【Hibike! Euphonium】 Crescent Moon Dance / 三日月の舞 (Clarinet Cover) 【クラリネット】

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What do you do when you want to talk to a low brass player?

Euphonium! :D

Okay, this one was pretty fun (and nasty) to do. It's pretty standard fare as far as concert band pieces go, with the clarinet serving as a scales/runs bot. Which also means that there are a lot of notes to transcribe (and I'm sure I made at least a few mistakes in there). Fortunately, they're mostly in easy keys and pretty much just play themselves. The staccato high notes though...geez.

I was in awe at the quality of animation in the series. I don't think a music anime has ever looked this good from a purely technical standpoint. Not to mention, in the one shot where they have clarinet fingerings, they nailed it ^_^

Botched a bunch of takes yesterday, and ran it some more with a metronome. I managed to miraculously do it on the first attempt today in a single shot! Fortunately, you can't hear the phone ringing in the second half...I think. Otherwise it would've been take 321996 orz

Forgive the few wonky notes. I think the recording might be tuned to A442, as notes that I'm usually able to play in tune sound horribly flat at times. Pretty happy with this apart from that though!

Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed!

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The goods:

Sheet music (difficulty 5/5):
https://app.box.com/s/tquszo86ylm9edi...

MP3: https://app.box.com/s/vxq8dvxq3r368cl...

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Since I often get asked about my setup...

Clarinet: Buffet R13 + Taplin-Weir Ringless Barrel
Mouthpiece: Vandoren M15 (13 Series/Profile 88)
Reed: Vandoren Traditional (strength 4)
Ligature: Vandoren Optimum

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Credits:

Crescent Moon Dance (三日月の舞)
By "Namie Horikawa" a.k.a Akito Matsuda
From the anime Sound! Euphonium (響け！ユーフォニアム)