The Bass Clarinet: The Most Important Role In Music

It is the first day of school and sally looks at her schedule, and she sees that her first class is band class. So she then goes to her class and is asked what instrument she wants to play upon arrival. She wants to play something that looks cool and that has cool pieces in music; therefore, she looks at the drums, clarinets, flutes, and trumpets. As she believes that these instruments are the most important and coolest looking, because she has seen and heard them before in concerts. Even so, is she right? Well no. The bass clarinet is the most important instrument in a band due to its unique shape, unique sound, and it role in the band. The unique parts and shape of the bass clarinet is what makes it truly beautiful. The bass clarinet …show more content…
Because the bass clarinet is so long, it has a wide note range. Meaning that it can play really low notes as low as a tuba can play, and really high notes as a flute can play. Thanks to the wide range the bass clarinet can play, it can play some really important parts in music. In a musical piece, there is a balance to how loud an instrument plays, and it is based on high and pitched it is. If it is high pitched, like a flute, it is the softest as higher pitches are easier to hear. If it is low pitched, like the bass clarinet, it plays the loudest as it may be harder to hear. This can be called the Triangle of Sound with the lower voices in the bottom and the higher voices are to the top. This makes the lower voices the foundation of the entire band. The lower instruments like the tuba or the trombone do not have a wide range of notes as the bass clarinet does. So they are limited to what they can play and how they can, but the bass clarinet is not. It can play the slow harmony in a dark piece, or it can play a fast upbeat melody in joyous piece. From songs about spring time to songs about death, the bass clarinet can play it all.
The bass clarinet is the most important and most beautiful instrument in a band. It is unique shape that gives its beauty and the amazing playing abilities that can do on it. With its abilities to play just about anything and its role as the foundation of the band, it has a unique position in what part it plays. So when you want to play an important instrument, remember that the bass clarinet is the most important of them