this video is very old! Almost 6 months now. Actually broke my wrist and couldn't go through the marching season that year unfortunately :( My part was really bad/boring; but I tried to make the most of it by overplaying everything haha. I think next year I'm going to try and write my own part that's more fun because clearly the writer does not see the value of the bass clarinet. I'll make them see it :D
I’m sorry you couldn’t go! That’s the worst! I’m playing Bari for marching band. I’m guessing that song was Enemy by Imagine Dragons? Most parts for the Bari are boring in concert band, but in jazz… it’s waaay better. But the thing about playing as a low reed instrument is that you always have awesome, powerful, and cool third part harmonies in the chord and the third part harmonies are what gives me chills! Good job Dude!
During marching season my music is usually the tuba part but whenever woodwinds get melody I get it too. I wish composers would just put more value on low reeds.
@@reeedanny3557 my bd decided to let us march bass clarinet this year, so I transcribed our pep tunes for them, and thank god our show already has a part for them!
@@b3127RBass clarinets are in the key of Bb. You're not wrong about it being a D, but that's in concert pitch. For bass clarinet, it's an E. Its writing is two steps higher than concert pitch.
being the only bass clarinetist in my school, the only things i hear are “you just want to be a saxophone” or “what kind of saxophone is that” or “i didn’t know they made mixed instruments?” LIKE ITS SO ANNOYING 😭😭😭
I miss being a b-flat clarinet.Got demoted to a bass clarinet and watch my pals play the main part and watch them how wheares I play the small mini parts for years.I miss the old days. Edit:Almost fking cried when I saw my band play with those b flat clarinets having the time of their life and me being the ex 1st clarinet just seeing them with hate T-T
In my case it was a promotion (my teacher told me those b-flat yappers are the most annoying b*tches ever so she recommended that I switch to bass clr)
I'm marching bass clarinet this year for the first time and for two of our pep tunes, they have bo bass clairnet part so I'm having to do the baritone part 😭
I play clarinet but love low notes so I was thinking of switching to bass clarinet but everyone always tells me that it’s really boring since you never get the melody
When I switched to bass clarinet my freshman year it was pretty boring because all we got was whole notes but once I moved up in band the bard got increasingly more difficult. I even got a few solos last year. If you’re dedicated (which I’m sure you are), bass clarinet can be lots of fun!
i recently switched from trombone to tuba (for marching this year) and i can say this is exactly how the tuba parts feel like half the time (we do get some cool stuff tho)
Hardcore disagree. You can’t even hear them at all and they are quite annoying to march from bass clarinet players i’ve heard. Bari sax has so much more power, better speaking across the entire range, and isn’t a royal pain to march. You can project much better on bari compared to bass clarinet.
@@crayolaconsumerofcrayons1597 To clarify, I'm talking about in parades, where the audience is near the performers. In field band I agree with you. In parades though I think both are necessary.
People be complaining but for reason i really like whole notes and half notes. They rub my brain with the way they relate to the melody. I have friends who play bass instruments and are thinking of quitting for this reason alone. I understand how it's boring but like my brain be tweeking or som
@@bassclarinetbrian a lot of the time, tubas, bass clarinet, tenor/Barry sax, and drums are made to be heard as a base for the rest of the band, you aren’t supposed to be louder than them because they hold the song together a lot of the time. Without them the band sounds way less put together, besides I like having easy music Lmao
Yo brian, you post your set-ups on all your other videos, but not here. Just curious what brand body you're playing as it looks similar to my Kessler & Sons. Love from WA!
Wouldn’t know. I tried marching bass clarinet my senior year, but my director was like “Why? You can’t hear them on the field.” To this day, nearly 10 years later, I still think I should’ve countered with “Yeah? Well you can’t hear the woodwinds when the brass is playing either, yet here we are.”
as a bass clarinet player who hasn’t even been playing for that long i wish it was like this for me in my band class 😞 my director gives us songs with the most complex parts for me because she thinks i’m way better than i actually am
The song brass in the basement is good for the low reeds. We get melody with the brass, and low reeds can be loud, considering I'm the only bass clarinet in my band 😂
yeah baritone saxes can go nuts on their volume, like FFFFFF kinda loud, but bass clarinets can also get extremely loud, like FFFF as shown here, other low reeds can go loud too, probably.
