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Author: J. O.
Date: 1999-08-15 01:35
I have played clarinet for a while now and have recently acquired a copy of the clarinet introduction to George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue".
To those of you whom are familiar with this piece or clarinet glissandi, what is an effective way of doing a glissandi on the clarinet?
(Thanks in advance...)
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Author: Nick Dewey
Date: 1999-10-12 23:19
G'day
Okay, first things first! This is not hard to do and it very effective to aswell. So here we go!
First you have to able to bend notes by slackening of the thethe bottom jaw slightly so that the tone goes a little flat. Muck around with this for a while and have some fun the effects that can produced.
Secondly the glissando!
Once you are able to bend you then find a note, the D above the break is a good place to start. Play the D and then to gliss up to say the C above slowly slide you fingers of the keys. This takes a few times to get right ,say five minutes or so, and you will be able to hear the instrument go through the harmonics before you get to the C.
It helps a lot if some experience playing Jazz. So good examples of the glissing technique can be heard played by Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw on clarinet and Johnny Hodges with Duke Ellington on Alto Sax
I hope I've helped, so have fun and get sliding
Best wishes in music
Nick
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