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It is a rare modern German system clarinet. I believe this is a pro level horn. It is wood, not plastic. The back of the lower joint is stamped 'Made in GDR 621-83134'. This is NOT a standard clarinet. Professional Bb Bass Clarinets. Professional Bb Bass Clarinets. Student Bb Bass Clarinets. Eb Alto Clarinets. Professional Eb Alto Clarinets. Eb Clarinets. Student German Clarinets. Student German Clarinets. Enter Archived Product Name. News & Events. Original g (sol) turkish clarinetgerman systemexcellent conditionfully works!
Bass clarinetThe bass clarinet is a of the family. Like the more common, it is usually pitched in B ♭ (meaning it is a on which a written C sounds as B ♭), but it plays notes an below the soprano B ♭ clarinet. Bass clarinets in other keys, notably C and A, also exist, but are very rare (in contrast to the regular A clarinet, which is quite common in classical music). Bass clarinets regularly perform in, occasionally in marching bands, and play an occasional solo role in contemporary music and jazz in particular. Clarinet family.More articles. Category:ClarinetistsDescriptionMost modern bass clarinets are straight-bodied, with a small upturned silver-colored metal bell and curved metal neck.
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Early examples varied in shape, some having a doubled body making them look similar to. The bass clarinet is fairly heavy and is supported either with a neck strap or an adjustable peg attached to its body. While imitated its upturned metal bell in his design of the larger, the two instruments are fundamentally different. Bass clarinet bodies are most often made of (African Blackwood) or (more commonly for student-instruments) plastic resin, while saxophones are typically made of metal. (Metal bass clarinets exist, but are rare.) More significantly, all clarinets have a that is basically the same diameter along the body. This cylindrical bore differs from the saxophone's conical one and gives the clarinet its characteristic tone, causing it to at the twelfth compared with the saxophone's octave.A majority of modern bass clarinets, like other clarinets in the family, have the of keys and fingering.
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However, bass clarinets are also manufactured in Germany with the of keywork, which is most often known as the 'German' system in the US, because it is commonly used in Germany and Austria, as well as Eastern Europe and Turkey; bass clarinets produced with the Oehler system's predecessor, the, are still in use, particularly in these areas. Four modern bass clarinets, from left to right L400, 1430P, E.
Winston, Leblanc 330SMost modern Boehm system bass clarinets have an 'extension' key allowing them to play to the (written) E ♭. This key was originally added to allow easy transposition of parts for the relatively rare bass clarinet pitched in A, but it now finds significant use in concert band and other literature. A significant difference between soprano and bass clarinet key work is a key pad played by the left-hand index finger with a vent that may be uncovered for certain high notes. This allows a form of 'half-hole' fingering that allows notes in higher registers to be played on the instrument.
In addition, older bass clarinets have two register keys, one for middle D ♯ and below, the other for middle E and higher. Newer models typically only have one, mechanically performing the role of two separate register keys.Many professional and advanced bass clarinetists own instruments with extensions down to a C (sounding B ♭ identical to the 's lowest B ♭, two octaves below written middle C. At concert pitch this note is the B ♭ below the second ledger line below the bass staff or B ♭ 1 in. Overall, the instrument sounds an octave lower than the B ♭ soprano clarinet.As with all wind instruments, the upper limit of the range depends on the quality of the instrument and skill of the clarinetist. According to Aber and Lerstad, who give fingerings up to written C 7 (sounding B ♭ 5), the highest note commonly encountered in modern solo literature is the E below that (sounding D 5, the D above treble C).
This gives the bass clarinet a usable range of up to four octaves, quite close to the range of the bassoon; indeed, many bass clarinetists perform works originally intended for bassoon or cello because of the plethora of literature for those two instruments and the scarcity of solo works for the bass clarinet.UsesThe bass clarinet has been regularly used in scoring for and since the mid-19th century, becoming more common during the middle and latter part of the 20th century. A bass clarinet is not always called for in orchestra music, but is almost always called for in concert band music. In recent years, the bass clarinet has also seen a growing repertoire of solo literature including compositions for the instrument alone, or accompanied by, orchestra, or other ensemble. It is also used in, and in, and has played a minor, but persistent, role in.The bass clarinet has an appealing, rich, earthy tone quite distinct from other instruments in its range, drawing on and enhancing the qualities of the lower range of the soprano and alto instrument.Musical compositionsPerhaps the earliest solo passages for bass clarinet—indeed, among the earliest parts for the instrument—occur in 1834 opera Emma d'Antiochia, in which a lengthy solo introduces Emma's scene in Act 2. (Mercadante actually specified a glicibarifono for this part.) Two years later, wrote an important solo for bass clarinet in Act 4 of his opera.
