FUCK YEAH CONTRABASS CLARINET

mahleriana: Donald Martino Triple Concerto for clarinet, bass...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:47:50 -0400

Donald Martino

Triple Concerto for clarinet, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet (1977)

Anand Devendra (cl), Dennis Smylie (bcl), Leslie Thimming (cbcl)

The Group for Contemporary Music, Harvey Sollberger

I’m all about that Martino right now y’all, yeeeeahhh

kshanksr: I have the best band director ever. So today in band...

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:11:05 -0400

kshanksr:

I have the best band director ever. So today in band we had like half an hour left because he didn’t want us jazz kids to lose our chops for our gig tonight. So I found this contrabass (contra-alto if you want to get technical) clarinet in our low brass room and he

1. Let me try it

2. Let me take it home

and

3. He’s letting me play it at our Memorial Day concert and I’m so excited! :D

After playing four measures of whole notes on contra

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:55:47 -0400

whatshouldwecallclarinet:

iamnohipster: So, they got me a new contrabass clarinet. I’m...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:13:38 -0500

iamnohipster:

So, they got me a new contrabass clarinet. I’m happy.

44 Contrabass Clarinets in rehearsal

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:01:35 -0500

44 Contrabass Clarinets in rehearsal

arringtondedionyso: Filmed January 25th 2013 at Le Cercle in...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:23:46 -0500

arringtondedionyso:

Filmed January 25th 2013 at Le Cercle in Quebec City- a great introduction to my two newest PVC contrabass clarinets- also features a few shots of the drawing installation as it was in progress.

Hey there's a photo you posted a while ago with a bass sax in it. I was wondering if you knew where that photo was taken, it looks exactly like my sax.

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:08:37 -0500

It was taken here at the Florida State University!

Photo

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:41:48 -0500

Clarinet people, I need advice.

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:02:14 -0500

clarinet-sunshine:

I’m playing contra and bass this semester, and I need help with starting in the low register, somewhere around A below the staff. I’m like 99% sure it’s me and not the contra, but would too much lip pressure cause it to pop up a register?

Just relax your embouchure completely and move your tongue down into the bottom of your mouth, letting the air flow through.

Heres a link to a Contrabass Clarinet tutorial I did [x]

Photo

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:42:58 -0500

Photo

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:06:23 -0500

How I play contrabass clarinet:

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:40:38 -0500

Me: *GIANT BREATH*
Me: WUUUUBUWUBUWUBUUUWUBUSDDSLPPPLLLAKSLJOJPJWUUUBWWUUUUBDRRROOOOWUBWUBWUB
Me: *GASP FOR AIR*
Me: SPLLLIJLWUUUBUWUBUWBUWBUWUBBBRRRROOOOWUBWUB
Me: *wipes brow*
Me: SPLLWAAABASJLKJOWUUB
Me: OXYGENNNN
Me: *passes out*

Hello, my name is Jacob. I saw a leblanc paperclip contrabass clarinet in the november 27th posting. It appeared to be black. Why is that? Where can I buy one of these instruments?

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:19:00 -0500

Hi Jacob,

The reason the newer paperclip contras appear black is because the metal has been coated to match the color scheme of other Clarinets, so it draws less attention visually. As far as I know Leblanc no longer produces the paperclip models, but there are still many used one on sale online.

Hope this helps,

Lilio :D