Woodwinds: Bass clarinet

Favorite blog posts, December 2025

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See the woodwind blogs I’m following, and suggest others!

Recital videos, September 2025

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I’m pleased to share videos from my recent faculty recital at Mississippi State University. The program was all unaccompanied solo works for clarinets and saxophones. Here’s the program and video playlist:

Favorite blog posts, September 2025

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Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, September 2025 edition.

Favorite blog posts, August 2025

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Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, August 2025 edition.

Favorite blog posts, June 2025

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Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, July 2025 edition.

Favorite blog posts, October 2024

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Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, October 2024 edition.

Recital videos, August 2023

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I’m pleased to share videos from my recent Delta State University faculty recital.

Experiments with electric woodwinds

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I’ve been having fun with woodwinds enhanced with pickups or microphones. (If you’re interested in natively-electronic instruments like wind controllers, I’ve written about those elsewhere.) I still have a lot to learn about working with electronics. But here are a few observations in case anyone finds them helpful. Which instrument(s) to use? I find lower-pitched … Read more

Switching between clarinets: tone production

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Switching to bass clarinet

Switching between any two instruments, even two closely-related ones, is a challenging prospect. You must practice for many hours to do it well. But often people switching between clarinets (such as between B-flat clarinet and bass clarinet) are making larger changes than necessary. The fundamental concepts in clarinet tone production are breath support, voicing, and … Read more

Favorite blog posts, December 2022

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Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, December 2022 edition.