Clarinet family.More articles.The bass clarinet is a of the family. Like the more common, it is usually pitched in B ♭ (meaning it is a on which a written C sounds as B ♭), but it plays notes an below the soprano B ♭ clarinet. Bass clarinets in other keys, notably C and A, also exist, but are very rare (in contrast to the regular A clarinet, which is quite common in classical music). Bass clarinets regularly perform in, occasionally in marching bands, and play an occasional solo role in contemporary music and jazz in particular.Someone who plays a bass clarinet is called a bass clarinetist. Contents.Description Most modern bass clarinets are straight-bodied, with a small upturned silver-colored metal bell and curved metal neck. Early examples varied in shape, some having a doubled body making them look similar to. The bass clarinet is fairly heavy and is supported either with a neck strap or an adjustable peg attached to its body.
While imitated its upturned metal bell in his design of the larger, the two instruments are fundamentally different. Bass clarinet bodies are most often made of (African Blackwood) or (more commonly for student-instruments) plastic resin, while saxophones are typically made of metal. (Metal bass clarinets exist, but are rare.) More significantly, all clarinets have a that is basically the same diameter along the body. This cylindrical bore differs from the saxophone's conical one and gives the clarinet its characteristic tone, causing it to at the twelfth compared with the saxophone's octave.A majority of modern bass clarinets, like other clarinets in the family, have the of keys and fingering. However, bass clarinets are also manufactured in Germany with the of keywork, which is most often known as the 'German' system in the US, because it is commonly used in Germany and Austria, as well as Eastern Europe and Turkey; bass clarinets produced with the Oehler system's predecessor, the, are still in use, particularly in these areas. Conventional treble clef in B ♭ (French notation). This sounds an octave and a major second lower than written and therefore uses the same fingerings as the soprano clarinet, and is the most common.
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Bass clef in B ♭ (German notation). This sounds a major second (tone, or whole step) lower than written.
For music written in bass clef, higher passages may be written in treble clef to avoid the use of excessive ledger lines, but this should not be confused with system (a), in which notes sound an octave lower than in system (b). It is therefore necessary to play the treble clef one octave higher than it would be played in French notation, so that it continues to sound a major second lower. Unlike music for the, the is not used for higher passages. Bass clef in B ♭ (Russian notation). This notation mixes the German and French systems. Music written in bass clef is played a major second lower than written (German), however when written in treble clef, it sounds a major ninth lower, so the player uses the fingerings they normally would when playing soprano clarinet (French).
Bass clef in B ♭ (Italian notation). This notation is written a major ninth higher than sounding pitch, as the French notation, however also uses bass clef. This means that the bass clef part would be read an octave lower than if reading it in German notation.
The treble clef remains the same as French notation.Music is occasionally encountered written for the bass clarinet in A, e.g. In Wagner operas, and or symphonies; this music also tends to be written in bass clef although not invariably (e.g. Apparently, bass clarinets in A were once produced by German and French makers, even though the historic record is not particularly clear just where and when such production started and ceased. Since instruments pitched in A were not available to play music that had already been written, bass clarinets produced after 1900 were equipped with the low E ♭ extension key to allow easy transposition of such parts.Until the last half of the 20th century, no new bass clarinets pitched in A were produced. For a brief period starting in the late 1970s, a bass clarinet with Boehm style keywork and pitched in A (and keyed to low E ♭, even though the original parts seldom descend below written low E) was again produced by Selmer Paris.
While perfectly functional, such instruments were both expensive and a significant physical burden to the player, who would have to carry two heavy bass clarinets to rehearsals and performances. For these two reasons more than anything else, few modern bass clarinets in A have been sold. At some point after the 1980s, Selmer ceased production of the bass clarinet in A, although examples are still available from factory stock. Very few modern players own a bass clarinet in A; these parts are therefore played on the B ♭ instrument, transposing them down a semitone.Notes.