My theory for my current show music is the writer doesn't know what a bass clarinet sounds like or even does. He doesn't even use our lower octave. Our bd is making us do basically everything down an octave.
this is why i'm playing clarinet for marching band and not bass clarinet.. my bass clarinet is for concert band, so i don't have too much to be jealous about 💀
this video is very old! Almost 6 months now. Actually broke my wrist and couldn't go through the marching season that year unfortunately :(
My part was really bad/boring; but I tried to make the most of it by overplaying everything haha. I think next year I'm going to try and write my own part that's more fun because clearly the writer does not see the value of the bass clarinet. I'll make them see it :D
I’m sorry you couldn’t go! That’s the worst! I’m playing Bari for marching band. I’m guessing that song was Enemy by Imagine Dragons? Most parts for the Bari are boring in concert band, but in jazz… it’s waaay better. But the thing about playing as a low reed instrument is that you always have awesome, powerful, and cool third part harmonies in the chord and the third part harmonies are what gives me chills! Good job Dude!
Haha yeah but you should see some of the licks the bass clarinet gets in orchestra! May be a bit spoiled with orchestra haha
@@bassclarinetbrian lol
During marching season my music is usually the tuba part but whenever woodwinds get melody I get it too. I wish composers would just put more value on low reeds.
I gotta know the song
It's either that or your director puts you on the tenor sax part 😭
Literally we should make bass clarinet notes for pep band
My band director just asked me if I could learn how to play Tenor Sax over the summer for marching band😂
Literally directors should just copy and paste the bari sax part and transpose it to Bb it's not that hard 😭
@@FumiTaki I mean even then the Bari sax part is sometimes tuba or written transposed tuba
@@reeedanny3557 my bd decided to let us march bass clarinet this year, so I transcribed our pep tunes for them, and thank god our show already has a part for them!
As a bass clarinetist... I couldn't agree more
I see so many bass clarinetist but never greatbass clarinetist.. WHERE ARE YALL 😭
Geez that low E was perfect
that was a d
@b3127R it's a low e
@@Themusiccomposer1639 no i have perfect pitch it was a d
@@b3127R which is concert pitch
@@b3127RBass clarinets are in the key of Bb. You're not wrong about it being a D, but that's in concert pitch. For bass clarinet, it's an E. Its writing is two steps higher than concert pitch.
being the only bass clarinetist in my school, the only things i hear are “you just want to be a saxophone” or “what kind of saxophone is that” or “i didn’t know they made mixed instruments?” LIKE ITS SO ANNOYING 😭😭😭
Same
It’s worse on alto clarinet. Not only to get music for but everyone’s like “that’s a neat looking saxophone bro!”
Hey same hear as a Bass Clarinet myself. It's mostly the annoying band kids mainly some in beginning band (or probably irritating trumpets).
I can’t agree more.
There is only two for My band class
As a bass clarinet who matches this is so true
Dude this plays much fuckin better than whatever my school band does 😭😭
Thank you bass clarinets and anyone who plays a low instrument
You make songs sound so much better
Thanks buddy :)
I play bass clarinet in a Japanese high school marching band, and I want to be a player like you.
I miss being a b-flat clarinet.Got demoted to a bass clarinet and watch my pals play the main part and watch them how wheares I play the small mini parts for years.I miss the old days.
Edit:Almost fking cried when I saw my band play with those b flat clarinets having the time of their life and me being the ex 1st clarinet just seeing them with hate T-T
*cough cough* DEMOTED!? Nuh uh no disrespecting my instrument like that
Nah you got PROMOTED
I just switched
In my case it was a promotion (my teacher told me those b-flat yappers are the most annoying b*tches ever so she recommended that I switch to bass clr)
I play bari sax and bass clarinet so I relate
Same I play bari and it’s just the boring rythem
As a bass clarinet player myself, absolutely lovin’ that last note!!!
I'm marching bass clarinet this year for the first time and for two of our pep tunes, they have bo bass clairnet part so I'm having to do the baritone part 😭
I play clarinet but love low notes so I was thinking of switching to bass clarinet but everyone always tells me that it’s really boring since you never get the melody
You can do both! Basically all clarinet players in college who play bass clarinet as their primary also know soprano.
