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Bass Clarinet Pedagogy

Author: EbClarinet
Date: 2019-12-24 19:37

I'm from TX. TX is #1 for band and band directors and getting a degree 2 b a band director. I don't know about other states. How ever, being in public school an then college, I've noticed that public school and college band director's tend to put weak clarinet players on bass clarinet. I didn't want 2 play bass clarinet in high school because I was a strong clarinet player.

How ever, in college (5 academic years), I loved it. Even my clarinet professor thought the music was just whole notes all the time but it wasn't. We played grade 4-5 music and wind ensemble music.

So I'm wanting 2 hear your thoughts and feelings about directors putting weak clarinet players on bass clarinet. I don't care for this mind set and I teach against it. I personally think (for the long run) that a strong clarinet player can go 2 bass clarinet because of the demands of the symphony orchestra music for bass clarinet.

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