Bass Clarinet All-State Resources

Chromatic Scale

Begin by practicing this very slowly and slurred.
Make sure you are using correct alternate fingerings on the following notes: low register A#/B-flat, Side or sliver D#/E-flat, Side key F#/G-flat, high register F#/G-flat, side key or sliver A#/B-flat.
Once you are comfortable with the slurred fingerings, add a legato articulation (dee, dee syllable), and gradually increase the speed.
Don’t play this faster than you can cleanly execute tongue and fingers.

Play a slight crescendo through m. 1 into the downbeat of m. 2, then decrescendo into the F#. Phrase m. 3-4 the same way.
Crescendo m. 5 all the way through the downbeat of m. 7, then slowly decrescendo into m. 8.
Start m. 9 piano, remembering the crescendo goes all the way to m. 13. Keep m. 13-14 forte, then decrescendo through m. 15-16.

i. M. 5 after the first eighth note

ii. M. 8 at the end of the measure

iii. M. 13 after the first eighth note

iv. M. 17 after the first eighth note

v. M. 20 at the end of the measure

M. 1-4 play forte, but don’t articulate too heavily on the staccatos. Observe the small crescendo and decrescendo in each measure slightly.
M. 5-8 perform a slight crescendo.
You can pull the dynamic back a bit at the start of m. 9, and begin another crescendo taking you to forte in m. 13.
M. 13-16 perform as m. 1-4.
M. 17-20 perform a slight crescendo
Pull the dynamic back again in m. 21, and begin a new crescendo into the downbeat of m. 24. Round off the phrase in m. 24 at the cadence.