The trick to playing fast, large leaps on Bass Clarinet

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  • Опубліковано 30 жов 2021
  • Squeaking a lot when playing up around the clarion register? (The one over the break). Well, you know about voicing, but here's an advanced trick to keep those squeaks at bay.

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  • @davelabonte7806
    @davelabonte7806 2 роки тому +6

    In awe at that playing in the beginning of the video. This dude is a fantastic content creator and player.

  • @ChadwellJ
    @ChadwellJ 2 роки тому +13

    I love a video that covers further down in the depths of the iceberg of wind instruments! Your succinctness and active demonstrations greatly improve the value of your instructions from a pedagogical standpoint. Great as always!

  • @AmericanMusicCo
    @AmericanMusicCo 2 роки тому +1

    OMG! That is seriously incredible!

  • @jyehcondor
    @jyehcondor 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent, Mike! Thanks for this clear and succinct explanation of a basic but sophisticated concept.

  • @heatherdavis5757
    @heatherdavis5757 2 роки тому +1

    Great video, thank you! I will be forwarding this to my Bass Clarinet students! And so fun to hear Polatschek on Bass!!

  • @mikesaxclar
    @mikesaxclar 2 роки тому +1

    OMG! Thank You! Been struggling with this since I've gotten back into performing after a long time off ( decades!)

  • @Lxnorius
    @Lxnorius 2 роки тому +2

    You are literally the best.

  • @ralphyarl7346
    @ralphyarl7346 2 роки тому +1

    Just made my towns local honor band because of this video! Thanks so much

  • @jerrykorten664
    @jerrykorten664 2 роки тому

    Excellent. Thank you!

  • @spapeztheoctopus3249
    @spapeztheoctopus3249 2 роки тому

    I play Bb clarinet and this was also really useful, great video and now I have a good understanding of voicing

  • @joeyburgos_
    @joeyburgos_ 2 роки тому +1

    Super informative! Thank you:)

  • @joeppeeters6222
    @joeppeeters6222 2 роки тому +1

    At the moment, I play baritone sax and this video is reeaaly helpful. I just started a few months ago and it is different from alto, because of the intonation and voicing.

  • @Musix4me-Clarinet
    @Musix4me-Clarinet 2 роки тому +2

    Me Like. 😎 Good stuff covered and certainly works for soprano clarinet as well, especially in the upper clarion to altissimo.

  • @Lxnorius
    @Lxnorius 2 роки тому +5

    Mr. Michael, could you plz do a duet where you play clarinet and the watcher plays bass? that would be fun

  • @javierquesada798
    @javierquesada798 2 роки тому +2

    tremendo maestro salud

  • @kfray8455
    @kfray8455 2 роки тому +1

    These are great thoughts, thank you! Sometimes I “average” the voicing between two notes-will have to pay more attention!

  • @jeremyzerbe3152
    @jeremyzerbe3152 Рік тому

    Composer here! This is so helpful, thanks!.

  • @lushsoundscape
    @lushsoundscape 2 роки тому +6

    what happened to the black bass clarinet?

  • @tonythompson4022
    @tonythompson4022 2 роки тому +2

    Your so good! Keep up the great work!

  • @camillelenoble6251
    @camillelenoble6251 2 роки тому +1

    Hey I love your past two albums , they're very groovy.
    To help to build a groove on clarinet /bass clarinet would you say that building a line similar to a funk bass line is a good training ?
    Would you have tips to underline a chord progression ?
    Cheers from France ! Thanks for your music 🤙🎶

  • @DenmarkStBigBand
    @DenmarkStBigBand 2 роки тому

    Always great articles Mike.... I am trying to find the you tube video showing an app to work on evenness in scales.... finger technique etc... how do i find... if you or anyone can help.. be very grateful...
    kindest thanks,

  • @obod2001
    @obod2001 2 роки тому

    Dear do yuo have a fingering chart for the high notes of the bass clarinet?. thanks

  • @fabiourr
    @fabiourr 2 роки тому +4

    Thanks for talking about voicing, so important and so often overlooked! Lately I have noticed that on my bass clarinet the high A (two fingers) has a very different resistance from G and B unless I radically change the vowel with which I get the best response on the G. I checked and there are no air leaks... is it possible that a single isolated note could require such an important tongue position change? The problem is more noticeable when I have to play very softly. My instrument is a Buffet Prestige BC1193. Thank you very much!

    • @aboveaveragebayleaf9216
      @aboveaveragebayleaf9216 2 роки тому +1

      It could be a key height issue.

    • @fabiourr
      @fabiourr 2 роки тому

      @@aboveaveragebayleaf9216 Thanks for your advise, I'll check!

    • @zerodeaths2343
      @zerodeaths2343 2 роки тому +2

      @@fabiourr mine is the same

    • @csmaqua4570
      @csmaqua4570 Рік тому +1

      I have the same thing! It a Yamaha student model

  • @meralynbrimer4862
    @meralynbrimer4862 2 роки тому

    I would like to hear him play Sonata in G minor by H. Eccles and explain how to do the faster parts of the music so I can better understand it

  • @zerodeaths2343
    @zerodeaths2343 Рік тому

    What about switching octaves? If i keep the high voicing, then the low note won’t work. But if i voice the low note, the high note won’t come out.

  • @Patrock404
    @Patrock404 2 роки тому +1

    Where'd the ninja clarinet go?

  • @robertmcnamara1642
    @robertmcnamara1642 2 роки тому +3

    Hi, I am a high schooler who plays on a Yamaha model 221II. I am wandering what would be a good mouthpiece to fit this right now it has a Yamaha 4c.
    Best Regards
    -Nathan Berger

    • @francissadleir9805
      @francissadleir9805 2 роки тому +1

      Whatever works best for you. It's such a highly personal thing that no one will ever be able to give you one good answer. If you can go to a music store and try out a bunch. Get someone else to listen for an extra set of ears. Good luck!

    • @robertmcnamara1642
      @robertmcnamara1642 2 роки тому +1

      @@francissadleir9805 Thanks for the advice👍

    • @ChadwellJ
      @ChadwellJ 2 роки тому +1

      If you're currently on a 4C, it'd be difficult, without trying, to get a mouthpiece that doesn't perform as well or better. A guaranteed improvement that won't break the bank would be the Clark fobes debut bass clarinet mouthpiece, but if you have the opportunity to go to a music store and try a variety of mouthpieces from brands like Vandoren or Selmer Paris, you will be able to determine what feels best for you, even if what feels best costs $200.

    • @nerdandrew
      @nerdandrew 2 роки тому +2

      I'm not Michael but he usually suggests the vandoren b50. Personally, as someone who's not even remotely as qualified, I really like the vandoren bd5 bass mouthpiece

    • @robertmcnamara1642
      @robertmcnamara1642 2 роки тому +1

      @@ChadwellJ ok thank you for the advice👍