Klarinet Archive - Posting 001034.txt from 2003/03

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Polyphonic Notes
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:43:14 -0500

Hello Joon,

As Tony Pay mentioned, these are usually called multiphonics.

We have several books on the subject including:

New Directions for Clarinet by Phillip Rehfeldt. University of California
Press, PB, 200 pages. $39.95
Multiphonics and Other Contemporary Clarinet Techniques by Gerald Farmer.
SHALL-u-mo Publications, SB, 160 pages. $24.95
Preliminary Exercises & Etudes in Contemporary Techniques for Clarinet by
Ronald L. Caravan. Ethos Publications, SS, 44 pages. $16.50

Gary
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At 04:07 PM 3/25/03, you wrote:
>Hey everybody. I have a question about polyphonic notes. Does anybody have a
>fingering chart for all the possible polyphonic notes for the clarinet?
>
>I first got a taste of polyphonic notes while I was playing "Moods for Solo
>Clarinet." There are 5 fingering suggestions for polyphonic notes, and I was
>wondering if anybody here had any other possible fingerings (or any other 2
>notes combinations).
>
>Reason for my asking is that I'm playing in an ensemble, and when the guy
>composing the piece heard me playing polyphonic notes, he got really
>interested and decided to add some polyphonic notes to the piece we're
>playing. So he's asking me what notes I can play, and since I have never
>studied this before, I was hoping I could get some help here.
>
>Please let me know. Thank you!
>
>Joon H. Huh
>joonhuh@-----.com

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