Klarinet Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2008/03

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rhapsody in Blue
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:13:26 -0400

I am a 'jazzer', so I will second this advice. Glisses are done in
the throat and with the lip - not the fingers. The fingers are just a
way to get the gliss kick-started. There is really no way to explain
the technique online. You're best bet is probably to find a jazz
clarinetist/sax player and hope that he/she knows how to teach a
gliss. If you're lucky, you'll come across a trained player who
doesn't mind a little musical perversion ;-) (like me) and can help you.

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
~Doug Floyd

On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Alexander Brash wrote:

> Practice playing all notes from the thumb+octave key C down to the
> F below that by only changing your throat, tongue position, and lip
> position on the reed.
>
> The "finger peeling" is actually secondary - I find it helpful to
> think of playing "ahead" of the fingered note.
>
>
> On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:52 PM, Gary Truesdail wrote:
>
>> Pray a lot!
>>
>> GaryT
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Plummer, Julie [mailto:jplummer@-----.edu]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:41 PM
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: [kl] Rhapsody in Blue
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>> I play clarinet in a community orchestra. We are going to perform
>> Rhapsody
>> in Blue in mid-
>> April and I will be playing the clarinet solo at the beginning of
>> that
>> piece. I'm a pretty competent player, but have never had the
>> chance to do
>> this piece before. I think I "get" how to do the gliss by sliding my
>> fingers off the keys one at a time, but I would appreciate
>> suggestions on
>> how to do the best job possible. I have of course been listening
>> to several
>> recordings of the piece.
>> Thanks,
>> Julie
>>
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