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Polytones: How?

Author: Ralph G
Date: 2004-06-22 19:14

(I did an archive search and didn't find anything, but I may not have used the right terms -- point me to past threads of you know of any)

On Jon Manasse's recording of the Copland, during the slow section there's that part that goes from chalumeau D to clarion A (sounds like a half-note D slurred to a long A -- I don't have any sheet music). At first I thought it was just an ultra-smooth seamless application of the register key. But upon listening more closely, for an instant he's playing both the D and the A.

Any advice (or past thread) on how to make that happen? I can't seem to do it without at least a very small noticeable transition between registers. I've listened to other Copland recordings and nobody else I've heard plays it that seamlessly, so JM must have talent to die for.›

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