Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2005-06-28 15:39
For what it's worth, I'm an amateur who uses a Vandoren B45 and is quite satisfied with it. Medium or 2 1/2 reeds.
Yes, the bass clarinet sound should be focused in my opinion, if by focused you mean clear and beautiful. I think that a good instrument with undercut toneholes contributes to this. I may not be the greatest technician around, but I pride myself on getting a great sound on my instrument. I haven't picked up a soprano in years, so I can't make a good comparison about playing the two.
One type of sound that I don't like from a bass clarinet, other than obvious bad ones, are when the instrument is made to sound too much like a saxophone. (If you want to sound like a saxophone, play a saxophone.)
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