I have the Clarinette in D / Bassclarinette in A part for Srauss Liebesscence Feuersnot My question is this: The Bass clarinet section of the piece is in Bass...
I have been wondering if any of you have played the German Blackmaster or Vandoren V12 reeds? What's the significance of either "species" of reed? I remember...
How important is the use of vibrato when playing something cute like Der Alte Brummbar (the Grumbly Old Bear?) This is actually a bassoon piece transcribed for...
After a long hiatus, I had become interested in playing lower clarinets in high quality wind ensembles in my area. Thinking the alto clarinet was a good place...
I currently play on a selmer bass clarinet with a c*mouthpiece and a bay ligature. Right now, I love Grand Concert Select reeds. Intonation has always been a...
Does anyone have a good cadenza for the bass clarinet solo part to Der Alte Brummbar? (The Old Grumbly Bear?) I just purchased the piece, and the cadenza is...
Has anyone taken the time to produce a treble clef bass clarinet part to the Shostakovich Violin Concerto? Someone's asked if I can do it on short notice and...
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128819529> I heard this on NPR this afternoon: Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead looks back at Breuker, who...
Hey all, I came into three excellent mouthpieces -- McClune-faced Selmer C*'s I picked out at ICA that are amazingly accurate copies of my Matson -- that I...
I'd like to hear what mouthpiece/reed/ligature combinations we're using. Personally, I've got a Fobes AP mouthpiece, usually use a Vandoren Blue Box 3 or...
What's your favorite on-line store to buy Gonzalez reeds? I was surprised to see WWBW does not stock Bass Cl. I wanted to give them a try since seeing all...
I use a Fobes San Fran with a Winslow ligature and 3¼ Gonzalves reeds. My backup is a Garrett reworked Selmer C*...all of this is on my venerable LeBlanc Eb...
Hi everyone, i started recently to practise on my bass clarinet (few months), and the hardest part is to find how to make altissimo notes! I read that the...
Hi gang - I'm curious as to what the "going rate" would be for a Selmer series 9 depose alto clarinet. I got a chance to play it briefly, and it seems like a...
I was working on a 6+ octave quarter-tone fingering chart for bass clarinet last year. I've just uploaded it to the files section on yahoogroups. Here's the...
Hi All, Bookings are now being taken for the 2011 solo bass clarinet course on the beautiful Hebridean Island of Raasay in Scotland. 11th-15th April 2011 For...
Voor allemaal in de Amsterdamse buurt die kunnen komen, and anyone else that might like to watch via the web stream (assuming all goes well...), I'll be ...
Tonight, the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band will be webcast LIVE at www.kmryradio.com. The concert will play 7:30 - 8:30 pm locally, Central Daylight Time. ...
Sorry if you've seen this before, but it's important. I've never sent something to my whole e-mail list before, but this is worth it. Later, Don Harrington ...
I have just been able to re-watch the Disney annimated Robin Hood. (The ones with the animals as the characters...smile.) I forgot how much of the music uses...
Isn't it common for a bass clarinet to be part of a symphony orchestra? Aren't bass clarinet parts common? I contacted a small community symphony orchestra...
I just acquired a Selmer 33, "W" series, built in the early '70's. It came with a new Selmer USA case that doesn't fit either joint particularly well. If...
... I just played this a few weeks ago, but was given the tenor sax part. The edition here <http://www.jwpepper.com/2472472.item> appears to have bass cl...
Hi everyone, I'm looking to start playing bass clarinet again after several years of just playing my soprano clarinets. After a few months of looking for a...
I'm hoping someone here can help me. I have an old wooden clarinet whose barrel is completely stuck. Can't get even a wiggle out of it. I bought it from an...
