Instrument: Bass Clarinet

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 4:02 p.m.

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By popular demand, we present a full-length guide to the bass clarinet, presented by Philharmonia Orchestra Principal Bass Clarinet, Laurent Ben Slimane.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

00:48 \\u2013 What is a bass clarinet?

01:13 \\u2013 How do you put it together?

02:33 \\u2013 How does the sound get created?

03:55 \\u2013 How does the pitch get changed?

04:43 \\u2013 What is a transposing instrument?

05:08 \\u2013 How did you get started on the bass clarinet?

05:50 \\u2013 What are the keys like?

06:36 \\u2013 How do you hold your instrument?

08:35 \\u2013 Playing other woodwind instruments

08:57 \\u2013 Doubling on other clarinets

09:49 \\u2013 Articulations

10:34 \\u2013 Embouchure & Puffing Cheeks

12:39 \\u2013 Special techniques

14:04 \\u2013 Tchaikovsky, Manfred Symphony

14:46 \\u2013 Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1, Scherzo

15:31 \\u2013 Shostakovich, 7th Symphony

17:35 \\u2013 Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

19:17 \\u2013 Richard Strauss, Don Quixote

21:08 \\u2013 Learning the bass clarinet

21:40 \\u2013 Different models

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