Well, I'd still be a bass player...

[Matt Till]

My friend is going to sell me a bass clarinet for $5! ... or should I say :clarineter:


Sounds like fun.
Advice? I'm not going to get a teacher because
A) I'm not making it my focus
B) I'm lazy.

Recordings? Artists? Books?

[Kurisu]

Matt, I thought you were going to learn more guitar?
Stay with me here, focus.

[Eric Moesle]

Clarinets always sound like squealing pigs to me . . .

Bass clarinet: just a bigger pig?

[DigMe]

You'll be the next Marcus Miller...except white...and probably not as good...

brad cook

[DigMe]

Originally Posted by Eric Moesle

Clarinets always sound like squealing pigs to me . . .

Bass clarinet: just a bigger pig?

Bass clarinet is way different....sounds pretty cool.

brad cook

[JimK]

Bass clarinet is very cool.

Eric Dolphy
John Surman
Bob Mintzer

[ADbassman]

Wow, thats a good deal. Bass clarinets actually sound pretty good, not much like a regular clarinet. In addition to bass guitar, I also play tuba, and I can actually apply what I learn on one insterment, onto the other.

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by DigMe

You'll be the next Marcus Miller...except white...and probably not as good...

brad cook

I can back you up on the not as good part...

and the white part.

[josh_m]

What you should do is sell it to me, i'll give you $10 and pay shipping.

Girlfriend plays it, it's a nice instrument but Contralto Clarinet is where its at.

[DaveBeny]

Matt, you've got a great deal there! I'd love to pick up the bass clarinet one day (finances permitting).

I don't know of any musicians who exclusively play bass clarinet - most are sax players who can also play various other instruments.
Some players to investigate:
John Surman
Eric Dolphy
David Murray
Bennie Maupin
Tim Garland

www.bassclarinet.org might provide a good starting point.

Please keep us updated with how you get on with the instrument.

[Gia]

great, you can join my bf on his new tenor sax :rollseyes:

what is it with boys getting hard instruments and refusing to take lessons? AND THEN bitching to me about how hard it is to play!!!

i mean, good luck matt till.

[Woodchuck]

If you think bass clarinets sound lame, listen to some Omar stuff. He's got a couple of songs where the bass clarinet IS the bassline. Some of the coolest songs you'll ever hear. BTW, I'll give you $20 fer it!

[superbassman2000]

Originally Posted by Gia

great, you can join my bf on his new tenor sax :rollseyes:

what is it with boys getting hard instruments and refusing to take lessons? AND THEN bitching to me about how hard it is to play!!!

i mean, good luck matt till.

tenor sax, hard? give me a break! i hope you make lots of fun of him...

if you want hard, tell him to take up trumpet, tuba, french horn...i mean, come on, they only have 3 valves, whereas my tenor sax had about 20...i give credit to the brass players

[Ozzyman]

Piano is hella hard.
My dad plays pretty well but I'm hopeless. I can't seem to understand pressing more than one key at the same time.

[Gia]

Originally Posted by superbassman2000

tenor sax, hard? give me a break! i hope you make lots of fun of him...

if you want hard, tell him to take up trumpet, tuba, french horn...i mean, come on, they only have 3 valves, whereas my tenor sax had about 20...i give credit to the brass players

oh i do, don't worry

he's already composed this ska line thing, where in the middle there's one really high squeaky note. when questioned on why he played the god awful note, he replied "i need to use my octave pad"

[Hamzter]

Originally Posted by superbassman2000

tenor sax, hard? give me a break! i hope you make lots of fun of him...

if you want hard, tell him to take up trumpet, tuba, french horn...i mean, come on, they only have 3 valves, whereas my tenor sax had about 20...i give credit to the brass players

trumpet and trombone are some of the funnest instruments to play.

I really need to pick up a trumpet, so fun.

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by Gia

great, you can join my bf on his new tenor sax :rollseyes:

what is it with boys getting hard instruments and refusing to take lessons? AND THEN bitching to me about how hard it is to play!!!

i mean, good luck matt till.

I'm too avante techno for lessons.