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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

Actually even sound production ain't so simple.

The throat register and octave changes on bass clar. are considerably harder than "regular" Bb clarinet. At the time I started playing bass clarinet I was a fairly decent clarinet player (for a jazzer). It took me around 8 months of shedding before I got a grip on some of the octave changes and throat register on bass clar., and was able to avoid squeaking. Its also tough to play with facility all over the axe and get a big sound in every register.

There's a reason why so many classical clarinet/bass clar. players are knocked out by Dolphy's bass clarinet playing.


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