Klarinet Archive - Posting 001061.txt from 1998/03

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
Subj: RE: clar-flute, was: Another peculiar acoustical phenomenon
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 01:32:05 -0500

Jack,

Have you been talking to Scott Morrow?

Nancy

Nancy Buckman
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD USA

> ----------
> From: Jack Kissinger[SMTP:kissingerjn@-----.EDU]
> Reply To: kissingerjn@-----.us
> Sent: 18. maaliskuuta 1998 12:18
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: clar-flute, was: Another peculiar acoustical
> phenomenon
>
> I think I see a need here. (Composers who follow the list, please
> take
> note. If it makes any difference, after my last pay, I have $1.38 for
> a
> commission.) We have "Immer Kleiner" and "The Incredible Shrinking
> Clarinet" which start with the full instrument and step-by-step remove
> pieces, starting with the bell, until all that remains is the
> mouthpiece. A piece that does the same thing in the opposite
> direction
> would seem to fill an important void. (Write it for eefer and
> Jacqueline can include it in her dissertation.)
>
> Introduction - Full Clarinet
> Theme - Take off the reed and ligature, invert
>
> mouthpiece and play like flute
> 1st Variation - Remove mouthpiece. Play clarflute
> 2nd Variation - Remove barrell. Play like a trumpet. (Bass
> clarinet alternative, play like didgeridoo --
> requires circular breathing.)
> 3rd Variation - Remove upper joint. Play ???
> 4th Variation - For Bell alone. Play ??? (Maybe "Invert, fill
>
> with water and run finger around rim?")
>
> I'm not sure how the instrument should be played in the 3rd (and 4th)
> variations. Preferably (IMO) in a different manner than before.
> Perhaps the "Percussive Arts Society" can be of assistance (if they
> can
> be found.)
>
>
> Jack Kissinger
> St. Louis
>
>
>
>
> Justin Wood wrote:
> >
> > Another interesting one is to take off the mouthpiece and barrel.
> If you
> > "buzz" into the upper joint like it is a brass instrument you should
> get an
> > interesting tone. It isn't much more than interesting. Just felt
> like
> > putting my 2 cents in.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
> > To: klarinet@-----.us>
> > Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 4:58 PM
> > Subject: clar-flute, was: Another peculiar acoustical phenomenon
> >
> > >I will have to try the oboe reed on my clarinet- if only to verify
> the
> > >sound picture I have of that combination. There is another tidbit
> to add
> > >to this discussion. William O. Smith plays, among other things,
> the
> > >"clar-flute." Remove the mouthpiece and pretend your clarinet is a
> coke
> > >bottle. I haven't had much success (or too much spare time) but he
> reports
> > >that it overblows a m9th! The article is in the July-Aug 97 issue
> of The
> > >Clarinet but it doesn't go into deep detail. I also recall someone
> > >mentioning a CD that included Bill Smith playing the Clar-flute.
> If anyone
> > >has seen this in person what did you think? (mellow, dark,
> bright,:)
> > >
> > >Anne Bell
> > >bell@-----.net
>