Klarinet Archive - Posting 000223.txt from 2009/03

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Glissando vs. portamento
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:09:50 -0400

Mark Charette wrote:
> Joseph Wakeling wrote:
>> Mark Charette wrote:
>>> Bill Hausmann wrote:
>>>> I believe portamento is exclusively a string term,
>>> Hmmmm - don't see any strings on my organ with a big portamento wheel on
>>> it ... :)
>> Interesting. Electronic or acoustic organ? And I presume you mean the
>> pitchwheel that you also get on many electronic keyboards?
>
> Electronic, Casio from near 20 years ago with MIDI in/out. Wheel is
> labeled "Portamento" instead of the more common "pitch bend".

Again interesting ... now the question is, what are the typical musical
contexts in which this wheel is employed? (I'm not much familiar with
organ music, electronic or otherwise...)

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