Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2011/05

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Seeking CD that demonstrates suggested embellishments
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 10:38:12 -0400

On 05/27/2011 03:47 PM, Keith Bowen wrote:
> The wind ornamentation tradition comes much more from singers. So don't play
> anything that you can't sing.

Hmmm, perhaps you should rephrase that as "that can't be sung". I know
that (many) trills are singable, but I'm buggered if I can do it ... :-)

For Vann Joe -- Keith's paper on clarinet ornamentation is really worth
reading, so do take him up on his offer!

> One often hears trills on modern instruments in which the upper note
> blares out due to its construction (Clarion G to A for example) and
> this has to be dealt with, for example by lifting the finger only
> slightly for the trill. It's pretty clear from the manuals that a
> classical clarinettist would have spent weeks learning how to trill.

Do we have any stories or experience here from period instrument players
on what the difficulties and solutions are?

Best wishes,

-- Joe
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