Klarinet Archive - Posting 000448.txt from 1999/05

From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets & Piccolo Trumpets
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 15:14:28 -0400

Nancy,
I haven't heard the piece in question but the description makes me wonder if it may have been using the upper harmonics. It is possible to sound bugle calls without changing fingerings by exploiting the upper harmonics. If this is what he wants then I think the easiest solution would be to find a clarinetist who is capable of producing them and work out the part to ensure that what he wants is possible.
Anne

At 05:39 PM 5/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I've come to the collective wisdom of the group to figure out what a
>composer friend is asking for. He was wondering what needs to be done
>(as far as scoring) to get a piccolo trumpet sound from a clarinet. He
>said he heard it on a Peter Schickele broadcast. Anyone have any idea
>what piece of music he is talking about and/or the technique involved?
>Without knowing, I could only guess either that it was an Eb clarinet he
>was hearing (sort of relates to the timbre thread) or that there was a
>throat/embouchure thing involved, but if anyone heard the broadcast and
>and can give more specifics, or has a better guess, I'd appreciate the
>information.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Nancy Marzec

Anne Bell
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