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I love playing the Bass Clarinet, almost as much as I love the Soprano or Contrabass Clarinet. I'm currently a high school student playing these, and I really love being in band with all my friend. What a great Clarinet world we live in, am I right Mozart?
This video is nothing like middle schooler playing flight of the bumblebee, or how to circular breath in 10 minutes. This video is an all new Clarinet video filled with so much Clarinet and fun.
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#bassclarinet #clarinet #marchingband

[@bassclarinetbrian]

this video is very old! Almost 6 months now. Actually broke my wrist and couldn't go through the marching season that year unfortunately :( My part was really bad/boring; but I tried to make the most of it by overplaying everything haha. I think next year I'm going to try and write my own part that's more fun because clearly the writer does not see the value of the bass clarinet. I'll make them see it :D

[@emery_channel]

I’m sorry you couldn’t go! That’s the worst! I’m playing Bari for marching band. I’m guessing that song was Enemy by Imagine Dragons? Most parts for the Bari are boring in concert band, but in jazz… it’s waaay better. But the thing about playing as a low reed instrument is that you always have awesome, powerful, and cool third part harmonies in the chord and the third part harmonies are what gives me chills! Good job Dude!

[@bassclarinetbrian]

Haha yeah but you should see some of the licks the bass clarinet gets in orchestra! May be a bit spoiled with orchestra haha

[@emery_channel]

@@bassclarinetbrian lol

[@Madd_music]

During marching season my music is usually the tuba part but whenever woodwinds get melody I get it too. I wish composers would just put more value on low reeds.

[@jlaporte25]

I gotta know the song

[@FumiTaki]

It's either that or your director puts you on the tenor sax part 😭

[@reeedanny3557]

Literally we should make bass clarinet notes for pep band

[@braydonpetty4362]

My band director just asked me if I could learn how to play Tenor Sax over the summer for marching band😂

[@FumiTaki]

Literally directors should just copy and paste the bari sax part and transpose it to Bb it's not that hard 😭

[@monke5596]

@@FumiTaki I mean even then the Bari sax part is sometimes tuba or written transposed tuba

[@belowzero4777]

@@reeedanny3557 my bd decided to let us march bass clarinet this year, so I transcribed our pep tunes for them, and thank god our show already has a part for them!

[@madduxregan]

As a bass clarinetist... I couldn't agree more

[@Themusiccomposer1639]

Geez that low E was perfect

[@b3127R]

that was a d

[@Themusiccomposer1639]

​@b3127R it's a low e

[@b3127R]

@@Themusiccomposer1639 no i have perfect pitch it was a d

[@Themusiccomposer1639]

@@b3127R which is concert pitch

[@zenferns]

​​@@b3127RBass clarinets are in the key of Bb. You're not wrong about it being a D, but that's in concert pitch. For bass clarinet, it's an E. Its writing is two steps higher than concert pitch.

[@silent_5674]

being the only bass clarinetist in my school, the only things i hear are “you just want to be a saxophone” or “what kind of saxophone is that” or “i didn’t know they made mixed instruments?” LIKE ITS SO ANNOYING 😭😭😭

[@galactic_star4825]

Same

[@thesovietvorona1007]

It’s worse on alto clarinet. Not only to get music for but everyone’s like “that’s a neat looking saxophone bro!”

[@fireprincekai4065]

Hey same hear as a Bass Clarinet myself. It's mostly the annoying band kids mainly some in beginning band (or probably irritating trumpets).

[@marioherron4161]

I can’t agree more.

[@Thatmoosejimenez]

Dude this plays much fuckin better than whatever my school band does 😭😭

[@NechoXx]

I play bass clarinet in a Japanese high school marching band, and I want to be a player like you.

[@tbspf]

As a bass clarinet who matches this is so true

[@brodieainsworthmusic]

The bass clarinet timbre is so important to me when it comes to marching band. There’s no complete low “brass” without it.

