Klarinet Archive - Posting 000773.txt from 2001/11

From: Mark B <markbmtl@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Jaw dropping to lower the pitch
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:51:32 -0500

I've found the gliss in Rhapsody and Blue is easiest
accomplished with finger sliding and jaw dropping. I
find it easier to quickly slide from clarion D to
clarion G while keeping the jaw dropped enough so that
pitches are blended, and then sliding fingers from G
to C but again keeping the jaw dropped to blur the
pitches. The upper clarion gliss is much easier, eh?
;-)

There are certain fingerings you can use to achieve
quarter tones as well....There's a book that has a
fingering chart but I forget the name. I'd imagine
you could drop your jaw to do so but it'd be hard to
do so while maintaing a good quality of tone. Any
comments?

By the way, last night I heard Emanuel Ax play Brahms
piano concerto No. 2 with the Montréal Symphony
Orchestra. Incredible....and at the applause he made
the principal cellist, this little young guy go center
stage to receive shouts and hollers for his fine
performance....I've never heard a better cello and
bass section than Montréal has. And, it was $4.95
Canadian for tickets at Place des Arts.

Well, a bientot.

Mark Bradley
"Husky" Fuzz Faced Clarinet Geek and
Performer in Montréal, Québec, Canada
(An American in the Paris of North America?)

> I find this fascinating. I had just written a
> flutist
> friend in Norway, who said the same method ap-
> plies to flute. I'd guess that it works on any wind
> instrument. I'm curious as to how they bend pitches
> to better suit the Intonation in chords, while
> playing.
>
> I started composing with a strong emphasis on
> counterpoint, so Multiphonics and Quartertones
> never suited me for MY music, but they are great in
> other people's styles of writing. I am impressed to
> watch how those things progress.
>
> Would this use of jaw-dropping to bend the
> pitch,
> have anything to do with how you play the Clarinet
> Glissando in the Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue", or is
> that another technique?
>
>
> Bear Woodson
> Fat Fuzz-Faced Theory Geek and
> Composer in Tucson, Arizona, USA

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