Heather Roche, Clarinettist

Heather Roche, Clarinettist

Strange and beautiful sounds with clarinets

Let's get to work! 💪

Let's get to work! 💪

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  • @vexywexypoo
    @vexywexypooАй бұрын

    Explains why people think squidward sounds terrible

  • @joeg46Highlands
    @joeg46HighlandsАй бұрын

    I couldn't help wondering if you could string a guitar with it. An erhu would probably be easier. A general bass clarinet question: whatever happened to drip keys? I play bc as my main instrument and risk drowning in long band rehearsals.

  • @hroche83
    @hroche837 күн бұрын

    You've got to keep using that swab!

  • @alyssaregent-composer9713
    @alyssaregent-composer9713Ай бұрын

    Does this work on bass clarinet ?? :0

  • @hroche83
    @hroche83Ай бұрын

    This is an unhelpful answer but: kind of

  • @alyssaregent-composer9713
    @alyssaregent-composer9713Ай бұрын

    @@hroche83 I'm assuming the sound quality is diminished even more ? as well as loudness levels

  • @christianghigi3212
    @christianghigi32122 ай бұрын

    Good evening. May you please tell me the length and diameter of the tube? Thank you. Best regards from Rimini. PS: If you come to Italy you will always be welcome guest.

  • @hroche83
    @hroche832 ай бұрын

    It's 16cm long and 19mm wide! (that's the outside dimensions for the width there) - and thank you! :)

  • @christianghigi3212
    @christianghigi32122 ай бұрын

    @@hroche83 Thanks a lot Heather!

  • @clamshelll
    @clamshelll2 ай бұрын

    sounds like an 808 when you do slap tongue

  • @hroche83
    @hroche832 ай бұрын

    amazing comparison, I love it

  • @mathewarrellin
    @mathewarrellin2 ай бұрын

    Love this! I'd love to see an extension on the bell too! I bet the multiphonics go wild when that happens

  • @hroche83
    @hroche832 ай бұрын

    That's a great idea!

  • @DonutShoes
    @DonutShoes2 ай бұрын

    Omg this is so cool, you're so cool!

  • @hroche83
    @hroche832 ай бұрын

    Aw shucks *blush*

  • @kasparkuoppamaki9077
    @kasparkuoppamaki90772 ай бұрын

    What is the difference between no. #7 and #20?

  • @christianghigi3212
    @christianghigi32122 ай бұрын

    I'm think I'm in love with you... Amazing creativity

  • @hroche83
    @hroche832 ай бұрын

    You are so kind

  • @billiereasoncomposer
    @billiereasoncomposer2 ай бұрын

    amazing concept and sound!!

  • @kulwinderkaur617
    @kulwinderkaur6173 ай бұрын

    Michael lowenstern is my favorite bass clarinet and composer in Brooklyn and I want to see him in concert in new york city this year!

  • @joeg46Highlands
    @joeg46Highlands3 ай бұрын

    And I spent all that money on an octave pedal!

  • @joeg46Highlands
    @joeg46Highlands3 ай бұрын

    I seem to remember a video of Lol Coxhill playing soprano sax underwater in a swimming pool. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKVnuI-kk8yph8o.html

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Amazing!

  • @JHolan-dw8kd
    @JHolan-dw8kd3 ай бұрын

    Maybe this is part of why whales sound the way they do.

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Nature's clarinets

  • @RachManJohn
    @RachManJohn3 ай бұрын

    I think I may use this in a composition I'm currently working on. Is that alright?

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Of course! That's what these videos are here for :)

  • @samuelbrown434
    @samuelbrown4343 ай бұрын

    ok... this is going to sound crazy, but hear me out. You need a plastic clarinet with waterproof pads and glue and the ability to submerge much more of the clarinet into the water. I need to know what that will sound like even if it ends up being a complete failure.

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    not crazy at all, I'd love to know too!

  • @latenightjazzbartok
    @latenightjazzbartok3 ай бұрын

    I can see how these could be used constructively in a composition, especially if amplified - Zappa once got the didgeridoo player of the Ensemble Modern to play into a bucket of water but it sounded more like a bad case of the squits!

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    That's brilliant - someone else was telling me about this just this weekend when I was talking about making this video :)

  • @danlonnealeks8891
    @danlonnealeks88913 ай бұрын

    What happens if you wrap your thumb and index finger around the open end of the pipe and use your other fingers to vary the opening size?

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    I can lower the pitch a tiny bit but it's really minimal since the opening is so small

  • @feinstruktur
    @feinstruktur3 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Heather! This answers my question I had when seeing your Bassclarinet Water in the Horn video.

  • @rodrigovpascale
    @rodrigovpascale3 ай бұрын

    Hi Heather. Thank you for this very helpful resource!!

  • @xanderprangler8621
    @xanderprangler86213 ай бұрын

    I don't konw why KZread recommended this to me... but I'm glad it did.

  • @Granite165
    @Granite1653 ай бұрын

    I know nothing about clarinets or woodwinds outside of what the average fourth grader who learned Hot Cross Buns on a recorder would know. I am equally confused and excited. Far out.

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    I love this. Welcome to a confusing and exciting space on your KZread feed 🤪 we aim to please

  • @nram3930
    @nram39303 ай бұрын

    This has mad potential for sound design, I'm gonna need some proper samples of this!

  • @Schwa_Iska
    @Schwa_Iska3 ай бұрын

    Would love to hear an ensemble of this madness. Great effect!

