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Author: Michael Wiles
Date: 2001-10-30 01:02
I know you guys probably get tired of this, since it's quite a popular lick :-) But I was wondering if anyone could help me on how to get that little smear at the beginning of Rhapsody in Blue.. I can't figure out how it's done.. thank you in advance
-Michael
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Author: Bob Culbreth
Date: 2001-10-30 01:41
You slide your fingers off each note starting with third space c. This requires a very precise coordination of the speed of the smear and bending the pitch as you do this. In other words tons of practice. Hope this will get you started. Have fun with it!
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Author: rissa
Date: 2001-10-30 04:07
I just played this piece in a concert Sunday!! One of the things that really helped me was saying "yyyyyyuuck"...the lowered tongue position really helps to bend the tone. Or, it did for me anyway!
Good luck,
*Rissa*
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Author: Jim (E)
Date: 2001-10-30 04:19
Search this board, there have been many posts in the past including detailed instructions on doing it.
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Author: Wes
Date: 2001-10-31 07:59
This has been covered before. Ben Kanter, who defined this solo, played the gliss as a chromatic scale in the first register and slid fingers off the keys in the second register. It is important to blow through the gliss with high air pressure at all times. Good Luck!
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Author: Christopher Davis
Date: 2001-10-31 10:34
When learning this glissando, I think that the actual "smearing" of the tones is best done from the D above third-space C... while playing that D on a reed that isn't too hard (bending pitches works best on slightly soft reeds), you drop your throat deeply as if you're going to yawn, while at the same time positioning your tongue as if you're saying "yawww"... slacken the embouchure somewhat and let the pitch bend downward (let it droop), then carefully slide your fingers, not one-by-one, but one hand at a time, beginning at the bottom fingers, in one slow pull diagonally off the sides. From there, the pitch is suspended in a wide range until your embouchure slowly firms up and brings the pitch up to the written C at the top of the smear. When you've practiced it up and get the opportunity to perform the piece, take your time with the glissando, and the effect is incredible on the audience.
Hope this wordy, run-on mess somehow helps. XXX
Christopher Davis
Las Vegas, NV
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Author: DLE
Date: 2001-10-31 11:36
I always thought this technique was the result of alot of "Trial and Error" practice, but I was proven wrong a year ago.
Some of my band mates claimed they could do it after just 5 minutes of practising - which shows just how much talent they must have had. I personally am not very good at doing this.
There are some good replies above - but take Jim's advice and search the board.
"Rhapsody in Blue" was one of the first titles on this Bboard that I can remember. There is bound to be something.
Good Hunting,
DLE.
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