Klarinet Archive - Posting 000276.txt from 2011/03

From: Randy Ratzlaff <rratzlaff@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet tremolo
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:41:42 -0400

It has been a busy day..........

Oops.....yes, I meant third line B-flat to fourth line D.

It comes from a wind symphony work called "Lux Aurumque" by Eric Whitacre.

thanks for your time and input.....

Randy

On Mar 29, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Karl Krelove wrote:

> Bb4 should be one note below the first leger line under the treble staff. D5
> should be the fourth line of the treble staff. For those who read the
> Clarinet BB, I'm using the reference graphic there to identify the octaves.
> I'm not sure whether Randy meant those notes or not - Randy, maybe you can
> either confirm these or describe which Bb and D you meant. In any case,
> wherever the numbering system you use starts, Bb4 and D5 must be a tenth
> apart, not a third.
>
> Sorry, I don't know of a smooth way to make a meaningful tremolo between
> those two notes. If it's an orchestral part, I'd look at the other clarinet
> part or even the flute parts and see if there's a more practical way to
> reassign the notes in the harmony so that tremolo becomes more do-able. I
> asked who the composer is mostly out of amazement that anyone would ask for
> this interval to be played as a tremolo.
>
> Of course some of the other suggested solutions may well be correct if Randy
> really meant two other notes than the ones I've identified with Bb4 and D5.
> Bb5 (throat, third line) to D5 (fourth line), for instance, is more
> approachable even with standard fingerings. Vann Turner's first fingering
> works well for Bb6-D6 (I'm not so fond personally of his second one, but if
> others can make it work...).
>
> Karl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vann Turner [mailto:vjoet@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:07 AM
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet tremolo
>
> If you are speaking of third line Bb and fourth line D:
>
> Keep your right hand fingers on the tone holes as you play the Bb, and play
> it as a measured tremulo in triplets or 16ths, depending on the nature of
> the piece.
>
> If you are speaking of Bb above the staff, you have 2 choices:
>
> 1. Play the Bb with the side trill key, and the D as an overblown G (on the
> staff, that is, no keys depressed at all, not even thumb and register,
> except you can keep the side trill key depressed throughout.
> 2. Play the Bb xoo|xoo, and the D with regular fingering.
>
> Vann Joe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy Ratzlaff" <rratzlaff@-----.com>
> To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:25 PM
> Subject: [kl] Clarinet tremolo
>
>
>> Greetings......
>>
>> I have a Bb clarinet part that calls for a tremolo between Bb 4 and D5 on
>
>> the treble clef staff.
>>
>> Are there any alternate fingerings?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>
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