Klarinet Archive - Posting 001221.txt from 2000/04

From: "Kent J. Krive" <kkrive@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rhapsody in Blue
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:27:16 -0400

Hi Lauren:

Ask me on Sunday...

Mr. Krive

lep wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> Being the curious, ambitious student I am, I have finally drifted towards
> the clarinet solo line in the beginning of Rapsody in Blue, and have a few
> questions to ask all you wonderfully tallented musicians out there :)
>
> First of all...when you do the "slide" from G to C, I know you're supposed
> to roll your fingers off the keys gradually to get the full tonal glissando,
> but is there a certain way I can do so with out getting the occasional
> squeek between the G and the A?
>
> My second question is....in the second phrase of the solo, there is a set of
> three trills (the first one is from A to Bb, the second from D to Eb, and
> the third from G to Ab)...the second and third are not difficult, but I have
> to imagine there is an easier way to accomplish the first trill without
> having to trill with the thumb on the octave key...is there an alternate
> fingering for that trill?
>
> Thanks in advance for all your help!
> Lauren Peterson
> lep@-----.com
> Vienna CL (http://www.geocities.com/~clarisax/)
> Co-Editor in Chief for The Jazzine (http://www.jazzine.com)
> Clarinetist/Saxophonist
>
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