[@Amethyst-cz4xf]

I miss being a b-flat clarinet.Got demoted to a bass clarinet and watch my pals play the main part and watch them how wheares I play the small mini parts for years.I miss the old days. Edit:Almost fking cried when I saw my band play with those b flat clarinets having the time of their life and me being the ex 1st clarinet just seeing them with hate T-T

[@robloxrobux574]

*cough cough* DEMOTED!? Nuh uh no disrespecting my instrument like that

[@justsomeguy6110]

Nah you got PROMOTED

[@Exhausted-Cucumber]

I'm marching bass clarinet this year for the first time and for two of our pep tunes, they have bo bass clairnet part so I'm having to do the baritone part 😭

[@TheManOfJazz291]

I play bari sax and bass clarinet so I relate

[@wanderingpanda6871]

Same I play bari and it’s just the boring rythem

[@CarsandCollectors]

I march bass clarinet, thankful to get better parts than this haha! I’m planning on marching baritone sax next year so I can produce more sound

[@chesquikcheesemilk]

how's the bari sax going? also you can get quite loud on the bass clarinet (piercing through the band) you just need to practice it

[@Bhad.Gurl.Studioz]

Ikr and then you see the trumpets getting the super fun and complex pieces😒

[@susboi9804]

Playing low gives you the background Nobody will know you played and contributed

[@MichaelWood33]

At least there IS a bass clarinet part! 😂

[@Mustard_is_good]

At least your BAND DIRECTOR didn't forget to PRINT THE BASS CLARINET PARTS BECAUSE HE FORGOT ABOUT US,. "US" of course only being 2 bass clarinets

[@muddyshoes96]

LITERALLY WHAT MARCHING IS LIKE PLS we almost never get melody!! (I play B'Bass clarinet for marching and pep) 😭

[@cookiethecookiee6977]

Thank you bass clarinets and anyone who plays a low instrument You make songs sound so much better

[@stewdom5185]

I play clarinet but love low notes so I was thinking of switching to bass clarinet but everyone always tells me that it’s really boring since you never get the melody

[@bassclarinetbrian]

You can do both! Basically all clarinet players in college who play bass clarinet as their primary also know soprano.

[@iexist1349]

When I switched to bass clarinet my freshman year it was pretty boring because all we got was whole notes but once I moved up in band the bard got increasingly more difficult. I even got a few solos last year. If you’re dedicated (which I’m sure you are), bass clarinet can be lots of fun!

[@stewdom5185]

I finally switched

[@filmed_by_brielle_]

I dont,play b. Clarinet but somehow i agree and i play flute piano clarinet

[@tyronium2]

i recently switched from trombone to tuba (for marching this year) and i can say this is exactly how the tuba parts feel like half the time (we do get some cool stuff tho)

[@Carlos_Aguilarr]

I didn’t even realize they were playing enemy until my 50th time rewatching it😭

[@YIPPIEEEEEE1111]

i think it sounds really cool

[@justsomeguy6110]

People be complaining but for reason i really like whole notes and half notes. They rub my brain with the way they relate to the melody. I have friends who play bass instruments and are thinking of quitting for this reason alone. I understand how it's boring but like my brain be tweeking or som

[@Kadent-11]

Wow we’re doing enemy for our marching show too! I’m gonna be a drum major so I won’t play but I guess I won’t be missing much.

[@Nerd_emoji102]

As a percussionist in middle school I can agree that bass clarinets are very loud

[@chesquikcheesemilk]

they're not usually loud, these people are just forced to be loud since they're outside.

[@LowkeyBro4708]

I play the bass clarinet and I’m joining marching band

[@bassclarinetbrian]

Make sure you have a comfortable neck strap!

