Low C vs Low Eb Selmer Paris Bass Clarinet Comparison

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6 ай бұрын

Hey everyone,
I hope you're all having a beautiful and memorable day.
This is a video showing the difference in timbre between low C vs low Eb bass clarinets. Specifically this is between a Selmer Paris model 67 (low C) and model 65 (low Eb). I have found the Selmer bass clarinets to be the best in the world. I have tried many others, yet none have as open and beautiful sound. I am interested to see which instrument you prefer and why. They are both fantastic bass clarinets and I play them both regularly.
For microphones I used a Neumann U87 and AKG 414 with a flat EQ and no effects.
I am an artist for Selmer Paris, D'Addario reeds, ReedGeek, & Silverstein Ligatures. I'm playing a vintage Bay mouthpiece with size 3 D'Addario Reserve reeds and and Silverstein Estro ligature. Thank you for watching and please subscribe for more videos about the low woodwinds.

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@lowtone9

The Eb sounds less restricted, more open, but I’m not sure I would hear that the same if I didn’t know which was being played. You sound fantastic on both!

@kulwinderkaur617

Michael lowenstern is my favorite bass clarinet and he played bass clarinet!

@PatrickKizny

The Eb sounds way fuller on the bottom, but that's probably bc these are near-bell notes. Otherwise both sound marvellous and you sound incredibly even between registers.

@emjay2045

Yes, most Eb’s are louder , fuller , & more persnickety… but to play the D, Db , & C is a must in a lot of situations in music ….

@jmwoods190

Interestingly I actually prefer your sound on the Low C, especially the lowest notes- they sound denser and more even to me, while the Low Eb sounds overall more spread which isn't my cup of tea, even though I'm aware that you prefer Low Eb. To each of their own, I guess.

@mambojazz1 21 күн бұрын

Actually low C sounds better. Sounds more uniform from note to note, more focused, and perhaps the intonation seems better

@BKrystall

The low Eb is lighter and it has a better intonation.

@loganjames3789

Interesting. I want to hear a distinctly different tone quality between the two and its extremely marginal if I do. By 'more open' does that mean projection, I sometimes ask? And yes, being capable to play those bottom three notes on the low C model, especially in a run or conclusion to a musical phrase surely is a strong reason to love being a bass horn musician? Suddenly jumping up an octave on a descending run grates musically, especially in a situation where you're the only bass horn in the ensemble. And I'd love to have the one-each choice! For all but the determined pro musicians its mostly the Eb for the disproportionate cost between the two models.

@Rubytuesday12612

coooooool sound Mr.Landrus, How are you?

@super20dan

bay mpcs rock!

@christophercruz5891

I can now put a voice to the name. I wanted to hear what your voice sounded like I was trying to imagine what you sounded like during our messages the other day. Hope we can talk more soon. I'd love to see you one day