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 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.
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
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 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.
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!
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
I'm a sax player, but I found every single thing you mentioned applies to bari and improving other saxes.
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