Klarinet Archive - Posting 000013.txt from 2009/04

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Glissando vs. portamento (question for new music performers)
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:17:47 -0400

Sean Osborn wrote:
> Unfortunately, MANY composers do not know this and continue to write the
> words incorrectly, and often interchangably. This creates many
> interpretive problems when deciding whether to slide or not.

I forgot to ask this earlier. I know you perform a fair amount of
contemporary music, as do others on this list. To what extent have you
come across that difficulty in your personal performing experience?

... and ... when this problem arose, was it more often because the
composer had written 'gliss.' for a slide, or 'gliss.' for a scale?

(The question is open to anyone, not just Sean:-)

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