Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2009/04

From: "Peter Gentry" <peter.gentry@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] funny trills, was Glissando vs. portamento (question for new music performers)
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:15:59 -0400

I don't know anyone who can tell the difference between E and Fflat although
strictly (I think) they are from different keys. Sadly my ears cannot tell
them apart.

regards
Peter Gentry

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
Sent: 05 April 2009 10:24
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] funny trills, was Glissando vs. portamento (question for
new music performers)

Sean Osborn wrote:
>
>> (The other frequent pain I've heard about is atonal pieces that are full
>> of B#'s and Fb's and so on because the composer leaves the transposition
>> on the default 'tonal' setting instead of switching it to chromatic.
>> Have you come across this one?:-)
>
> Yeah, the best is when I'm trilling from E to Fb.

Eeek! That's _very_ nasty -- worse than the transposition problem
because it can only be corrected by manual intervention.

Still, at least unlike the gliss it's clear what the composer _meant_. :-P

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