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Bb in the Sorcerer's Apprentice bass solo

Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2008-12-14 17:47

Yesterday I was practicing out of the Drapkin bass clarinet excerpt books and was doing the little (Bb-C-D-Eb) that answers the contrabassoon similar series of notes starting 10 bars before measure marker #43 in Sorcerer's Apprentice. The smoothest, most in tune and most even way of playing that solo on the Buffet Prestige was by using the fingering for the low Eb and adding the octave key. However, when I did this in concert years ago I was playing a Selmer and used the A + side trill key for the Bb. However, as I remember the low Eb plus octave key for the Bb was VERY stuffy on the Selmer (the B was too). The A + side key was the worst option on the Prestige with the "normal" Bb fingering being a bit better. I especially like the very even timbre of the four notes played with the Eb + octave key too.

What do the professonal bass players use for this passage?

Eefer guy

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