Klarinet Archive - Posting 000269.txt from 2005/01

From: "Bill Page" <Bill.Page@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] RE: Rhapsody in Blue Gliss
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:24:28 -0500

Lelia Loban wrote:

> Yes, when I try it, it comes off on the
> bottom of my shoe. Any time I think I'm in danger
> of getting full of myself, all I have to do is haul out
> the Gershwin and try to practice that glissando.
> Instant humility.

I have, since I figured out how to play this when I was 17 (some 35+
years ago), included it in every warm up session, every practice, every
concert...some days it's diamond, some days it's stone, but it's the
last step of my warm ups every time.

And I've never played it in a concert situation!

Bill Page
3rd clarinet extraordinaire
Kenosha, WI

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