Category Archives: bending

contrabass clarinet mouthpiece and neck

If this post was useful for you, please consider becoming a Patron. For as little as $1 per blog post you can help! Just a fun little contrabass clarinet-related post for you today, but a few nice sounds here, just … Continue reading

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… on bass clarinet preparations

I started thinking more seriously about preparing the bass clarinet after Aaron Einbond used it in his (awesome) piece, Resistance, for prepared bass clarinet and live electronics. I originally assumed that it wouldn’t be so useful: one can only prepare the … Continue reading

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…on soprano clarinet glissandi

Clarinet glissandi are fun. But they’re quite hard to understand for composers, because they aren’t easy in all registers and what individual performers can or can not do affects a lot. This post won’t necessarily be comprehensive, but as with … Continue reading

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