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Gershwin

Author: missclarinetist
Date: 2005-08-15 11:14

That Rhapsody in Blue topic had reminded me of a question I've been always wanting to ask profesisonals. How do you play that solo opening? I tried that piece many years back when I was a younger clarinetist but somehow I couldn't get that sound we should make for the opening. I even forgot what the technical name is for in the opening clarinet solo for Rhapsody. Tried playing the solo line myself in my youth orchestra but some of us clarinetists couldn't get that sound for the opening. How do you do that?

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Re: Gershwin

Author: Iplayclarinet
Date: 2005-08-15 11:33

Im guessing you mean the smear, well heres what you do..... do a search for smear or glissando here on the board...there must be 78 million posts exactly like yours on here :-)

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Re: Gershwin

Author: D Dow
Date: 2005-08-15 12:18

Here is a great moment to learn the gliss from a professional in a private lesson...this is a very important solo and you have to do this one well because it sets up an entire piece of music1

Regards

David Dow

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