[@cadishaallen1003]

I was literally just listening to imagine dragons enemy

[@WillsRailfanning]

That E at the end there was PERFECT omg

[@chesquikcheesemilk]

*BWAHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

[@voxxiny]

I love the colors of your instrument

[@conconic7414]

I’ve never related to a video so much. I am the only bass clairnetist in my school band

[@Bhad.Gurl.Studioz]

Same💀

[@silent_5674]

SAME LMAO- everyone says “bro u just want to be a saxophone” and it’s so annoying 😭

[@Starjellybear]

I’m one of two 😭

[@williamsanborn9195]

Wouldn’t know. I tried marching bass clarinet my senior year, but my director was like “Why? You can’t hear them on the field.” To this day, nearly 10 years later, I still think I should’ve countered with “Yeah? Well you can’t hear the woodwinds when the brass is playing either, yet here we are.”

[@user-je4xc4nm1t]

The song brass in the basement is good for the low reeds. We get melody with the brass, and low reeds can be loud, considering I'm the only bass clarinet in my band 😂

[@chesquikcheesemilk]

yeah baritone saxes can go nuts on their volume, like FFFFFF kinda loud, but bass clarinets can also get extremely loud, like FFFF as shown here, other low reeds can go loud too, probably.

[@phantmdraws4898]

That rip at the end was so good

[@ericklemm7430]

As a bass clarinet player myself, absolutely lovin’ that last note!!!

[@domisthebomb09]

Anyone else get Tenor Sax parts in your marching band?

[@NotTrey.06]

Yep. Idk why the director couldn’t just command-c command-v the bari sax part and just transpose it to Bb lol

[@Aminashins]

absolutely ate up that last note

[@alphacentry]

My band director gives me baritone or TRUMPET PARTS? idk why. I pray for the day I actually get a bass clarinet piece

[@sweaterdog5475]

You should check out some bassoon marching band music!

[@The_silly_socks]

it reminds me of when i had to play heathens for honors band (i play contra)

[@dqnkdoggo]

this is why i swtiched back to soprano after a year

[@willmorris8198]

I relate as a bassoonist 😭 our parts in most band music are always so boring. I like playing in orchestras better for precisely that reason

[@nicktompkins4971]

We always just played the tenor sax part except for our closing sets lol

[@geoz3613]

ayo enemy marching band arrangement? cool!

[@JosukeHigashikata-jy6sf]

You captured the essence perfectly

[@HomieGotU1275]

There’s a song I have in my head that I made with a bari sax, alto sax, and bass clarinet solo

[@KaidenOgle]

I wish my parts were like that

[@iexist1349]

Ngl I don’t mind having whole notes the whole time. It gives me the opportunity to lead in shaping the music which is really fun!

[@bassclarinetbrian]

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WHAT R U SHAPING W WHOLE NOTES. THIS IS PURE BLAST FEST

[@Starjellybear]

@@bassclarinetbrian a lot of the time, tubas, bass clarinet, tenor/Barry sax, and drums are made to be heard as a base for the rest of the band, you aren’t supposed to be louder than them because they hold the song together a lot of the time. Without them the band sounds way less put together, besides I like having easy music Lmao

[@Starjellybear]

No hate

[@Nonormalplayer]

I’m a B flat Clarinet player and I usually get basically the bass line of my section which means I’m basically part of the bass section for the song

[@cheeriofujusaki8294]

as a bass clarinet its either this or extreamly high parts especially in marching shows

[@chesquikcheesemilk]

probably playing soprano part replacement so its high as hell to show that idk

[@jenniferhawkins9667]

In my band we get the trombone part

[@taikwillis140]

BRO OUR BASS CLARINET PARTS ARE FUN THIS YEAR

[@slimeball679]

That low e was crisp 🔥😮‍💨

[@I.love.my.bassclarinet.]

