Tag Archives: contemporary clarinet techniques

Clarinets and Water

Here’s everything you can do with clarinets and water in two convenient videos. Enjoy :)

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Lighting a Bass Clarinet with El Wire

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Multiphonic Trills for Bb Clarinet using the index finger or thumb key

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Super Fragile, Quiet, Slow-Moving Half-Hole Multiphonics for Bass Clarinet

It’s been a while, but, inspired by a conversation with composer Haukur Þór Harðarson yesterday I found 10 gorgeous, very soft, and fragile bass clarinet multiphonics that you can manipulate by slowly moving back and forth between a covered and … Continue reading

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More techniques for a mouthpiece-less bass clarinet

Most of these techniques I’ve covered already, in my post on clarinet articulation. If you look there you’ll find information on tongue rams without the mouthpiece (and with, for that matter), flute embouchure (which only works – for me – … Continue reading

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