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Bass Clarinet High Notes: How to sound better in the clarion register


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8 thoughts on “Bass Clarinet High Notes: How to sound better in the clarion register

  • Man, I used to love playing clarinet. When school got out, I would race home to play. I even owned mouthpieces to alto and bass clarinets. I would ask bandmates if they were not practicing I could borrow their alto or bass. Every now and then we would practice together too. Just to go through the scales to drive our parents batty.
    Sadly, the thrill of play disappeared as High School came to an end. But from the age of 11-17 it really did bring me some joy. Maybe one day I will open up the clarinet case. It has been over 35 years.

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  • VOICING seems to be a specifically American term which my (English) teachers taught as part of the embouchure.
    An embouchure/voicing exercise: remember, there are no even numbered harmonics on clarinet.
    Finger a first register Bb.
    Play that Bb (fundamental/1st harmonic}
    Then use only your breath/embouchure to produce the note on the next lowest harmonic (probably an altissimo D on the 5th harmonic – missing the clarion F which requires a register key)
    Raise it to the next harmonic (7th?) – giving an out of tune G#; then the next (9th?) giving a C an octave above the clarion; then the next (11th?), giving a D#. Good luck on getting higher.
    Go up and down the series to get used to the changes jn embouchure that may be required until you can do it without thinking.

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  • I’ve always had trouble playing in the upper range, but even with a new reed and new mouthpiece, I can’t play past a D. I’ve followed everything I can, even the E Eh Ah Uh. Please help 🙂

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  • Is there any way to prevent squeaking/accidental altissimo when playing from high G up?

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  • Is there a difference between a b45 and a b40 mouthpiece? because right now I’m playing on a vandoren b45 bass clarinet mouthpiece.

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  • how important is it to have the dual register vent system, the instrument that I currently play has only one vent and I struggle to play the clarion high b and above

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  • I think the most annoying thing so far on bass clarinet is not technical or anything, it's the fact that I have a bass that only goes down to low Eb instead of low c.

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