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Author: Jeanne
Date: 2001-10-16 02:43
I have heard that there are ways to play two notes at once or chords using verr complex fingerings. Does anyone know anything about this? I have searched everywhere and can't find anything about it.
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Author: Ryan
Date: 2001-10-16 03:12
Search for multi-phonics. That should yield more results.
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Author: donald nicholls
Date: 2001-10-16 03:16
try looking in a good music library (there might be something on the internet, who knows). There are a number of good books- New Directions is the tittle of one (by Philip Redphelt, but i'm not sure of the spelling). The best way to learn MULTIPHONICS is to actually learn them in the context of a piece of music- for instance, find "the life of the butterly" ("le naissance un pappion" but again, my spelling is way off i'm sure) by Yvonne Desportes, the opening "dedication" has some quite easy multiphonics. Most pieces of music that use multiphonics also have a note explaining the fingering to use.
But here's one to start you off.......
finger a low G (6 fingers and thumb in the lower register) and play it with a soft unfocused sound at about MP. Now, put your left little finger on the Csharp/G sharp key- without too much trouble you should be able to get the chord b, f and c. Or, if you finger the low G and lift your 2nd left hand finger, that's harder to do, but gets you quite a nice sounding chord.
ok, try this- play low (everything closed) and then while keeping your fingers down lightly open the A key, this should actually get you a nice major 3rd (b, g).
after trying this for a while it should be apparent that much care and attention is needed to blow these correctly... but it's not really "rocket science" as you americans like to say. Each fingering is slightly different, and more or less difficult, to blow in just that "right way" so you get the chord. Don't push too hard, don't bite too much, and just keep experimenting.
donald
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Author: Massa
Date: 2001-10-16 16:12
Fancies for clarinet alone : (multiple-sound studies) by William O. Smith(published : New York, N.Y. : MJQ Music, c1972.) may give you some good idea for practicing multiphonics.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-10-16 16:40
Jeanne -
New Directions for Clarinet, by Phillip Rehfeldt (note spelling), has many fingerings for multiphonics. It's not listed as in stock on Gary van Cott's site http://www.vcisinc.com/ but you can order it from Amazon through him at http://www.vcisinc.com/amazon.htm#Clarinet .
Gary does have in stock The Clarinet of the Twenty-First Century, by E. Michael Richards, and Multiphonics and Other Contemporary Clarinet Techniques, by Gerald Farmer, both of which should also be useful.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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