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The article states that the bass clarinet is used in "Valkyrian and Tristan, by Wagner" - I suspect this means that it is used in Die Walküre and is also used in Tristan und Isolde, but I don't know Wagner as well as I should, so I'm not sure - can anyone confirm? (There's no single piece called "Valkyrian and Tristan", of course.) -- Camembert
I've removed the Mozart Requiem from the list of works that employ the instrument - I'm almost certain that it's the basset horn in that piece, which is sort of an ancestor of the bass clarinet (and I think it was sometimes called the "bass clarinet" in Mozart's day, though I'd have to look it up to be sure), but isn't the same instrument. I'm prepared to be proved wrong about this, of course. -- Camembert
Oh this is funny, you wouldn't believe it, but I clicked on Recent changes and this was the first article that popped up and I play bass clarinet...I just had to say that because what are the chances of that happening on Wikipedia?-- naryathegreat 00:55, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
Why is "The Light Fantastic" linked to the article about the Terry Pratchett book of the same name? Is there any connection other than the name? -- Rsholmes 20:48, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps it would be worth mentioning "When I'm 64" by the Beatles? The bass clarinet is prominent in that piece, and for many may be the only place they have recognizably heard it. Tuc 07:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
The image(of a Buffet bass clarinet) at the top of the article and the Dolphy image have been added and removed a few times, so I'm wondering what's up. The Dolphy picture looks familiar (album cover?) and I suspect it's under copyright, but I don't know. Maybe the editors who originated the images and/or made changes can sort it out. It is helpful to indicate why an edit is being made, BTW. Special-T 15:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Indeed the instrument to the left of the glicibarifono is an alto clarinet, not a bass. I have more photos from the Bate collection including some that show bass clarinets, such as this one, but I don't really think any are particularly suitable for illustrating this article -- a good photo of a single bass clarinet against a plain backdrop would be much better. I'd add a photograph of my bass, but it's not a very photogenic example. -- Rsholmes 17:02, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded a picture. Not a very good one, but better than nothing. The previously attached picture has no source information and no substantiation of the claim that it is freely usable. Too bad, it's a good picture. -- Rsholmes 13:21, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
The range is inaccurate: I'm guessing it's in concert pitch, so the Bb is correct, but the A and C are both confusing and wrong, the bass clarinet has the same range as the Bb soprano clarinet in the "high" (altissimo?) register. (written c)LM
It is confusing that the new range diagram disagrees with the text. Of course there is no well defined upper limit, but to have the text say one thing and the diagram another isn't good. The article by Aber and Lerstad is the best authority I can find, which is why the text says what it does. I believe either the diagram should follow the text, showing written E7 for the upper limit (highest frequently occurring note in the modern solo literature according to Aber and Lerstad) or the text should be adjusted to fit the diagram -- but in that case, there needs to be an equally authoritative citation. For the bass clarinet -- you can not simply assume the same written limit as the soprano clarinet. -- Rsholmes 15:06, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I just finished perusing the article and noticed one slight error regarding composers and their use of the two standard systems of notation. Gustav Mahler did not, in fact, employ the so-called "German" system (bass-clef notation, or "system B" in the article) in his scores, but instead the "French" system (treble-clef notation, or "system A"). Oogami 18:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone else think the popular music laundry list has gotten out of hand? I've listened to "Comfortably Numb" dozens of times and if there's a bass clarinet part -- which I certainly do not deny -- I've never noticed it (and believe me, bass clarinet parts are something I do tend to notice). I wouldn't call it notable if it isn't noticeable. Some of the other entries strike me as obscure in the extreme. Is there really any purpose served to have a list of "every popular song we can think of that has some sort of bass clarinet part in it?" Two or three really well-known examples, like "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Epitaph", should be sufficient to make the point, and these could be mentioned in plain text rather than a list. -- Rsholmes 11:03, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
The article claims that many bass clarinets only have a single register key while more advanced ones have two. I cannot recall ever having seen a bass clarinet with only one register key. Perhaps this was an attribute of much older bass clarinets? There's no source to the statement. Ayzmo ( talk) 21:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
What are the low c fingering? Cakecatpizzalover ( talk) 17:01, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
This section states concerning notating bass clarinet in the bass clef in Note a
An example of this notation is in Paul Dukas's symphonic poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Dukas is scored in treble clef with sections written below about G on the treble clef written on the Bass Clef. This is unusual though not unheard of even on the Soprano Clarinet. Scores written on the bass clef have a transposition of a major second, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" has a transposition of an octave plus a major second. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.5.5.191 ( talk) 17:06, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Missing are Yusef Lateef, Paul McCandles, and Gianluigi Trovesi. All use the bass clarinet extensively for jazz improvisation.
I'm wondering why there is a category for "American jazz bass clarinetists", but no category for "jazz bass clarinetists" that are not American? There are a few of those, you know.
Either a new category needs to be added, or perhaps the "American" part needs to be dropped, and the existing category broadened.
