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Re: Funny way of playing

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2021-03-06 17:46

The first three hits on this YouTube set demonstrate this Clariflute technique:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=playing+clarinet+like+a+flute.

The tube of the clarinet, when the mouthpiece and reed are removed, can be slanted at an angle that allows the player to blow it as if it were a flute. This is one of many effects that are collectively known as "extended techniques" for clarinet. Some others are microtones, growls, slap tonguing, difference tones (produced by humming along as you blow the instrument), finger changes on the same pitch, and multiphonics.

Jon Manasse demonstrates the Clariflute technique beginning at time stamp 4:14 in the second video KAHN ACADEMY here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jon+manasse+the+clarinet.

This technique, like many others labelled "extended," is taken from World Music practices. One can find them in many cultures and many time periods, and they have gradually been imported (with alterations) into the domain of Western classical music and popular music.

Post Edited (2021-03-06 18:37)

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