Klarinet Archive - Posting 000882.txt from 2001/10

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bassett Soliloquies
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:50:10 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nichelle Crocker [mailto:nichelle@-----.com]
>
> I'm hoping that someone can help clear up a question I have about Leslie
> Bassett's "Soliloquies." At the end of the second movement there is a
> small circle (a harmonic marking) over the last note, which is a
> 4th space E.
>
> I have searched the Klarinet archives and found that someone else
> had asked
> this question back in 1997. There were two replies, but they
> sounded like
> speculation to me. Does anyone have a more definite answer about this
> notation or a suggestion about where I might find one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nichelle Crocker
> nichelle@-----.com
>

I think it was probably me that put out those questions as I played the
Soliloquies back about then and I had similar questions. I seem to remember
that the consensus was not so much as a harmonic that was asked for, but a
change in tone quality. ie. playing the note without your octave key, using
different fingerings, etc...

I'll see if I can find any of my notes about it...

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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