to develop a technique for a clarinet gliss. So far
> I've been practicing vibrato, lip bends and sliding my fingers
> off the keys to 'smear' the sounds, but am unacquainted with
> "hooking" (?), which was mentioned in one of the database searches.
>
> Any good hints as to where to start, how to practice, etc?
>
> With a cheerful and gracious Thank You in Advance,
>
>
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