Category Archives: singing
…on singing and playing
In the past, I’ve had a tendency to dismiss or dislike singing and playing, but more recently I’ve come to enjoy it and even start to encourage composers to make use of it. I’m going to slowly rebuild this post … Continue reading
Posted in air sounds, dyads, flutter tongue, glissandi, multiphonic, singing, spectral multiphonic
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More techniques for a mouthpiece-less bass clarinet
Most of these techniques I’ve covered already, in my post on clarinet articulation. If you look there you’ll find information on tongue rams without the mouthpiece (and with, for that matter), flute embouchure (which only works – for me – … Continue reading
… on bass clarinet preparations
I started thinking more seriously about preparing the bass clarinet after Aaron Einbond used it in his (awesome) piece, Resistance, for prepared bass clarinet and live electronics. I originally assumed that it wouldn’t be so useful: one can only prepare the … Continue reading
Posted in aluminium foil, bending, clarinet techniques, flutter tongue, multiphonic, on composing for the clarinet, performance, preparations, singing, spectral multiphonic, water
Tagged bass clarinet, bass clarinet preparations, clarinet, collaboration, composers, contemporary music, new music, preparations, preparing bass clarinet
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…on soprano clarinet glissandi
Clarinet glissandi are fun. But they’re quite hard to understand for composers, because they aren’t easy in all registers and what individual performers can or can not do affects a lot. This post won’t necessarily be comprehensive, but as with … Continue reading
