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Author: Melissa
Date: 2004-12-05 17:42
Do you know of an easier way to tremolo between clarion A and Altissimo C#? The standard fingerings are quite ocward.
Melissa.
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2004-12-05 17:50
The C# can be playing with first finger only, like an overblown F# in the throat tones. This would make the tremolo much easier
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-12-05 17:51
I assume you mean A5 to C#6.
Play the A5 and tremolo to C#6 by playing it as a 1st space F# (1st LH finger only) ...GBK
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2004-12-06 02:30
Haha, speaking of tremolos, ever played the Hunsberger arrangement (for band) of the Stars Wars Medley? It's got some tough tremolos that can't be faked (using alternate fingerings).
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Author: marcia
Date: 2004-12-06 04:30
Am I misguided? I have always believed that a rapid change in pitch (ie. the A to C# mentioned in the question) to be a trill while a tremolo is something that can only be achieved on a string-rapid bowing or plucking of a string at one pitch.
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2004-12-06 04:30
If you hate tremolos, never attempt the Francaix Concerto! =) Interestingly enough, the lightning fast tempo and 5 sharps don't bother me, but the tremolos in the first mov. cadenza are enough to make me practically rip up the music every time I attempt to play the piece.
DH
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Author: Dee
Date: 2004-12-06 12:44
Trills are rapid fluctuations between adjacent notes in a scale. Either note may however be flatted or sharped.
However A to C# is a major third and is not adjacent notes in a scale. Thus it is not a trill but a tremolo.
The term tremolo does have more than one definition. Basically one definition for strings and another definition for everyone else. For instruments like the piano and clarinet, it is an alternation between two notes and those two notes are shown on the music.
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Author: marcia
Date: 2004-12-06 20:39
I once played a piece of music wich had tremolo marked above a note but there was no other pitch. Was this a misnomer?
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2004-12-07 01:48
If your talking about clarinet music, that was a flutter tongue. If you're playing a string instrument that is (not to confuse the situation further!) a tremolo (rapid change of bow direction on the same pitch).
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2004-12-07 07:07
If you're playing something transcribed from strings, or written by a "string person", sometimes a flutter will not do. We played the Fauchet Symphony in Bb in our wind ensemble recently, and for some single-note tremolos we would tongue very fast and very light to simulate a string tremolo. Granted, this is the very rare exception to the rule.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: marcia
Date: 2004-12-07 17:22
I can't remember the exact piece, but I knew at the time that it was a string part that had been transcribed. I do remember saying to the other clarinetists that it was not a trill, as they were doing, but an imitation of a string player bowing very fast. As I recall even the conducter was regarding it as a trill. I did feel like a voice in the wilderness!
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