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Difference between different Bass Clarinet brands

Author: mtom
Date: 2017-03-04 03:21

Hi, I am a highschool Bass Clarinetist (and contrabass clarinet!). I have been playing Bass Clarinet for about 7 years now. I am using some crappy Jupiter horn that was made in Taiwan. I use a Vandoren B50 mouthpiece, Vandoren V12 2.5 reeds, and a Bois Classique ligature. My solo, that I am performing for an all-state festival (Allegro Moderato from the Arpeggione Sonata, by Schubert), is heavy on middle b's and throat tones. Whenever I play a B, or any note lower that a high g (not altissimo), the sound is stuffy and sounds forced. To get a halfway decent sound, I have to blow a lung and a kidney out. Anything higher than a G or lower than the B sounds fantastic, free and open, but its that darned lower clarion register that gives me a hard time. I wasn't able to find any leaks or misaligned pads. Would getting a better instrument help with this issue? If it would help, could anybody name some good brands that sound nice with my setup?

(P.S.: I don't think it could be my ligature. My previous stock noname ligature sounded a lot worse, and I tried a more expensive ligature my friend had, and the sound quality was the same)

Thanks!

Post Edited (2017-03-04 03:35)

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