Clarinet and saxophone, in house performance and presentation on instruments of the clarinet and saxophone families of instruments, for education.     As part of our touring schedule, we are encouraging education facilities to receive us.So to perform and promote instruments of the clarinet and saxophone families. A good thing to instrument students […]

The bass clarinet – A personal history El Clarinete bajo – una historia personal Published by Periferiamusic -Barcelona www.periferiamusic.com                 The Bass Clarinet – a personal history    Book and CD ISBN: 978-84-938845-0-5 / Price: 69 EUR                 El Clarinete bajo – una […]

  Retention and Recall are quite simply what memory is all about. It is the ability to hear music in your head by heart, and to be able to recall the music by heart where and when it is needed. Your brain’s ability to retain and recall information is staggering, you have virtually unlimited potential; you will […]

Sample from the book:Music and Memory (www.myspace.com/musicandmemory) (David’s Musical Memory Exercise) Think of the last time you played, maybe with friends, in a concert situation or in your bedroom or a practice room; choose a pleasant memory. Were you sitting or standing? Were there other people with you, other musicians and/or an audience? What clothes […]

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Just want to share with you a few thoughts about the clarinet and why I believe it a good choice of instrument to learn. The clarinet is one of those instruments when a person reaches an acceptable level of ability it brings a sense of as the French say, a certain Je ne sais quoi…When […]

David Jean-Baptiste In Conversation with Anton Weinberg Anton Weinberg a student of Hans Keller has held international professorships of music at Indiana University, professor of clarinet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London’s Barbican Centre, a professor in the new Gulbenkian and Leverhulme Trusts, and a member of the faculty for the […]

May the classical player play Weber’s concertos differently from the last time performed. Some may say this is a challenge, but when looked upon in the bright light of reality it is not really. Great clarinetists do this consistently and naturally making hairs stand on end each time at that. We may embrace the same […]

By BOB BERNOTAS When you hear the phrase, “New Orleans jazz,” what three instruments immediately come to mid? That’s right: cornet, trombone, and clarinet. In those early jazz combos, the clarinet provided a soaring, high register obbligato that enhanced, and, in the hands of the amazing Sidney Bechet, challenged, the cornet’s lead line. A decade […]

Hello Dear Readers David Here… The Contra-bass clarinet is truly an amazing instrument and a totally under used member of the Clarinet Family. Think about the low C on a Bass Clarinet and then try to hear the C an octave lower…You are now at the bottom of the Contra-bass Clarinet. Although I could ramble […]

Klezmer (Yiddish כליזמר or קלעזמער, pl כליזמר,כליזמרים, from Hebrew כלי זמר — instruments of music) is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews ofEastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations. The genre has its origins in Eastern Europe. In the United States the genre morphed considerably as Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants from Eastern […]

Clarinet players from Stadler to Fröst There are and were a lot of excellent and popular clarinet players and ensembles, and it is not simple to give you a list of the “best known” or “the best”. You find a list of the ones that I found were/are important in their time. Quite often the […]

Clarinet The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell. A person who plays a clarinet is called a clarinetist (sometimes spelled clarinettist). The word clarinet may have entered the English […]

Tenor Saxophone The Tenor Saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, […]

Clarinet Family The clarinet family of instruments family includes the well-known B♭ clarinet, the slightly less familiar E♭, A, and bass clarinets, and other clarinets as well. The standard B♭ and A clarinets are the best known, however, there are many other clarinet types in clarinet family, which are less common. Clarinet Family Instruments A […]

Bass Saxophone is larger than its more common brother baritone saxophone. It was the first type of saxophone presented to the public, when Adolphe Sax presented a bass saxophone in C at an exhibition in Brussels in 1841. The modern bass saxophone is a transposing instrument pitched in B♭, an octave below the tenor saxophone. […]

