Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue-clarinet slide

[Aulos303]

I love this piece but I was wondering how the player achieves the steady slide up to the high note near the start-a seeming glissando. I didnt think such a thing was possible on a woodwind instrument .

 

[Gandalfe]

It is achieved by lots of practice lowly removing your fingers up the scale and to some degree the bending the notes.

 

[Aulos303]

Can the same effect be achieved on sax?

 

[TrueTone]

Can the same effect be achieved on sax?

Yep, though it's a bit harder because of a lack of open tone holes, but it's still doable.

 

[Aulos303]

Yep, though it's a bit harder because of a lack of open tone holes, but it's still doable.

I sort of got the effect on my recorder. No chance on the tin whistle tho

 

[Tony Fairbridge]

There are some good Youtube clips about glissando (or is it Glissandi?)

 

[TMHeimer]

Some will begin the Rhapsody in Blue gliss. once over the break, others do it all the way from the low G. Going over the break is one occasion when keys must be dealt with instead of open holes. There are a few others of course. It is also very difficult to gliss. into the altissimo (such as C to C#), as fingers are going off and on holes at the same time (Artie Shaw Concerto). Details and many examples of gliss. are in my book.