I would try softer/cane reed. The legere seems to be fighting it. I dont care for the legere on clarinets and the difference is def noticiable. I do love their oboe reeds tho. Then again all personal preference
I was always told that on the contra clarinets you are supposed to use softer reeds, because the stronger reeds make it way too difficult to play. I always used a 2.0 and never had a problem with intonation or squeaking.
I played Chaconne in the Boise State honor band my sophomore year a mont before the pandemic and we had a Bb contrabass clarinet player and he played the bass clarinet part down an octave. By the way, I thought First Suite in Eb does have a contrabass clarinet part.
I would try softer/cane reed. The legere seems to be fighting it. I dont care for the legere on clarinets and the difference is def noticiable. I do love their oboe reeds tho. Then again all personal preference
I was always told that on the contra clarinets you are supposed to use softer reeds, because the stronger reeds make it way too difficult to play. I always used a 2.0 and never had a problem with intonation or squeaking.
I played Chaconne in the Boise State honor band my sophomore year a mont before the pandemic and we had a Bb contrabass clarinet player and he played the bass clarinet part down an octave. By the way, I thought First Suite in Eb does have a contrabass clarinet part.
It does. I played that piece on contra myself and I loved it!
Holst's first military suite doesn't originally have a contrabass clarinet part, that was an addition of later editions (that were not by Holst).
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