Alfred Reed: Scherzo Fantastique - Akshat Ghuge, Contra-Alto Clarinet 

thanks!

thank you 👍👍

yeah that’s the main thing i’m working on with contra right now, making the registers a lot more even in tone. thanks!

i’m playing on a school-owned selmer C* mouthpiece w/ a standard rovner leather ligature and strength 3 vandoren blue box bari sax reeds (i used to use contrabass reeds, switched to baris tho bc they’re less expensive and have a more powerful sound even though they’re more difficult to play) for intonation, i’m not sure if there’s rlly much you can do as i usually also have intonation issues. best bet is to blow a bunch of warm air through the neck before playing if you’re super flat and pull out the neck all the way if you’re flat. from my experience throat tones and low notes on contra usually tend to be super finicky so just experiment with different fingerings and do long tones to find the sound/intonation that’s closest to what you want. hope this helps!

@@akshat-gh thank you so much

yup it’s a selmer! pretty sure it’s a model 40

Thanks a lot!

Eb

nope, lowest note is E

@@akshat-gh omg thank you!!

thanks!

sounds good tho

i liked this performance man come on

@@akshat-gh it is a good piece