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Oh my word can you imagine, that would be so good

  • @Kazinite
    @Kazinite3 ай бұрын

    Love the shirt! The Smile's new album is great. Beautiful sound by the way

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Thank you! And yes - love that record :)

  • @whatsthatnoise5955
    @whatsthatnoise59553 ай бұрын

    Not responding to emails because so much time has passed it would be embarrassing to do so is basically how I live my life, so no judgement there

  • @MiniOne82
    @MiniOne823 ай бұрын

    With water sounds abit like a didgeridoo.

  • @davidscher4303
    @davidscher43033 ай бұрын

    been doin that since the early seventies, also metal b flat and e flat in a bowl.

  • @lunameriweather7693
    @lunameriweather76933 ай бұрын

    hehehe blub blub blub blub ^w^

  • @peterfalconer
    @peterfalconer3 ай бұрын

    Sweet! Now do it with custard!

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @user-rr4rs3nt7y
    @user-rr4rs3nt7y3 ай бұрын

    With sliced banana??

  • @peterfalconer
    @peterfalconer3 ай бұрын

    @@hroche83 CLARINET TRIFLE!

  • @feinstruktur
    @feinstruktur3 ай бұрын

    Lovely effect! Does it work with the Bb- and Eb-Clarinets as well lowering them in a bowl of water or is it detrimental to the material of the instruments?

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    I'm definitely going to do another video about this (although since I saw you just followed me on insta there's a short clip of me doing it there in a few months ago!)

  • @latenightjazzbartok
    @latenightjazzbartok3 ай бұрын

    Water is a great sonic aid - have heard some incredible sounds from gongs being lowered into tanks of water!

  • @agnidas5816
    @agnidas58163 ай бұрын

    3:15 that resonance is crazy ... low overtones (under tones?) Thank you for showing this and talking about it in such detail. I am wondering about making my own no-finger-hole horn of sorts hmm.

  • @ChazUnderriner
    @ChazUnderriner3 ай бұрын

    such a good guide for both students and pros. thanks!

  • @familysizetaquitos3670
    @familysizetaquitos36703 ай бұрын

    You can do some cool 2000’s techno with that!

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Oh my goodness I would love that

  • @AlirezaGholamian-ys8fl
    @AlirezaGholamian-ys8fl3 ай бұрын

    Thank you dear Heather, the video was very helpful for me👌👌

  • @ChazUnderriner
    @ChazUnderriner3 ай бұрын

    I've seen Dries Tack in curious chamber players do some stuff like this before. Sounds awesome!

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    He's amazing!!

  • @ChazUnderriner
    @ChazUnderriner3 ай бұрын

    @@hroche83 right??!?

  • @LilliePHarris
    @LilliePHarris3 ай бұрын

    All of your reasons for not replying seem totally reasonable to me to be honest, go easy on yourself!

  • @anonymousaxolotl
    @anonymousaxolotl3 ай бұрын

    I think Dennis Brain (great french horn player) did something similar where he played a concerto with a garden hose in the 50s

  • @joeg46Highlands
    @joeg46Highlands3 ай бұрын

    I think Hoffnung might have been involved

  • @HoodedOlive
    @HoodedOlive3 ай бұрын

    The higher overtones almost sound trumpet esc. Very interesting sound. I’m a saxophonist (tenor) btw

  • @GregHarradineComposer
    @GregHarradineComposer3 ай бұрын

    On behalf of composers everywhere: thank you Heather!

  • @hanearlpark
    @hanearlpark3 ай бұрын

    Can you unroll the PVC clarinet, and snake it, say, into different rooms?

  • @PlasticSinks
    @PlasticSinks3 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Defo. Did a piece once where I had an "assistant" who had the other end and twirled it around the room like he was going to lasso a cow. Quite a cool spacialisation....

  • @hanearlpark
    @hanearlpark3 ай бұрын

    @@hroche83 [aside] Reminded of Oren Marshall’s spatialized tuba. [/aside]

  • @hb3393
    @hb33933 ай бұрын

    There's a great trio by a Mexican composer called Hugo Morales Murgia which uses similar DIY reed instruments, except the performers have to gradually cut the pipe during the performance

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Ooh that's fun, I've got to find the score...

  • @hb3393
    @hb33933 ай бұрын

    @@hroche83 it's not the most exciting score if I remember correctly, but it's definitely an exciting piece!

  • @DonutShoes
    @DonutShoes3 ай бұрын

    yesssssssssssss

  • @glum_hippo
    @glum_hippo3 ай бұрын

    Is it easy/hard/impossible to isolate overtones?

  • @hroche83
    @hroche833 ай бұрын

    Not easy - the fundamental does tend to creep in, but definitely possible!

  • @maximilianosotomayorga4977
    @maximilianosotomayorga49774 ай бұрын

    Love youuuu

  • @FloridaCactus
    @FloridaCactus4 ай бұрын

    Used to play bass clarinet, dont anymore, following you cause i miss playing it

  • @hroche83
    @hroche834 ай бұрын

    Aw, that's lovely - it really is a great instrument :)

  • @peterfalconer
    @peterfalconer4 ай бұрын

    Excellent vid - all really useful. And your edits/gags are great fun - looks like you're enjoying making these! ;)

  • @hroche83
    @hroche834 ай бұрын

    haha just a bit… I’m glad you like them :)

  • @toddtarantino
    @toddtarantino4 ай бұрын

    Great video Heather!

  • @stuartelliottcomposer
    @stuartelliottcomposer4 ай бұрын

    0:35 love that sass neck!