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Re: Mahler song Um Mitternacht - downward glissando

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-10-17 16:16

In the clarion it should be easy enough to "bend" a note down as much as a minor third (loosen embouchure, drop jaw, lower tongue). Think of it this way: Say, "EEEyaw," slowly; drawn out. Now think of the "EEE" as the note from which you drop down and the "yaw" as a lower pitch. I say that because the point is to start the pitch drop. You then kinda sorta put more fingers down and your "yaw" continues down. There is no direct correlation between note and fingers.......just let the fingers FOLLOW the pitch drop. You'll see what I mean once you start the portamento.

[sorry didn't address the decent all the way to middle C. So that last bit could be a more of a drop. Or you can "fake the funk" by just quickly fingering those last notes. That would be the reverse of what most do at the beginning of Rhapsody in Blue.]

....................Paul Aviles

Post Edited (2021-10-17 21:58)

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