Timpani Glissando
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:31 pm
Hello - Haven't seen this topic discussed. I've written a dramatic timpani solo over several bars. The entire passage is played tremolo over the entire passage. While playing the first lower note, I want the player to glissando up a fifth, continue the tremolo,, then glissando back down a fifth. Oooh, dramatic! 
I've written it with dotted half notes (it's in ¾). The first glissando is fine, but the note at the end of the glissando, though marked tremolo, is played once. This higher note, also a dotted half note, has a glissando back down to the lower note. This 2nd glissando doesn't play at all, even when I start the playback on that higher note. It's as if the first upward glissando negates whatever follows. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance...
Bo
I've written it with dotted half notes (it's in ¾). The first glissando is fine, but the note at the end of the glissando, though marked tremolo, is played once. This higher note, also a dotted half note, has a glissando back down to the lower note. This 2nd glissando doesn't play at all, even when I start the playback on that higher note. It's as if the first upward glissando negates whatever follows. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance...
Bo