Klarinet Archive - Posting 000353.txt from 1999/05

From: Victor Freyer <vfreyer@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Clarinets & Piccolo Trumpets
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 03:37:23 -0400

Nancy Marzec wrote:
...what needs to be done (as far as scoring) to get a piccolo trumpet
sound from a clarinet?

In terms of scoring, I can't answer definitively. If I were scoring the
part I would be likely to write the notes in the pitch of the clarinet
with the same indication used for string harmonics.

As to the production of the sound I can guess that it's the old trick of
playing long B (center staff) with the end of the clarinet stopped (e.g.
against a crossed pants leg). This provides the clarinet with a limited
set of high harmonics which might approximate the timbre of a piccolo trumpet.

Cheers,
Victor Freyer

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Victor Freyer President, Alton Symphony Orchestra
Alton, Illinois Consulting Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems
http://www.altonsymphony.org/ http://www.cisco.com/

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