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 Rhapsody in blue
Author: Sylvain 
Date:   2008-05-16 16:05

Not the most interesting post but I though I would share this little clip I found on the Edirol website:
http://media.roland.com/en/v/EDIROL/R-09HR_10%20Clarinet_24bit48kHz.wav

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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>

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 Re: Rhapsody in blue
Author: donald 
Date:   2008-05-17 08:38

hmmmmm
Nice playing- though a couple of things i'd attempt do differently (mainly, link the scale to the gliss more seamlessly)
Of course, i've only ever played this in auditions, so my "way of playing" this is relatively untested...
dn

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 Re: Rhapsody in blue
Author: S. Friedland 
Date:   2008-05-17 20:53

In my experience the glissando is always played seamlessly fom the "d' to the high "c". I do not think a conductor would accept much less.

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 Re: Rhapsody in blue
Author: Eddydavik 
Date:   2008-05-17 23:23

Is there really a standard on how the glissando is played? Based on writings I've read of the piece, the glissando wasn't even part of Ferde Grofé's original orchestration but was kind of thrown in by accident when the clarinetist in Whiteman's band played around with it during a rehearsal.

Honestly, after hearing some of the older recordings of Whiteman's band playing the piece, I've grown a dislike in how the opening solo is played today... but that is just me.

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 Re: Rhapsody in blue
Author: donald 
Date:   2008-05-17 23:38

ok let's clarify this...
i meant linking the scale (chromatic or not) with the gliss (d up to c) with the transition from one to the other being as unnoticeable as possible. I personally prefer to do a chromatic scale and start glissing on the D sharp (not the D)- but, as i posted, i hardly consider my opinion on this to be in any way authoritative.
My main inspiration for this solo is the recording my mother played constantly for about 5 years of my childhood... Philadelphia Orch with Ormandy. But i am well aware that there's more than one way to make pancakes.
dn

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 Re: Rhapsody in blue
Author: Philcoman 
Date:   2008-05-19 17:05

Eddydavik, I agree with you. Hearing the oldest recording of "Rhapsody" by the Whiteman orchestra was rather eye-opening. The whole thing makes much more sense in that context. But expectations have been set by subsequent performances, and not too many people would find that earliest version of the opening gliss pleasing.

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