Klarinet Archive - Posting 000961.txt from 1997/03

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Glissando Question
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 19:41:05 -0500

On 3/29/97 7:48 AM, Lord Rob wrote:

>Hi everyone. I'm currently working on Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue and =
>Riffs, and have a question about the glissando in measure 175. It calls =
>for a gliss from B ' ' ' to F# ' ' ' '. Now, I can gliss fine when =
>taking away fingers, as in the Rhapsody in Blue solo, but every =
>fingering I know for F# would require ADDING fingers from B ' ' ', and I =
>can't for the life of me figure out how to gliss while doing that, =
>especially to such an awkward note. I really don't want to have to do a =
>chromatic finger gliss, I would feel like such a wimp. Can anyone help?

Well, I hope so. I've done this piece a number of times, and if you can
do the Rhapsody in Blue, then just keep your embouchure (if you can call
it that in this instance!) for the gliss quite loose, and find a suitable
F# fingering to land on. Once you're into the gliss, find the F#
fingering and "scoop" up to the proper (or at least desired) pitch. I
seem to remember using an overblown Bb''' for the F#. I'd have to try it,
and it's too late here for that (kid asleep, and all that).

Cheers!

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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