clarinet

Well, today's the birthday of Johann Christoph Denner, inventor of the Clarinet, and late 17th century woodwind maker. Coincidentally, its also my birthday, which is why I occasionally make a joke I was fated to play Clarinet. I actually got to play on a copy of a chalumeau made by his son at...

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I don't have much knowledge about Eb's but I'm looking to start playing. I found a refurbished 1945 pre-R13 Buffet for sale, but it's $945, so I want to be sure that it's worth it. Anyone who's played on this or a similar model: how's the tuning and tone? Is it risky to get such an old...

So as of about an hour and a half ago I got a new mouthpiece for my Eb in the mail and all I can say on it is WOW. It's loads better than the unevenly faced Vandoren B40 that was with it. While the fact that it's a good mouthpiece is what matters most to this, the mouthpiece is made by Greg...

RE: I have a clarinet and would like to make it sound like the sound of the Hindustani clarinet. I read Shankar mentions a soft rubber material in one of his videos but it doesn't go into further detail. Any information would be helpful.

Can anybody tell me about these maestro mouthpieces? They're priced relatively nicely at $60.00, but I can only find it for that price on Reverb (which states they're new). For the most part I am confused as to the naming scheme between these mouthpieces and whether or not they're quality...

If you have studied the JeanJean Etudes, you might like this. I have composed an accompaniment companion for the 18 Etudes by Jeanjean. These accompaniments do not come with the clarinet part. That must be purchased separately from the publisher. These are intended as accompaniments for...

My husband, David Carovillano, composed these four beautiful classical-pop ballads for clarinet and piano (one for each of E flat, B flat, A, and Bass Clarinet) and a sweet, reflective clarinet quintet. Here is the preview video for our album "Reflections". Let me know if you would like to...

I normally play on Vandoren Traditional 3.5 strength (for Bb clarinet), but they tend to be quite inconsistent and I'm just not getting the tone quality I'm looking for. Is splurging on Vandoren V12 reeds worth it? Does it really affect sound all that much? And do they run harder than the...

I play bass clarinet and soprano clarinet, and would like to start recording myself playing. Started to look into microphones only to realize there is a huge variety and I dont know what to choose, after a little research I believe a large condenser mic is recommended (correct if wrong), I am...

Play in woodwind quintet? Here is a beautiful work, "Euphoria", by David Carovillano. Like it? Let me know if you would like to play it. http://www.maestroscorner.com/euphoria-for-woodwind-quintet/

So yesterday my mom was very nice to me as usual and bought a Clarinet for me at an estate sale while the band was riding buses to a football game- a 1936 Conn 444N, I'll type something up on that later. But it came with a Wm. Lewerenz, St. Louis Clarinet mouthpiece, made of marbled red and...

Hello, Surfing on the web I found these two buffet clarinet cases that drawed my attention, but I can not find any other than just a pixeled exterior picture of the cases. I was wondering if any of you have these cases anywhere around, and send me pictures of their interior, pockets and the...

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/291778781249 I was mainly interested in that pamphlet, but read the description, which led me to notice the second mouthpiece with that was a Kaspar. So, I asked them for pictures of the mouthpieces, which let me confirm it was a Chicago Kaspar, with what looks like...

I have been an engineering professor, avid amateur of ten musical instruments and serious inventor with eight U.S. Patents. One of the latest is Pat.No.7,655,853 dealing with the way to get rid scientifically of the always-present nagging pain in the right thumb, hand, elbow, shoulder or arm for...

Dear clarinetists, A new score is now available to learn klezmer music : Klezmer studies, in 3 levels. The first level, for clarinetist beginners, is already online. The second level is going to b online really soon. Each volume includes at least 10 studies in the klezmer style with mp3...

I picked up my Dad's clarinet at age 15 when the other teens were playing guitar. Having a different instrument then strings in party jam sessions gave me an opportunity to add to the music in a meaningful way. I started playing lap steel guitar when I was about 25. A few years ago I discovered...

So I recently got a Vandoran B45 mouthpiece for my clarinet (I accidentally dropped my old one and broke it) and it sounds pretty airy. At fist I thought it was because it was new, then my reeds, and so on, but I got new reeds and it still sounds super airy. I tested it against another...

I have a Yamaha YCL-20, serial number is 160906a. Can anyone tell me what years Yamaha produced the YCL-20? Thanks!

https://youtu.be/UTpTfLuClNA Four clarinets (B flat, E flat, Alto and Bass) and one accordion find their way inside classic video games: Castlevania (the original), Super Mario Theme, Super Mario underwater, Legend of Zelda Outset Island theme from the Windwaker, Zelda's Lullaby, and the Legend...