a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
Examples of 'bass clarinet' in a sentence
bass clarinet
It still applies for the oboe, cor anglais and clarinet, including the bass clarinet.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Mendonça does it with a small ensemble, dominated by the shudders of viola and cello, and the melancholy of bass clarinet and marimba.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The string sound of the opening was moth-like in its softness, the quivering viola figures sweetly turned, curling bassoon and bass clarinet expertly pointed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Pine's decision to channel so much energy into the cumbersome bass clarinet doesn't exactly help.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Organ and bass clarinet join in but a little more textural variety would have helped.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This is the uproar of a revolution, as trumpet and bass clarinet surf the rhythmic onslaught.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Two clarinets, a bass clarinet and a harp limpidly step up and down the stave, answered by a whispering violin.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On the bass clarinet his range, from slap tonguing to whispered romanticism, was simply stunning.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His deft shifting from tenor to soprano saxophone, and his canny excursions on the bass clarinet, give the trio tonal variety.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His 'bass clarinet' is made from garden hose, and he has also fashioned an instrument from the handle of a cheap feather duster.