Klarinet Archive - Posting 000985.txt from 1997/03

From: Fred <fsheim@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Glissando Question
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:25:43 -0500

Rob:
With proper lip and air support you can gliss to the f# and even
higher using the regular fingerings. Its tough to describe, but you keep
your lip sorta loose-ish and hold the air pressure back in the chest and
stomach (they feel tighter). The fingers do the regular fingerings but
slither off the keys. At first you'll probably get a 'bump' from c to c#,
but with practice it'll smooth out.
Good luck.
Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

>Hi everyone. I'm currently working on Berstein'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?
>
>Thanks,
>Rob Teitelbaum
>
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