Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 2009/03

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rhapsody in Blue
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:08:45 -0400

Martin Baxter wrote:
> Jack Brymer's advice was to hold the note down with lip and throat while
> you took the fingers off and THEN let it come op (as it does naturally)
> while controlling it with lip and breath. It does work.

Yup. I find it's helpful to keep the fingers down (but leaky) for a
little while until the gliss has come up some way -- it depends on how
far down you can bend the top note with tongue alone.

Terminology question/challenge: what is the technical difference between
glissando and portamento? :-)

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