Finally! Glad to see you again😊

I'm intrigued by the sound, but it also feels like the quartet is quite unbalanced in dynamics (and possibly like the tone colours haven't quite come through properly). Very interested to see how differently that passage of music will sound in the end!

I'm guessing the answer is no, but to your knowledge has the original Baritone Horn part ever been found or produced?

"I have redesigned the bass joint" certainly makes for a less discouraging update than "I need to redesign the bass joint." I can see why you waited. When you change the design of a joint in such a way that you need to print it again, can you sometimes reuse the keys you made for the previous version that aren't affected by the redesign?

Good work Brent I love your videos and I am commenting on the one that started it all 7 years later and I hope that you can get this project done and keep teaching. I am the only high-school Contra-bassoonist in montana so I get if you feel alone

Very nice argument! I was, however, looking for the hyper-bass flute. It uses what look like garbage-can lids for keys.

Dude this symphony is why I like so many of these more obscure and strange composers. A lot of them are self-taught and ruthlessly driven by their own internal aspirations. Langgaard and Ives are very much in that realm. The raw creativity and the feeling of pure humanity that the more academically-aligned composers of the early 20th century could never dream of. I still believe the only composer to have ever bridged a gap between insane creativity and insane academic knowledge from this time was Stravinsky, but I still love the more amateurish but amazing music that you can tell has a deeply original voice alongside tons of love and passion poured into it.

I want to add something to my previous post. When someone is playing the E-flat Contra Alto clarinet in a High School or community band, that person is usually playing tuba parts. It is frustrating for that player whenever a low concert F1 or E1 is required (and that clarinet can only go down to an F-sharp1). This is one of the reasons why Low C needs to be on clarinets larger than the Basset Clarinet in A. If Low C was on the Contra Alto Clarinet, that instrument would be able to play an E-flat1.

I think that it is a BIG mistake for any manufacturer of the larger clarinets (alto, bass, contra alto, and contrabass) to make them only go down to low e-flat. These instruments all need to go down to low c. I experienced this while playing both the bass clarinet and the contra alto clarinet.

Oh no he killed G’joob

greatest video ever

Epic

What about the basset clarinet (different from a basset horn)?

Legal é possível conseguir o arquivo stl desse instrumento, estou buscando também arquivos para fazer uma flauta doce baixo.

Thanks for this. I knew about that original scoring for the three horns, but never could understand how the sopranino and soprano parts worked together. I have performed the Bolero on soprano, and it was just two saxes that day--another guy on tenor and me on soprano. All the YT videos I've seen so far have the same instrumentation. I'd love to see one where the orchestra has the three--tenor, sopranino and soprano, playing in that order. (Sorta like hoping to see the original scoring of Rhapsody in Blue, which I believe had a full sax section.)

A low "A" sopranino? LOL!!!!!🤣

Conn Selmers "BIGGEST" mistake

I have owned noblet and selmer and prefer my older Leblanc alto clarinet with the tenor sax style neck. It feels much more comfortable to play. I play all clar, sax and flutes so my airstream is pretty strong so I dont need a straightened out neck.

Very interesting! Someone just gave me one of these. It is a Bettoney stamped L2334. How can I find any information on manufacture date?

I was in Chicago in 2006 when I met a street musician playing an Alto clarinet. I said to him that you are the first street musician I have ever met playing an alto clarinet. He said I was the first person he had met who knew it was an alto clarinet. I played bass clarinet in high school.

Thank You!

Love it! Played it for many years!!

I’m a clarinetist and bass clarinetists and alto contrabass clarinetist and I’m the one in my band that is capable of play the bass clarinet to the contrabass alto clarinet. My band to be far is pretty small only got 3 clarinet not counting me so sometimes I struggle to be heard but I manage lol I have good air powerrr

In my university, the marching band activity is commonly associated with the alumni coming back during the school anniversaries. (Probably because I'm in China and few people play football here =_=) Our wind band rehearse for concert performances all year long, and we have extra rehearsals on weekends when we have upcoming outdoor performances (like opening ceremonies, new year ceremonies, anniversary marching band, etc.) At most outdoor occasions we just stand there and do stationary performances. When we really get to march, we only do traditional marching because we don't have time to practice the corps-style marching techniques. We play a few classic marches when marching, stop at important spots, and play a variety of music standing. I personally arranged some pieces for our band, and I hope to write a brand-new one next year. Corps-style marching are rarely seen here in China. The Army Band did some corps-style marching during the early 2010s (they probably abandoned it in favor of concert and traditional marching performances), and corps are sometimes seen in the best middle & high schools in Beijing. Most wind bands here only do concert music (which might be a good thing).