When I switched to bass clarinet my freshman year it was pretty boring because all we got was whole notes but once I moved up in band the bard got increasingly more difficult. I even got a few solos last year. If you’re dedicated (which I’m sure you are), bass clarinet can be lots of fun!
I finally switched
I march bass clarinet, thankful to get better parts than this haha! I’m planning on marching baritone sax next year so I can produce more sound
how's the bari sax going? also you can get quite loud on the bass clarinet (piercing through the band) you just need to practice it
LITERALLY WHAT MARCHING IS LIKE PLS we almost never get melody!! (I play B'Bass clarinet for marching and pep) 😭
That E at the end there was PERFECT omg
*BWAHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
I love the colors of your instrument
as a tuba, that sounds about right
You captured the essence perfectly
Ikr and then you see the trumpets getting the super fun and complex pieces😒
Playing low gives you the background
Nobody will know you played and contributed
Hay obras en las que tenemos un papel interesante e incluso solos, esas son las mejores. He tocado algunas muy complejas
Bro you play so good
i think it sounds really cool
That rip at the end was so good
absolutely ate up that last note
I didn’t even realize they were playing enemy until my 50th time rewatching it😭
realll even on the tenor part and even then it’s not like we are heard on the field anyways 😭
I play the bass clarinet and I’m joining marching band
Make sure you have a comfortable neck strap!
You should check out some bassoon marching band music!
Those are the best👍
This is how I feel as a tuba player
What arrangement is this?? This is fire 🔥
As a Sousaphone, I agree to this also being like our parts
I dont,play b. Clarinet but somehow i agree and i play flute piano clarinet
i recently switched from trombone to tuba (for marching this year) and i can say this is exactly how the tuba parts feel like half the time (we do get some cool stuff tho)
As a percussionist in middle school I can agree that bass clarinets are very loud
they're not usually loud, these people are just forced to be loud since they're outside.
I made it into marching band 😊🎉
I’ve never related to a video so much. I am the only bass clairnetist in my school band
Same💀
SAME LMAO- everyone says “bro u just want to be a saxophone” and it’s so annoying 😭
I’m one of two 😭
It so fun to play this along with the vid 😊
Anyone else here talking about how chill the teacher ends the email with a simple “good yard”??? HELLO???
I was literally just listening to imagine dragons enemy
The bass clarinet timbre is so important to me when it comes to marching band. There’s no complete low “brass” without it.
Hardcore disagree. You can’t even hear them at all and they are quite annoying to march from bass clarinet players i’ve heard. Bari sax has so much more power, better speaking across the entire range, and isn’t a royal pain to march. You can project much better on bari compared to bass clarinet.
Yeah no this is wrong
@@crayolaconsumerofcrayons1597 To clarify, I'm talking about in parades, where the audience is near the performers. In field band I agree with you.
In parades though I think both are necessary.
At least there IS a bass clarinet part! 😂
At least your BAND DIRECTOR didn't forget to PRINT THE BASS CLARINET PARTS BECAUSE HE FORGOT ABOUT US,. "US" of course only being 2 bass clarinets
this is why i swtiched back to soprano after a year
We always just played the tenor sax part except for our closing sets lol
There’s a song I have in my head that I made with a bari sax, alto sax, and bass clarinet solo
I’m a B flat Clarinet player and I usually get basically the bass line of my section which means I’m basically part of the bass section for the song
People be complaining but for reason i really like whole notes and half notes. They rub my brain with the way they relate to the melody. I have friends who play bass instruments and are thinking of quitting for this reason alone. I understand how it's boring but like my brain be tweeking or som
Wow we’re doing enemy for our marching show too! I’m gonna be a drum major so I won’t play but I guess I won’t be missing much.
BRO OUR BASS CLARINET PARTS ARE FUN THIS YEAR
1. sorry for your wrist
2. I WANT TO MARCH BASS CLARINET SO BADLY
3. arcane is awesome
Ngl I don’t mind having whole notes the whole time. It gives me the opportunity to lead in shaping the music which is really fun!
