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 – What is a bass clarinet?

01:13 – How do you put it together?

02:33 – How does the sound get created?

03:55 – How does the pitch get changed?

04:43 – What is a transposing instrument?

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

05:50 – What are the keys like?

06:36 – How do you hold your instrument?

08:35 – Playing other woodwind instruments

08:57 – Doubling on other clarinets

09:49 – Articulations

10:34 – Embouchure & Puffing Cheeks

12:39 – Special techniques

14:04 – Tchaikovsky, Manfred Symphony

14:46 – Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1, Scherzo

15:31 – Shostakovich, 7th Symphony

17:35 – Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

19:17 – Richard Strauss, Don Quixote

21:08 – Learning the bass clarinet

21:40 – Different models

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