Bass Clarinet

The Bass Clarinet has been used to provide the bass voice in the orchestral woodwind section since the middle of the 19th century, a role it shares with the bassoon.

$17.00

The bass clarinet is appreciated for its expressive timbre, which is often poetically described as "dark velvet". Generally one bass clarinet is used in the orchestra. The bass clarinet is not only an established member of the full orchestra but also of clarinet orchestras and military bands. In addition, it is now also found in chamber music ensembles.

Bass Clarinet
ARTICULATION GROUP    
01 SHORT + LONG NOTES Staccato
Portato short
Sustained without vibrato
Portato medium
Sustained with vibrato
02 DYNAMICS pfp 2 and 4 sec.
Fortepiano and sforzato
Medium dynamics 1.5, 2, 3, 4 sec.
Strong dynamics, 3, 4, 6 sec.
pfp 3, 6, 8, 10 sec.
Sforzatissimo
03 FLATTER + TRILLS Flutter tonguing
Trills, minor and major 2nd
Trills dynamics
10 PERF INTERVAL Legato Marcato
11 PERF INTERVAL FAST Legato Marcato
12 PERF TRILL   Trills, legato, minor 2nd to major 3rd
13 PERF REPETITION Legato
Portato
Staccato
Dynamics for all repetitions
14 SCALE RUNS   Octave runs
Major and minor, C to B key
Chromatic and whole tone
Up and down
98 RESOURCES Legato with sustain crossfading Isolated dynamics repetitions
Single layer long notes (pp, mp, mf, f)

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System Requirements

  • Windows 8.1 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • macOS 10.14 (latest update), Intel Core i3
  • 7200 rpm hard drive for the sample content
  • 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • iLok Account and iLok License Manager software for activation in the cloud or on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key

Recommended

  • Windows 10/11 (latest updates, 64-bit), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • macOS 11 (or higher), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • 8 GB RAM
  • SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted) for the sample content
  • AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
  • 88 key master keyboard

Hard Drive Space Requirements

  • 5 GB