Author: Max S-D
Date: 2020-03-14 09:40
Look, I love to play loud on the bass clarinet and I'd say I can put out as much volume as any player I've ever heard, but trying to play bass clarinet loud enough to project outdoors next to saxophones and brass instruments is just not going to work.
Even blowing your brains out (with excellent technique, air, voicing and embouchure), the bass clarinet is just inevitably going to hit a ceiling at a dynamic level where a saxophone is just getting started. That's exhausting to sustain and even then, you're probably not going to sound very good.
Even if you could be loud enough, the timbre of the bass clarinet is probably not going to carry, since you're almost definitely doubling the bari, bass trombone, etc. parts, and those instruments just have a tone that will cut more.
Does your school have a tenor or bari sax that you can use for pep band? This could be a great chance to learn a double and keep the bass clarinet for playing in other contexts.
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