Bro I wish I had that because I'm my school they give the bass clarinets high notes like bro 🥲

[@Gacha__Staryy]

I’m getting a bass clarinet for next years season and , GOOD

[@brocksengines]

It so fun to play this along with the vid 😊

[@TheMusicMan49]

the misery BAPPPPPP

[@mysillinessisunmatched]

as a bass clarinet player who hasn’t even been playing for that long i wish it was like this for me in my band class 😞 my director gives us songs with the most complex parts for me because she thinks i’m way better than i actually am

[@Polarturtle]

This is how I feel as a tuba player

[@Keith_Untitled]

So true tho I feel the same about my bass clarinet 😩

[@lexie7885]

okay this year I got a good part, but i have to share it with the baritones but it is what it is i guess 💀

[@Fnafedits1002_YT]

As a Sousaphone, I agree to this also being like our parts

[@Im_no_one_important]

Accurate

[@Bule-lf1ke]

Im a bumblebee who likes to eat my kfc

[@vpexmc]

My director wont even let us march bass

[@Starjellybear]

Oof

[@gamingmusicmishaps]

Holly crap that blairy instrument (couldn't quite tell what it was)

[@HeindsAG]

The tempo is liek 999 💀💀✋🏾✋🏾

[@josephgeels3630]

Yo brian, you post your set-ups on all your other videos, but not here. Just curious what brand body you're playing as it looks similar to my Kessler & Sons. Love from WA!

[@Elloliott]

sure it looks boring but it sounds insane

[@TBoy771]

I'm my marching band in part 2 base clarinet had the melody for a bit

[@chesquikcheesemilk]

2ND PART BASS CLARINET?? fucking unheard of

[@TBoy771]

​@@chesquikcheesemilk damn, that'd wild

[@ethannorton564]

You guys have bass clarinet in marching band?

[@Nerd_emoji102]

Wait how is the kid next to you playing with a mask on

[@chesquikcheesemilk]

he js like that ig

[@user-il4ko9pu9k]

Everyone who counts time by bobbing their wrists ⬇️

[@NotTrey.06]

Or your director just has you play the tenor sax part

[@AvacadoToastMaster5021]

I’ve never seen ffff before

[@sompth2607]

oh the misery

[@Jaxx_00]

this is why i'm playing clarinet for marching band and not bass clarinet.. my bass clarinet is for concert band, so i don't have too much to be jealous about 💀

[@rachelcox1292]

Wait I’m so lucky what. I get really hard stuff 😭

[@_grim_7399]

Did you march a low c bass clarinet!? If so do you have any tips for when i eventually get my own?

[@aikoronyth3537]

Transposition is 2 semitones down???

[@user-pi4kd9rs1f]

You forgot about the 6 mesir rest

[@Zamboni_Tony]

Just play sousaphone 😎

[@robloxrobux574]

What’s the guy in the mask doing (ain’t no way that’s percussion bro’s breathing in)

[@ephraimschanneldaddontuse445]

Dawg nobody gonna point out the dude next to him is playing with a mask on?????

[@jvde_]

Wait, Y’all have bass clarinetists? 💀

[@kaeltownsend]

What is this song called?

[@fernandocalvillo1387]

It’s based from imagine dragons. The song is Enemy

[@Mewingmanzzz]

What song is this?

[@OrcusDevil]

What song is this

[@Joe___schmoe]

People march those? Why? How? Since when?

[@Jiiikom]

Note b to note b slur 🙂

[@ephraimschanneldaddontuse445]

Please dont tell me that is a low c that you march 🙏🙏🙏

[@imnotkarter]

what song is this

[@dukeofrodtown1705]

This is 'Enemy' by Imagine Dragons. Not sure who the arranger of this particular piece, larger or not, is.

[@EtherRith]

The only wrong thing is that how is bro playing with a mask on

[@amouryong]

What's this song?

[@claytonpalmer3717]

L❤

[@user-je4xc4nm1t]

Fr, tenor sax part sucks when playing it on bass, get ready for a thump cramp

[@Cherryloveseditz]

As a bass clarinet player u could never play a part that boring 😭😭😭😭

[@joseestrada8859]

Wait your marching with a bass

[@joseestrada8859]

Fr tho

[@AlbertonJiggletip]

Is bro playing his clari with a mask on, why do people even still wear masks

[@manigaspoydet]

It seems to me that he doesn't play correctly

[@Get-punk3d]

Maybe just don’t try to be different when it comes to instruments. That’s the end result 😂