Bass Clarinet Excerpt: Strauss, Don Quixote

[@granvillesill410]

Hey man, I’m a bass clarinet player in 8th grade and I wanna say that I really admire your work.

[@jo23zap37]

Same

[@cristianlopez8627]

Same

[@loghbrass]

I respect the bass clarinet but tuba is where it's at

[@gordonbainbridge8371]

@@loghbrass It's not an either/or. I play BC and tuba and love both. And baritone sax. All wonderful instruments.

[@Lxnorius]

same

[@TravisStromberg]

“What the hell did I just break?”

[@kyladoodles8302]

Every time I hear bass clarinet music like this, I cry to myself because in normal band we just have whole notes. Ah, the sweet sound of bass clarinets being important.

[@Realcowgirl10]

Kyla Doodles lol that’s why I appreciated my high level high school band and college band I’m now in. Constraining the bass to whole notes is disrespectful 😂

[@hellebelle]

I hope you get to play bass clarinet in an orchestra one day!

[@circular_red]

I was mindlessly playing this excerpt earlier today not knowing what it was, and then you go an post a video of it. My brain is H U G E.

[@jimbouwkamp]

Michael, many, many thanks! An orchestra I play in did this about a month ago and having your coaching almost literally saved my bacon! Next up, 3rd part in Mahler Sym 1.

[@carlrosman1855]

12:30 - I think the thing about that 'choked' high C is to do with the German-system bass clarinet. Their fingering is R, LT and L2 (like on their soprano clarinets) and always sounds a bit stuffy. (To be honest, I kind of like that colour at that particular moment of that particular recording, but if you make that sound on a French-system instrument then something has gone wrong.)

[@joaquinguerrero4987]

Man.. you saved my life. Thank you

[@juliocesarpanaderomoreno1334]

Gracias por todos sus videos!!! son maravillosos.

[@kainakkim4600]

Your channel is so helpful. Thank you very much!

[@asderc1]

Don't even play clarinet but really enjoy your videos aha. Plus many of the warm ups/practice cross over to saxophone.

[@angiejacobo4572]

Thanks for the advice! Any chance you would do more clarinet videos?

[@hugofritz8238]

keep in mind, that in German Symphonic Orchestras no Boehm Clarinets are used, not even for the bass, and a high C is by far the hardest note on a Oehler system. There is no such ugly note on the Boehm system at all.

[@bv74353]

Because of the location of the register vents on clarinets of that system.

[@DanielG0926]

I missed you!

[@laurieblanchet-clarinet]

Great stuff!

[@reeceweaver4040]

I live for this song!

[@Jared_De_Leon]

The dreaded Nylon pin!

[@TheEvo01]

Excellent information, your videos are so instructive, continue like that

[@marcusstables2553]

I love your videos and want to even out your shirt strings so badly edit: NO NOT THE NINJA BASS!!

[@chrismontoya7831]

I've never clicked off of an Earspasm video so fast!

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

Mr. NPC Yes. He was watching an Earpasm video before, and then he sees a notification for another Earpasm video.

[@chrismontoya7831]

@@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158 I agree

[@redston_1]

Your Videos are the best, I have learned so much from you. :D 🙃 Stay Curious

[@kellygage9418]

such an odd timing for this video. I just recently got done playing the bassoon part on B flat clarinet for Man of La Mancha

[@someonerandom1335]

I would love to see a video for Eb clarinet from you :)))

[@pukalo]

I don't think he has one.

[@marcusstables2553]

Yes, Eb contrabass clarinet ;)

[@pukalo]

@@marcusstables2553 Michael did a video on a b-flat contrabass a little while back.

[@marcusstables2553]

@@pukalo Yes, highlight of my month!

[@thanbo]

I've heard that phrase before at 11:23, four (not the usual 3) doo-ets. On the original Star Trek, sometimes on funny episodes when something puzzling happens.

[@abedinsubashi]

I’m a sax player but this dude and his videos are really cool

[@mauricioperez3258]

So I’m a freshman in high school on bass clarinet and my director has decided that we are playing all four movements of Southern Harmony. Got any tips?

[@pukalo]

Ahh the classic.

[@maryvu4762]

Your videos are so cool! Can you do a video learning Paganini's caprice 24?

[@meatsupplies5282]

and its really hard. like he probably has to take a month to learn it

[@maryvu4762]

erictu2003 while yes it’s for violin, you could transpose. I think it would be cool seeing the arpeggios and tounging.

[@tobysimard9638]

The tenor tuba is not a euphonium. They just are incredibly similar, so the euphonium is used as a substitute.

[@karensanborn4149]

How do you recommend handling the awkward fingerings in the first measure of 73 into the next bar? I have a low Eb horn. Should I Take a breath after the half note? Or after the first measure? Is there an alternate fingering that I should use?

[@lowreedman]

Great explanation. Sorry about the teflon....

[@ZuperZeize]

Is the 4th mvt. from Saint Saëns sonata used for bass clarinet auditions in the states? Would be interesting with a vid on it :) Its often used here in the EU, or at least here in Denmark.

[@fireflys8919]

Ok, so I'm in a 7th/8th grade band (but it is only my friend and me) and I LOVE to play my Bass Clarinet, but it breaks all the time, and it's like, almost always in the shop. And I also have a solo that I'm very nervous about for my solo on sombles. Any tips?

[@loladwyer0220]

Solo and ensemble???

[@dmeaneyable]

So what *is* the best Strauss piece for bass clarinet?? Great video, btw, as always.

[@jamesernst5278]

The Sancho Panza solo is with the tenor tuba/euphonium

[@christiansun1745]

In that last excerpt from 72-74, how do you play the rhythm in bar 3? It's notation looks unfamiliar to me.

[@CalebRen]

Bad scanning. It's a dotted quarter note on the G, an eighth note on the E and a quarter note on the B. See the full score on IMSLP

[@ckjuicyj82]

dang, nothing for contrabass clarinet. :/

[@loghbrass]

He's from Texas?

[@j_swizza9020]

Yo man what's the all black bass clarinet you use?

[@tonyrettig1052]

J_Swizza it’s a Selmer Paris Model 67 custom made for him.

[@itcvideo9186]

Why did you retire from orchestral playing?

[@michaellowenstern7359]

Good question. I'm gonna answer this on my blog (earspasm.com/blog). Stay tuned.

[@colin2089]

um my private teacher literally gave me this ti practice yesterday

[@DaleFedele]

Your backup bass sounds better, anyway.

[@michaelfischer5800]

Hey Speedy Gonzales - calm down!

[@bridgetb9956]

Blue Lake > Interlochen

[@williansalex5091]

It would be nice if there were captions ;-;

[@earspasm]

There will be - it takes KZbin a little while to transcribe it. Come back in a day or so, and it will have captions.

[@williansalex5091]

@@earspasm lol, still no caption ;-;

[@loladwyer0220]

@@williansalex5091 still no captions

[@jakgff5885]

Lol just call it a euphonium or just say tuba

[@bmxman4115]

Tenor tuba=bass trombone