74.95.43.253 ( talk) 22:10, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
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The article states that the bass clarinet is used in "Valkyrian and Tristan, by Wagner" - I suspect this means that it is used in Die Walküre and is also used in Tristan und Isolde, but I don't know Wagner as well as I should, so I'm not sure - can anyone confirm? (There's no single piece called "Valkyrian and Tristan", of course.) -- Camembert
I've removed the Mozart Requiem from the list of works that employ the instrument - I'm almost certain that it's the basset horn in that piece, which is sort of an ancestor of the bass clarinet (and I think it was sometimes called the "bass clarinet" in Mozart's day, though I'd have to look it up to be sure), but isn't the same instrument. I'm prepared to be proved wrong about this, of course. -- Camembert
Oh this is funny, you wouldn't believe it, but I clicked on Recent changes and this was the first article that popped up and I play bass clarinet...I just had to say that because what are the chances of that happening on Wikipedia?-- naryathegreat 00:55, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
Why is "The Light Fantastic" linked to the article about the Terry Pratchett book of the same name? Is there any connection other than the name? -- Rsholmes 20:48, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps it would be worth mentioning "When I'm 64" by the Beatles? The bass clarinet is prominent in that piece, and for many may be the only place they have recognizably heard it. Tuc 07:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
The image(of a Buffet bass clarinet) at the top of the article and the Dolphy image have been added and removed a few times, so I'm wondering what's up. The Dolphy picture looks familiar (album cover?) and I suspect it's under copyright, but I don't know. Maybe the editors who originated the images and/or made changes can sort it out. It is helpful to indicate why an edit is being made, BTW. Special-T 15:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Indeed the instrument to the left of the glicibarifono is an alto clarinet, not a bass. I have more photos from the Bate collection including some that show bass clarinets, such as this one, but I don't really think any are particularly suitable for illustrating this article -- a good photo of a single bass clarinet against a plain backdrop would be much better. I'd add a photograph of my bass, but it's not a very photogenic example. -- Rsholmes 17:02, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded a picture. Not a very good one, but better than nothing. The previously attached picture has no source information and no substantiation of the claim that it is freely usable. Too bad, it's a good picture. -- Rsholmes 13:21, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
The range is inaccurate: I'm guessing it's in concert pitch, so the Bb is correct, but the A and C are both confusing and wrong, the bass clarinet has the same range as the Bb soprano clarinet in the "high" (altissimo?) register. (written c)LM
It is confusing that the new range diagram disagrees with the text. Of course there is no well defined upper limit, but to have the text say one thing and the diagram another isn't good. The article by Aber and Lerstad is the best authority I can find, which is why the text says what it does. I believe either the diagram should follow the text, showing written E7 for the upper limit (highest frequently occurring note in the modern solo literature according to Aber and Lerstad) or the text should be adjusted to fit the diagram -- but in that case, there needs to be an equally authoritative citation. For the bass clarinet -- you can not simply assume the same written limit as the soprano clarinet. -- Rsholmes 15:06, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I just finished perusing the article and noticed one slight error regarding composers and their use of the two standard systems of notation. Gustav Mahler did not, in fact, employ the so-called "German" system (bass-clef notation, or "system B" in the article) in his scores, but instead the "French" system (treble-clef notation, or "system A"). Oogami 18:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone else think the popular music laundry list has gotten out of hand? I've listened to "Comfortably Numb" dozens of times and if there's a bass clarinet part -- which I certainly do not deny -- I've never noticed it (and believe me, bass clarinet parts are something I do tend to notice). I wouldn't call it notable if it isn't noticeable. Some of the other entries strike me as obscure in the extreme. Is there really any purpose served to have a list of "every popular song we can think of that has some sort of bass clarinet part in it?" Two or three really well-known examples, like "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Epitaph", should be sufficient to make the point, and these could be mentioned in plain text rather than a list. -- Rsholmes 11:03, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
The article claims that many bass clarinets only have a single register key while more advanced ones have two. I cannot recall ever having seen a bass clarinet with only one register key. Perhaps this was an attribute of much older bass clarinets? There's no source to the statement. Ayzmo ( talk) 21:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
What are the low c fingering? Cakecatpizzalover ( talk) 17:01, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
This section states concerning notating bass clarinet in the bass clef in Note a
An example of this notation is in Paul Dukas's symphonic poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Dukas is scored in treble clef with sections written below about G on the treble clef written on the Bass Clef. This is unusual though not unheard of even on the Soprano Clarinet. Scores written on the bass clef have a transposition of a major second, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" has a transposition of an octave plus a major second. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.5.5.191 ( talk) 17:06, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Missing are Yusef Lateef, Paul McCandles, and Gianluigi Trovesi. All use the bass clarinet extensively for jazz improvisation.
I'm wondering why there is a category for "American jazz bass clarinetists", but no category for "jazz bass clarinetists" that are not American? There are a few of those, you know.
Either a new category needs to be added, or perhaps the "American" part needs to be dropped, and the existing category broadened.
74.95.43.253 ( talk) 22:10, 25 May 2022 (UTC)