[Dixielandjazz] Glissandro

[Robert Newman]

Artie Shaw apparently didn't like to gliss over the throat tones, either.
His gliss at the end of  Begin the Beguine is from middle B-natural to high
E.   The arrangement is in Concert D, which is beautiful especially on the
alto saxes which are in the key of B.    The stock arrangement is in Concert
C which makes the clarinet gliss from A up to D, actually  more difficult
than what Shaw did.   Lowering the arrangement from D to C has always made
the stock sound dead compared to the original.

Bob Newman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Guarino" <russg at redshift.com>
To: "Ken Gates" <keng at iswest.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Glissandro


> Ken,
>
> Just practice until it comes along.  That's what I did.  I limit my
> Glissandos to middle C to C, D to D, E to E , F to F and G to G.  I've
> been unable to Glissando over the "break" and I don't use it in the low
> register.