Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2024-02-25 19:33
Register breaks are difficult for vocalists too, and for the same reason: to get the same response in both notes requires a change in the position or shape of the tongue.
As indicated earlier, technical compromises happen in music performance at every level. On piano, there are examples so ingrained into normal performance practice that familiar ears almost cease to notice that they stray from the score; guitar also; violin too - a great example would be the "unplayable" chording in Bach's solo vln masterpieces. If musical expression is remains clear and working, then listeners tend to forgive compromises.
On clarinet, another example often heard in recordings is the clarinet entrance in Weber's Quintet, slurring from c-c#5 - there's often a slight, audible discontinuity between the notes, sounding less smooth then non-break intervals.
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