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WHAT R U SHAPING W WHOLE NOTES. THIS IS PURE BLAST FEST
@@bassclarinetbrian a lot of the time, tubas, bass clarinet, tenor/Barry sax, and drums are made to be heard as a base for the rest of the band, you aren’t supposed to be louder than them because they hold the song together a lot of the time. Without them the band sounds way less put together, besides I like having easy music Lmao
No hate
My director wont even let us march bass
Oof
I’m getting a bass clarinet for next years season and , GOOD
Yo brian, you post your set-ups on all your other videos, but not here. Just curious what brand body you're playing as it looks similar to my Kessler & Sons. Love from WA!
sure it looks boring but it sounds insane
okay this year I got a good part, but i have to share it with the baritones but it is what it is i guess 💀
So true tho I feel the same about my bass clarinet 😩
Wouldn’t know. I tried marching bass clarinet my senior year, but my director was like “Why? You can’t hear them on the field.”
To this day, nearly 10 years later, I still think I should’ve countered with “Yeah? Well you can’t hear the woodwinds when the brass is playing either, yet here we are.”
as a bass clarinet player who hasn’t even been playing for that long i wish it was like this for me in my band class 😞 my director gives us songs with the most complex parts for me because she thinks i’m way better than i actually am
This is pretty cool. They should respect bass more. I play alto and Bb clarinet and they don’t give the alto much glory.
as a bass clarinet its either this or extreamly high parts especially in marching shows
probably playing soprano part replacement so its high as hell to show that idk
it reminds me of when i had to play heathens for honors band (i play contra)
That low e was crisp 🔥😮💨
My band director gives me baritone or TRUMPET PARTS? idk why. I pray for the day I actually get a bass clarinet piece
A kid in my class played bass clarinet, somebody called it a emo saxophone 😭😭
they just keep on giving me baritone parts
The song brass in the basement is good for the low reeds. We get melody with the brass, and low reeds can be loud, considering I'm the only bass clarinet in my band 😂
yeah baritone saxes can go nuts on their volume, like FFFFFF kinda loud, but bass clarinets can also get extremely loud, like FFFF as shown here, other low reeds can go loud too, probably.
ayo enemy marching band arrangement? cool!
Did you march a low c bass clarinet!? If so do you have any tips for when i eventually get my own?
the misery
BAPPPPPP
I relate as a bassoonist 😭 our parts in most band music are always so boring. I like playing in orchestras better for precisely that reason
Everyone who counts time by bobbing their wrists ⬇️
I wish my parts were like that
Im a bumblebee who likes to eat my kfc
In my band we get the trombone part
Accurate
Im a bari sax so I get how yall feel
My theory for my current show music is the writer doesn't know what a bass clarinet sounds like or even does. He doesn't even use our lower octave. Our bd is making us do basically everything down an octave.
Anyone else get Tenor Sax parts in your marching band?
Yep. Idk why the director couldn’t just command-c command-v the bari sax part and just transpose it to Bb lol
You guys have bass clarinet in marching band?
I'm my marching band in part 2 base clarinet had the melody for a bit
2ND PART BASS CLARINET?? fucking unheard of
@@phasefunk damn, that'd wild
When i was in the 6 grade as a bass clarinet i was louder and played faster then the 8th graders
this is why i'm playing clarinet for marching band and not bass clarinet.. my bass clarinet is for concert band, so i don't have too much to be jealous about 💀
Is that a Kessler low C midnight?
The tempo is liek 999 💀💀✋🏾✋🏾
Bro I wish I had that because I'm my school they give the bass clarinets high notes like bro 🥲
what piece is this?
Transposition is 2 semitones down???
What is this song called?
It’s based from imagine dragons. The song is Enemy
Holly crap that blairy instrument (couldn't quite tell what it was)
What is this piece called
What song is this?
Wait how is the kid next to you playing with a mask on
he js like that ig
What song is this
Or your director just has you play the tenor sax part
People march those? Why? How? Since when?
only in america
oh the misery
What's this song?
what song is this
This is 'Enemy' by Imagine Dragons. Not sure who the arranger of this particular piece, larger or not, is.
Please dont tell me that is a low c that you march 🙏🙏🙏