With only 3000 BBb paperclips made, it was an ordeal to track one down. Pricey to purchase. Months to get overhauled and replated. The total price tag is not cheap, but certainly more within reach than an Eppelsheim. It requires finding skilled, experienced people and a whole lot of patience.

Has anyone taken up the task of redesigning the key system? The sound in the upper register would surely make it worth investing the effort in improving the instrument.

thanks for "caravan" restoring a Rudolph Wurlitzer C (low-tone) serial number 4554~ two broken springs and no mouthpiece~ want the Non-resonator pads for the classic muted tonality~ thanks, Jayster, also have a Baritone York, Grand Rapids, Michigan~ was from goodwill has a dent at the mount~ needs some help~ neck is missing~ got the high Eb key anyways~ was 99 bucks~

Hey Bret, do you still have a copy of that pamphlet that you keep referencing? Cheers

I appreciate this discussion and although I use contralto (I don’t even separate the two words as I now see many saying “contralto”), I wouldn’t be opposed to great bass. The one thing I would say is that each family has unique designations to their instrument members whether linguistically accurate or not. For example, the “bass” recorder you used is hypothetically a “basset” recorder in many circles. There are regional and/or time period based variations on terminology as well. It’s possible that you are paving the way for an eventual change to great bass clarinet rather than contra alto (contralto)! I love how much information you provided in this video. I learned a lot!

My teacher use to make me practice transposing C clarinet parts onto my Bb and A. A lot of Mozart C clarinet parts work well on the A clarinet. If the whole concert was for Bb clarinet and just one Mozart overture then he'd play on the Bb.

The full score is finally available for purchase www.bretnewtoncomposer.com/product-page/whaling-songs-suite-for-concert-band-full-score

so cool

As a tuba player it doesn’t bother me that you think Bb tuba isnt in BBb. It bothers me how much you value the idea that all tuba players are wrong and you seem to really be hoping to prove someone wrong here. Just share the facts, no need to act like we are incapable of learning them.

As a recorder player and bassoonist I understand! In college I played bassoon, alto and bass recorders, bass crumhorn, and bass dulcian, all F instruments.

Hold up, you 3D printed that Bassoon!?

I get it now! This video is wildly useful to me! I will be starting properly on my walk now, thanks

But why not just write these parts for contrabassoon? Why would we need an instrument half way when there's already so much overlap in range between contra and regular bassoon?

I love the Alto Clarinet.

6:26 soprano 7:27 sopranino

2:34 I love how they used George III as “all things German” Yes he was King of Hanover, the first in fact, but unlike his father and grandfather, he only spoke English and didn’t even visit Hanover once!

BRAVO

Were any orchestras ever in 432? In other words were period instruments ever built this way?

Great lecture. Many thanks.

The opening musical bars are used at the start of Kubrick's The Shining.

The decent alto clarinets are very expensive but play well. The beginner altos are inexpensive and are atrocious players. The bass clarinet and Bb soprano clarinet easily cover the alto clarinet range. The alto clarinet though has a very nice and unique sound and, when played well, is a nice addition to a group.

Is the score available for purchase? Thinking I might want to show this to some local players

Greetings from Ukraine! Wow, I've just realized that such invention as C-melody sax exists ! What a revelation after alto clarinet for me, hehe... And I see that they are quite affordable, unlikely the antique Adolph Sax versions of altos and tenors, where the prices start at 2 grand...

That G trumpet on 24:58 is incredible!

Greetings from Ukraine! Thank you for such informative and entertaining video! Also, for mentioning Vandoren B44 mouthpiece and especially David Hite which I was not even aware of.

Til trods for din store viden om instrumentet ville det have været godt, om du undervejs gav eksempler på instrumentet, så man kunne høre lidt mere af dens klang i begge registre.