    Music and Best Practice of Karma         The 12 Laws of Karma 1. THE GREAT LAW 2. THE LAW OF CREATION 3. THE LAW OF HUMILITY 4. THE LAW OF GROWTH 5. THE LAW OF RESPONSIBILITY 6. THE LAW OF CONNECTION 7. THE LAW OF FOCUS 8. THE LAW OF […]

Playing Music with Passion What drives your passion positively? Playing Music with Passion Passion sometimes reaches boiling point. What happens when your passion for something, someone or a situation in your life was so intense it was on fire, burning inside you with life? Passion is it!!! You need to locate your passion button and […]

    Clarinet Family Instruments A very special link on the Clarinet Family sent to me and created by a very special person in Paris, enjoy and have fun, David http://anticwindbooks.chez-alice.fr/clarinet/clarinet.html Clarinet Family Instruments

Music and Creative Flow Music and Creative Flow. Have you ever had a creative evening when time suddenly flew by? A day when you executed a difficult project at work flawlessly? A brief moment in time when your challenging exercise routine felt effortless? All of these times you were in a state of flow. Flow […]

Haary Sparnaay, The Bass Clarinet   The bass clarinet – A personal history El Clarinete bajo – una historia personal Published by Periferiamusic -Barcelona www.periferiamusic.com                 The Bass Clarinet – a personal history    Book and CD ISBN: 978-84-938845-0-5 / Price: 69 EUR               […]

Jazz Clarinet Players When you hear the phrase, “New Orleans jazz,” what three instruments immediately come to mid? That’s right: cornet, trombone, and clarinet. In those early jazz combos, the clarinet provided a soaring, high register obbligato that enhanced, and, in the hands of the amazing Sidney Bechet, challenged, the cornet’s lead line. A decade […]

How Do I Get Music Sponsorship? How Do I Get a Music Sponsorship? The first step in getting a music sponsorship is typically to know and understand your audience. Most companies or organizations that might offer you sponsorship money will want some form of advertising or endorsement in return, so it can be helpful to show […]

The Basset-horn and Bass Clarinet           David Introduces the Basset-horn and the Bass Clarinet The Basset-horn is a sweet member of the clarinet family. The basset horn is typically pitched in F less sometimes in G.    Sabre Bass Clarinet Symposium with Matthias Muller Eric Dolphy, a tour de force of Bass […]

Sample from the book:Music and Memory (www.myspace.com/musicandmemory) (David’s Musical Memory Exercise) Think of the last time you played, maybe with friends, in a concert situation or in your bedroom or a practice room; choose a pleasant memory. Were you sitting or standing? Were there other people with you, other musicians and/or an audience? What clothes […]

Just want to share with you a few thoughts about the clarinet and why I believe it a good choice of instrument to learn. The clarinet is one of those instruments when a person reaches an acceptable level of ability it brings a sense of as the French say, a certain Je ne sais quoi…When […]

David Jean-Baptiste In Conversation with Anton Weinberg Anton Weinberg a student of Hans Keller has held international professorships of music at Indiana University, professor of clarinet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London’s Barbican Centre, a professor in the new Gulbenkian and Leverhulme Trusts, and a member of the faculty for the […]

May the classical player play Weber’s concertos differently from the last time performed. Some may say this is a challenge, but when looked upon in the bright light of reality it is not really. Great clarinetists do this consistently and naturally making hairs stand on end each time at that. We may embrace the same […]

  Click Here to hear John Coltrane’s Music   John William Coltrane, also known as “Trane” (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and was later at […]

Who are Anthony McGill and Demarre McGill? Anthony McGill and Demarre McGill are brothers who, although born and raised on Chicago’s tough South Side, have both achieved stellar levels of success in the world of classical music. While Anthony currently serves as the principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City, his […]

James Carter is an exceptional saxophonist and all round woodwinds player. Here is a video where he shares some of the devices he uses on his instruments… http://jamescarterlive.com/press/new-video-james-carter-clinic-in-moscow Photo by: Jimmy Katz