Klarinet Archive - Posting 001058.txt from 1997/12

From: Peter Stoll <peter.stoll@-----.ca>
Subj: [Fwd: Re: Leslie Bassett Soliloquies]
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 17:54:14 -0500

Message-ID: <34A6D7DB.2FF3@-----.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 17:51:07 -0500
From: Peter Stoll <peter.stoll@-----.ca>
Organization: Instructor of Clarinet and Chamber Music, University of Toronto
Subject: Re: Leslie Bassett Soliloquies
References: <000901bd134b$7c295380$9aefadce=default>

Ben,

Colour or resonance trills are where you trill between 2 fingerings that
give approximately the same pitch (called "bisbigliano" in Italian). The
best thing I've found is to look for a nearby key that lowers or raises
the pitch as little as possible, but noticeably inflects the sound to
give the effect. For example: for C# over the break, try trilling the
E/B or F/C keys. As for the harmonic sign, it sounds like the composer
wants a very clear, soft sound; I'd probably just compress the
embouchure a bit to compact the tone on this note.

Good luck with the piece!

Peter Stoll
Instructor of Clarinet and Chamber Music
University of Toronto

Benjamin A. Maas wrote:
>
>
> I am starting to play the Leslie Bassett Soliloquies in preparation
> for competitions and recitals this spring. I have encountered a
> couple of notational things that I need some help interpreting.
>
> The first deals will all of the trills in the piece. Every trill that
> doesn't have a destination note written with it is supposed to be a
> resonance trill (tr. with reson. written over it.). Does anybody know
> what this refers to? They are all over the piece and I am clueless.
>
> The second thing is a little circle over the last note of the second
> movement. If I were a string player, I would play a natural harmonic
> on the E-String. Obviously, on a clarinet, we can't touch a string
> half way to make a harmonic pop out. Does anybody out there know what
> this refers to?
>
> I hope everybody is having a good holiday and thanks in advance for
> any light you may shed on this matter.
>
>
> --Ben
>
>
> Benjamin Maas
> Clarinetist and Digital Recording Engineer
> Student, University of Southern California
> Executive Director, Digital Renaissance Consort
> bmaas@-----.net
> bmaas@-----.edu