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Author: Roger
Date: 2000-09-06 14:49
Can someone refresh my recollection. While playing with a small group last night, we got into whether to begin the trill on the upper note (as opposed to the note being trilled). One member of the group stated you started on the upper note even through Mozart's time. A teacher once explained to me that this was the correct way to do it in older music but that at a certain point harmonies changed and it became proper to start the trill on the note being trilled.
Can anyone elaborate on when the style changed and the exact musical reasons?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-09-06 15:54
I thought I could turn up a good reference easily, but the indexes in Rendall, Lawson and Brymer dont list trills per se, but they MUST be discussed therein and in all of our Cl "good books" as well as the the teaching methods, Klose etc. I believe what you said is correct, the old music from "on high" newer from low, at least thats My Way! Teachers - please fill in my blanks! Don
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Author: Tim
Date: 2000-09-06 17:51
Take note that certain composers are very particular about thier ornaments - there is no hard-and-fast rule for a period. From what I can remember of Mozart's music it very much depends on what notes preceed/follow it as to it's execution. Also, some tend to have turns on the end too. If you buy a good edition then the editorial notes should give you enough information for the piece you are playing.
Tim
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Author: Gary Van Cott
Date: 2000-09-07 15:16
We have a book for sale that addresses this:
Ornamentation for the Clarinetist by Norman M. Heim. Norcat Music Press, 86 pages. A guide for interpreting the
ornamentation in the clarinet literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with examples from 81 works including Stamitz, Mozart, Spohr, Weber, and many others.
It is $20.
Clarinet Books and More
http://www.vcisinc.com
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