Klarinet Archive - Posting 000225.txt from 2009/03

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Glissando vs. portamento
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:13:58 -0400

Joseph Wakeling wrote:
> 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...)

Used a lot in what I would consider more "advanced" rock music. Think
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Keith Emerson was/is a master at putting the
bends in the right place at the right time to make a musical statement.

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