Klarinet Archive - Posting 000365.txt from 1998/11

From: Floyd Williams <f.williams@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass Clarinet Extended Technique...
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:46:06 -0500

Benjamin,
a fingering for d sharp'''' on bass clarinet is: finger f''(top line of
staff)and add the e/b key. Another possibility is to simply overblow the
d sharp an octave below.This note also appears in Stanley Walden's
Double Sonata for clarinet and bass clarinet.

Regards,

Benjamin A. Maas wrote:
>
> I am currently playing a piece for solo bass clarinet right now and there
> are a couple of things written into the part that I am having a heck of a
> time figuring out.
>
> 1. How do you get a good slap tongue sound on a bass. I just can't get too
> wild with this.... I am looking for the bass clarinet equivalent to a
> Bartok Pizzicato.
>
> 2. I need fingerings for a couple of extreme high notes. The piece goes up
> to a high D# (the one that is 6 lines above the staff.) I can get up to
> about a G or A comfortably or perhaps a C with a bit of work, but I need to
> get another minor third higher.
>
> Does anybody out there in Klarinet land have any hints that can help me with
> either?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Ben
>
> Benjamin Maas
> Clarinetist and Digital Recording Engineer
> Student, University of Southern California
> Executive Director, Digital Renaissance Consort
> bmaas@-----.net
> bmaas@-----.edu
>
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Floyd Williams
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
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