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 Re: Why do band directors put their bad clarinetists on bass clarinet?
Author: EbClarinet 
Date:   2021-09-27 06:01

I can appreciate every 1''s posts of yesterday year. What has been said is true of band directors but also clarinet professors!!! My clarinet professor thought the same thing and when she opened her mouth about bass, I was dumb founded of her ignorance.

I desire 2 b proficient on all of the clarinets because I call my self a clarinetist. I'm an Eb Clarinet specialist bcoz I fell in love with this instrument @ 14. I have excellent tone quality and I'm in tune. I got my 1st 1 @ age 28 and I've played 1st Bb Clarinet, alto clarinet and bass clarinet for 5 years of college (bass).

My college band director thought I was horrible on clarinet bcoz I had a bad audition. How ever, the grades 4-5 material we played had expose parts for bass clarinet that actually mattered and we got cussed out daily for not covering those parts. I quickly mastered the instrument and he only had 2 in the top band so we had 2 play loudly and really growl in the lower notes.

I think it's the kind/level material that is played on bass, that a leader should determine the bass players. No 1 is mentioned those beautiful orchestral songs/solos that bass covers, like in the Nutcracker or the Rite of Spring. That book of excerpts for orchestral try outs r difficult and 2 get a position in orchestra u've got 2 b excellent on bass. I don't think that orchestra conductors think the same way about bass that public school (grade) directors think. The 1 my may university thought that way but he was a violinist.

So I think it's individual education/perspective about the bass. I'm just not sure on how bass players r picked for orchestra. Perhaps some 1 can share their knowledge/experience with me about this.

I'm a composer so I write difficult passages that sound great on the lower clarinets. My parts aren't all whole and half notes. I have 1 piece in 24/16 and an altissimo F for the bass. It's my college experience/education that opened my eyes to the lovely bass. Personally, I would not put a weak player on bass for my compositions but and experienced bass player that has control of the instrument.

All of this coming from an Eb Clarinet player!!!

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