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C7 in Gershwin's 3 preludes

Author: Ed Lowry
Date: 2012-09-12 02:05

I’ve been working on James Cohn’s version of Gershwin’s three preludes, which Cohn has arranged for clarinet and piano. The first movement ends with a fortissimo c7 (an octave above the thumb and register key high C which is two lines above the staff.) Any advice on how to hit this note (strength of reed, position of mouth and tongue, fingering) would be appreciated. I know that Artie Shaw said it was no problem for him, but I ain’t no Artie Shaw. Since it’s an arrangement of a piano piece, does anyone have any thoughts about picking another note of the concluding chord – or letting the piano play it alone, assuming I’m not going to be able to play it as Cohn would have me do?

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