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Rhapsody in Blue Opening

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Subject: Rhapsody in Blue Opening
From: Cameron Mabon <cmabon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 01:43:46 +0100 (BST)
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On Sun, 10 May 1998, Alastair Wheeler wrote:

> I think the manstyle way to do this would be to stick the solo 'as is' in
> the flugel part.  Trill on low G, 1/2 valve gliss up to high C.  This
> isn't so hard on euph, I don't know how many flugel players would be able
> to do it....

The original clarinet part was written as a scale, not a glissando, if I 
remember correctly. The clarinet player with the Paul Whiteman orchestra 
added the gliss on the top few notes at the first performance (much of 
which, Gershwin improvised at the piano, incidentally). Thus, the flugel 
player 
wouldn't have to gliss all the way up. He would have to be able to 
wiggle his valves pretty quickly - but then, its only a scale of C. He 
might even try to imitate the clarinet "whoop" at the top end of the 
scale where the harmonics are closer together, but it would suffice to 
have a bit of a rallentando towards the end of the run.

Cameron

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