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The bass clarinet has been regularly used in scoring for orchestra and concert band since the mid-19th century, becoming more common during the middle and latter part of the 20th century. [6] A bass clarinet is not always called for in orchestra music, but is almost always called for in concert band music.
After leaving the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Sax began to experiment with new instrument designs, while his parents continued their business of making conventional instruments. Sax's first important invention was an improvement in bass clarinet design, which he patented at the age of 24. [8]
The clarinet family is a woodwind instrument family of various sizes and types of clarinets, including the common soprano clarinet in B♭ and A, bass clarinet, and sopranino E♭ clarinet. Clarinets that aren't the standard B♭ or A clarinets are sometimes known as harmony clarinets.
The basset clarinet is member of the clarinet family similar to the usual soprano clarinet but longer and with additional keys to enable playing several additional lower notes. Typically a basset clarinet has keywork going to a low (written) C or B, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as opposed to the standard clarinet's E or E ♭ .
Michael Lowenstern (born August 23, 1968) is an American musician, composer and educator, specializing in bass clarinet.He is well known for his YouTube channel Earspasm [1] and for his many recordings featuring the bass clarinet as a solo instrument in classical, jazz, and electronica formats.
The bass clarinet doubles McCartney's bass for the retransitional arpeggiation of V 7 at C–1–2. [16] During the chorus, the clarinets add texture by playing legato quarter notes while the bass clarinet plays staccato quarter notes. [17] In the song's final verse, the clarinet is played in descant with McCartney's vocal.
Fritz Wurlitzer in his workshop in the 1970s Fritz Wurlitzer Double Bass Clarinet. Fritz Ulrich Wurlitzer (21 December 1888 – 5 or 9 April 1984) was a German clarinet maker, based in Erlbach in Vogtland, Saxony. He developed the Reform Boehm clarinet and made improvements to the Schmidt-Kolbe clarinet [1] and the German bass clarinet. [2]
Josef Horák (24 March 1931 – 23 November 2005) was a Czech bass clarinetist. It was not until the 1950s that classical performers began to adopt the bass clarinet as their primary instrument. Horák is credited as having performed the first ever solo bass clarinet recital on 23 March 1955.