How would you notate a "chewed" articulation for reed intruments?
One where the attack of a note is given by pre-squishing then releasing (on time) the reed to create a fade out - fade in effect in volume and tone.
I'm working on scoring for an instrument, the northwest-italian Piffero, that might be particularly specialised in that (given that it's a double reed instrument with a "pirouette" mounting for the reed, leading to a deeper position of the lips compared to an oboe, ie the lips rest on a more arched and thus more elastic part of the reed) but I've heard it done, if maybe to a lesser extent (or with a non-melorhythmic purpose but rather melismatic, like in the Turkish clarinet tradition and the Armenian duduk tradition that might be at its root) on many other reed instruments, but I've never had to read written music to a serious level, let alone for wind instruments (I play bass) so I don't know if this is already covered by standard annotation or if I have to come up with a new thing, or extend by analogy a symbol normally used for a slightly different purpose.
I'll try to find a specific example. In the meantime, anyone got any ideas?
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Here, found one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLiOIE2c_w
It can be heard very clearly at 0:40 onward, compare with the beginning of the video where the same phrase is played with normal articulation
In reply to Here, found one: https://www… by Nicola Rulli
My guess is that you'd need to ask on a double reed support group.
In reply to My guess is that you'd need… by bobjp
As I've said, I've heard single reeds do the same to a lesser extent. In fact, I'm making a jazz orchestration for this instrument and its repertoire, so the point is to write sax parts that are synergic to preexisting melodies and articulations played by it. So, I have to mostly tell saxes "do kinda like he's doing here, here and here, then do your own thing these other times"