Usually, a bass clarinet player is a misunderstood, but very useful instrument in a band. Higher than a bari sax, but lower than a tenor sax, the bass clarinet player is the median in a low reed section. Not too high, not too low.
Band Director 1:We need more bari.
Bd 2:We need more tenor.
Bd 3:Nah, both would be over-kill. We need something in between.
Bd 1:We could add some bass clarinets player...
All:YES!
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Our tubas suck, so what do we do? Add more bass clarinets.
-Bass Clarinet Player explanation of what happens to tubas that suck
Bd 2:We need more tenor.
Bd 3:Nah, both would be over-kill. We need something in between.
Bd 1:We could add some bass clarinets player...
All:YES!
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Our tubas suck, so what do we do? Add more bass clarinets.
-Bass Clarinet Player explanation of what happens to tubas that suck
by Phantom034` November 3, 2008
Get the Bass Clarinet Playermug. by 1st Chair December 27, 2009
Get the bass clarinet playermug. "This bass instrument of the Clarinet family is usually played by people who suck on regular Clarinet and therefore also naturally suck on Bass Clarinet. No one can ever hear them so who cares if they play? Usually mess up the simplest of things such as whole notes especially when they are exposed. Along with the Alto Clarinet it is often used by good clarinet players to get into District, State, and other Various Honor Bands. Some are whiney and complain that they can't march but it dosen't matter becasue they don't know how to play anyways. Rarley a Bari Sax player will have to doubble on Bass Clarinet for Jazz band."
"Hey! The concert was great even though the onlything I could hear from the Bass Clarinets were their Squeakes."
by Teth Bedrows June 3, 2009
Get the Bass Clarinetmug. Usually a player of the bass clarinet which is just like a regular clarinet but lower. Might be friends with the alto saxophone player and may cause unneeded drama in band.
by alskj November 23, 2007
Get the bass clarinet playermug. Football player 1: what instrument is that?
Football player 2: I think it’s a saxophone...
Drum major: *throws baton* NOT a SaXiPhOnE!
Me: Bass Clarinet!
Football player 1: what the heak is that?
Football player 2: I think it’s a saxophone...
Drum major: *throws baton* NOT a SaXiPhOnE!
Me: Bass Clarinet!
Football player 1: what the heak is that?
by Emmadilemma1305 March 20, 2019
Get the Bass Clarinetmug. by Bcmusic July 30, 2025
Get the bass clarinetmug. by Bcmusic July 30, 2025
Get the Playing the Bass Clarinetmug.