CLAMOLOGY / SCROCCOLOGIA

From the Hornlist archives.

Now, here it is so you can have the correct knowings of the makings of all your clams! Ed ecco il riferimento fondamentale riguardo allo produzione degli scrocchi!
THE LEXICON OF CLAMOLOGY
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PROFESSOR I. M. GESTOPFTMITSCHEIST 		IL LESSICO DI SCROCCOLOGIA
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PROFESSOR I. M. GESTOPFTMITSCHEIST
NO-SPEAKY - A late entrance due to the lack of vibration of the embouchure. Considered by most horn players to not be a "true clam." NO-SPEAKY - Attacco ritardato dovuto a mancanza di vibrazione dell'imboccatura. Considerato dalla maggior parte dei cornisti non un "vero scrocco".
PHWOP - Falling of to below the pitch on the end of the last note of a passage usually in diminuendo. PHWOP - Un calare al termine dell'ultima nota di un passaggio, di solito in diminuendo.
PHWAP - Sailing to above the pitch on the end of the last note of a passage usually in diminuendo. PHWAP - Un crescere al termine dell'ultima nota di un passaggio, di solito in diminuendo.
PHWUP - A No-Speaky at the end of a long diminuendo causing the note to end earlier that printed. Again, considered by most players not to be a"true clam." PHWUP - Analogo al No-Speaky, cessazione anticipata del suono al termine di un lungo diminuendo. Anche questo è considerato dalla maggior parte dei cornisti non un "vero scrocco".
PHREEP - A soft miss of a note from either above or below usually only heard and noticed by your colleagues in the horn section and not the conductor or the audience. PHREEP - Una nota sbagliata, da sopra o da sotto, ma in maniera discreta, di modo che se ne accorgono a malapena i colleghi della sezione ma non il direttore o il pubblico.
SCHPLAT - A loud miss of a note from either above or below either upon entrance or in the course of a passage. Must have an indefinite pitch at its inception before arriving on the printed note. SCHPLAT - Uno sbaglio di nota evidente, da sopra o da sotto, in un attacco o nel corso di una frase. All'inizio deve essere di altezza indefinita, per poi arrivare alla nota giusta.
SCHPLEAH - A loud miss of a note from above. Must have a definite pitch at its inception. Similar to a Baroque appoggiatura in sound. SCHPLEAH - Uno sbaglio di nota evidente, da sopra, di altezza definita. Risulta simile ad una appoggiatura barocca.
SCHPLOOEE - Same as a Schpleah, but from below. SCHPLOOEE - Come lo Schpleah, ma da sotto.
SCHPLADAT - A very rapid Schplat. Can be doubled into a SCHPLADATSCHPLADAT and tripled and quadrupled as well. The
sky's thelimit on this one. When enough SCHPLADATS are coupled together that the pitch of the printed note is never distinguished, it becomes a SCHPLADATANDO. 		SCHPLADAT - Uno Schplat molto rapido. Può essere raddoppiato in SCHPLADATSCHPLADAT, nonché triplicato o quadruplicato: qui non ci sono limiti. Quando si susseguono Schplat in numero sufficiente, cosicché non si distingue la nota da suonare, si ottiene uno SCHPLADATANDO.
SCHPHLOINK - A very long No-Speaky on an entrance where the listener and player are kept in suspense as to if when the note will speak. Sometimes coupled with a Schpleah, Schplooee, or Schpladat to become a SCHPHLOINKTER. SCHPHLOINK - Un No-Speaky prolungato su un attacco, di modo che sia l'ascoltatore che il cornista rimangano in suspense non sapendo se e quando la nota inizierà talvolta accoppiato con uno Schpleah, uno Schplooee, o uno Schpladat divenendo così uno SCHPHLOINKTER.
SCHPHLINK - A Schphloink occuring in the middle of a passage. Sometimes coupled with a Schpleah, Schplooee or Schpladat to become a SCHPHLINKTER. SCHPHLINK - Uno Schphloink che avvenga nel mezzo di una frase; talvolta accoppiato con uno Schpleah, uno Schplooee, o uno Schpladat divenendo così uno SCHPHLINKTER.
SCHPLOIEEOIEEOI - Encircling the printed note from above and below, never getting on the pitch, but clearly marking the pitch of the notes above and below. Usually occurs in the middle of slow passages but occasionally occurs upon entrance. SCHPLOIEEOIEEOI - Un girare intorno alla nota da suonare, senza mai prenderla, ma facendo sentire chiaramente la nota superiore e quella inferiore. Di solito si verifica durante una frase lenta, ma occasionalmente anche sull'attacco.

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