Klarinet Archive - Posting 000249.txt from 1998/06

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Chords?
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 16:58:02 -0400

On Sun, 7 Jun 1998 CEField@-----.com wrote:

> I have heard that virtuosi are able to play "chords" on a clarinet. If true,
> what does "chord" mean in this regard and how is playing chords accomplished?

This probably refers to multiphonics - getting more than one note out of
your stick at once. Not an easy feat on woodwinds (I've tried the brass
method and failed miserably). I've actually never heard it done on a
clartinet truthfully - just on brass. I've seen Ron Wilkinson (a jazz
'bonist) produce four simultaneous chord members...pretty neat stuff...

I don't think ALL virtuosi can do it - some probably can't, or feel no
real need to. Playing multiphonics doesn't make you a virtuoso, that much
is certain.

Shouryu Nohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe; ICQ 6771552
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