I cannot believe how well timed this video is. I have been playing (soprano) Clarinet for 9 years now, the last 3 in community band and just started learning bass only 8 DAYS ago for the band. I am loving it so far and already feel it will make me a better player all round as I am used to playing 2nd chair & some 1st on soprano and Bass is a challenge to improve my counting and rhythm. Thank you so much for sharing.
As a bass clarinet player, I find two things tough when moving back to clarinet. Your comment on embouchre resonates -- I have to adjust a lot to get good sound out of the clarinet. I'm trying not to use too soft a reed, and it's a challenge. You mentioned finger strength being a challenge when moving to bass clarinet -- in contrast, I find that my fingers (mostly the left ring finger) are so used to having keys under them that I wind up not completely covering the tone holes on my clarinet. I need to play the clarinet more, though, as it improves my technique on bass.
I used to play bass clarinet, and loved it. It’s my favorite instrument. But when I got back into playing for a band, I could not afford one so I’m back with the clarinet now. But I keep looking for an affordable one that I can use.
Thank you for the comments and comparison. Great to keep in mind while practicing. All the clarinets I see you play are modern Boehm, have you ever tried older instruments maybe with Albert fingering? If so what is it like switching? All the best
I cannot believe how well timed this video is. I have been playing (soprano) Clarinet for 9 years now, the last 3 in community band and just started learning bass only 8 DAYS ago for the band. I am loving it so far and already feel it will make me a better player all round as I am used to playing 2nd chair & some 1st on soprano and Bass is a challenge to improve my counting and rhythm. Thank you so much for sharing.
As a bass clarinet player, I find two things tough when moving back to clarinet.
Your comment on embouchre resonates -- I have to adjust a lot to get good sound out of the clarinet. I'm trying not to use too soft a reed, and it's a challenge.
You mentioned finger strength being a challenge when moving to bass clarinet -- in contrast, I find that my fingers (mostly the left ring finger) are so used to having keys under them that I wind up not completely covering the tone holes on my clarinet. I need to play the clarinet more, though, as it improves my technique on bass.
I used to play bass clarinet, and loved it. It’s my favorite instrument. But when I got back into playing for a band, I could not afford one so I’m back with the clarinet now. But I keep looking for an affordable one that I can use.
I LOVE my bass. I play it more than my soprano clarinets.
Thanks Cally!❤
I love this video. Professional clarinet player here. And agree with you on all of these things.❤️
What a glorious noise you make on the big beast!
I'm a sax player, but I found every single thing you mentioned applies to bari and improving other saxes.
Excellent as always
Thank you for the comments and comparison. Great to keep in mind while practicing.
All the clarinets I see you play are modern Boehm, have you ever tried older instruments maybe with Albert fingering? If so what is it like switching?
All the best
May I ask, how do you go about breaking in Vandoren V12 reeds? I started using them not too long ago, and I can never seem to get them to sound good