Bennie Maupin discusses his love affair with the bass clarinet. This story is part of our spotlight this month on musicians who play instruments tuned in the lower frequencies.

The squawks coming from the bass clarinet are not missed notes, but emulating the pinch harmonics of the guitars in the song as best can be done on the woodwind instrument.

This clarinet was made by Anton Nechwalsky in Vienna, Austria about 1853. It is a 16-keyed bass clarinet in B-flat, made of stained maple with brass ferrules, keys, and bell.

Random factoid: the solo bass clarinet clip you hear as the theme to NPR’s “Science out of the Box” segment -- that’s Michael too. Michael received a Fulbright grant to study in Amsterdam and was the ...

Since the end of the big band era, the clarinet has taken a backseat to the sexier saxophone. But in the Bay Area, the oft-overlooked instrument is having a moment.

The clarinet player is sometimes called upon to play the saxophone or the bass clarinet. Saxophone - the saxophone was developed from the clarinet by Adolphe Sax in 1840.

PLYMOUTH MEETING — She recently earned first chair bass clarinet status at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region 6 Band Concert, which qualified her to play with April’s ...