r/bassclarinet

Happy timezones everyone!

I have come into luck and been gifted a Noblet low Eb bass clarinet but I am wondering how old it may be.

Any suggestions?

This little piece isn't making contact, and the register key isn't working as a result. The screw can't be adjusted with a screwdriver. I had to shove a piece of paper in there so it would engage the register key properly.

Selling my Contra-alto clarinet and wanted to see if anyone was interested before I put it on ebay.

Its in great shape, Just has been overhauled, case in great shape, no dents or cracks, finish could use a polish but otherwise this is a perfect horn for anyone wanting to get into the low clarinet without spending used car money Im located in northern Alabama area. Asking $1350 but im open to fair offers. Would consider trades for a bari sax

So I’m a rising sophomore in highschool and I’ve been working on Geraldine Greens Bass Clarinet Concerto for fun, and I was looking for some overall feedback for the first page. The sheet music is included in the clip. Thanks everyone!

First prototype for a flic mount for my bass clarinet.

I was inspired by a video from jazz saxophonist Magnus Bakken where he mounted one of these to flip pages on his tenor saxophone at the thumb rest. Of course a tenor sax has the benefit of not already having any thumb keys so he can place it quite easily. We however have no such luxury.

Some of you might just say, why dont you just use a pedal like a normal person, and well to some extent I would agree. However I find I often already have my hands full when at practice or going to concerts so another thing to have to carry just seems like a lot more work. Therefore having my page flipper attached to the instrument would be nice.

This is very much V2 of the first iteration custom printed out of TPU, a flexible material. And I tested it over the weekend, to moderate success. My biggest current issue is how "far out" of the way it feels for my thumb when playing, however this is just a problem at very fast passages, which doesn't happen too often. However I have some other mounting ideas that would remedy this problem, but first I need to design them and test them.

Am planning on keeping this updated here if people are interested and I will probably release the files when I am satisfied!

hi all, I recently bought a new (to me) bass clarinet, coming from the alto saxophone I can tell that it has very different demands on my embouchure and voicing. no doubt there is a lot of work to put in practicing for me, does anything in particular stick out to you hearing this C major scale?

edit: not sure why it is showing as 1:23 long clip, it's just the 10 seconds of me playing the scale

Bought the new Alpha and I think that is the best purchase of my life. A comment in my Facebook - "this Alpha created an entirely new class of instrument"

Anyone would like to share etudes or warm - ups or literature for bass clarinet here? That would be amazing.