The reason why the chalumeau sounds a lot lower than the recorder has nothing to do with the bore diameter, but rather the fact that the recorder is open at both ends (it has the fipple hole) while the chalumeau is not.
To make it even more challenging, turn the mouthpiece around so that the reed is facing up. This is how early clarinets and chalumeaus were played. It was an entirely different technique.
It's confusing! The first time I tried the clarinet I could get a sound either way and would very happily play it upside down. Also there's whether to cover the teeth with the lips, I can get notes all ways (having tried sideways lol) but yeah, reeds on the bottom with the clarinet.
I am a pensioner now and in my retirement have taught myself the recorder ,descant ,alto, tenor not perfect but great enjoyment . Now I am onto the clarinet and what a beast it is, just like my wife I never know what side of the bed they are going to get out of and the reed is a nightmare some days it plays beautiful other days so frustrating
Enjoyment is definitely the main thing, we all need to remind ourselves it’s not about perfection! As for temperamental wives and reeds- you just gotta take the rough with the smooth!
I began my music playing on clarinet in marching band YEARS ago. I also tried helping a friend of mine take up the clarinet, so some points you might consider (if you already know these, good for you). 1. Get about four reeds, so you can play one one day and then let it rest for a few days. 2. If you are changing the tension of the ligature (the metal thingy that holds the reed against the mouth piece) between playing, that might be causing the different tone quality. 3. If you already play recorder, I'm guessing you know how to "support" the tone from your diaphragm. If not, find a player and have him explain it for you. It's not hard, but it's difficult to explain. It will be easier if someone just shows you. Glad to hear you are trying to learn some new instruments. Good Luck!
@@sifridbassoon Thanks for the advice ,as to the reeds I only use plastic now as I have never found a cane reed I can play on .The great thing about the recorder is that if I am not getting the sound out of it I want I know it is my fault where as the clarinet can be many things such as reeds ,leaks ,climate
I have played clarinet for over 40 years. The natural cane reed IS the most temperamental and unreliable part of the instrument. Nothing can sound better than a natural reed, but it takes incredible patience. Reeds can change with temperature, humidity, and weather conditions. They take time to break in. Some reeds simply do not work! Plastic reeds are more reliable, but do not sound quite as nice.
@@peter3835 Perhaps you could take the clarinet to a music shop to make sure it is in good playing condition. It is worth the investment, in my opinion.
Quick tip: when playing the chalumeau, assuming you play it like a clarinet, keep the end of the instrument pointed more towards your knees and don’t clamp onto the mouth piece too hard so you don’t leave tooth marks :)
A thoroughly and accurately researched history of the chalumeau. It appears that the precursor to the chalumeau was a double-piped, single-reed instrument, akin to the North African zumarra, in which one of the pipes served as a drone pipe. With the elimination of the drone pipe, the early form of the chalumeau emerged in the middle ages.
Ten or more years ago, when I was in Nîmes, in the South of France, I happened upon a dusty little shop in a side street that sold hand made recorders and bombardes and chalumeaux. The owner and instrument maker showed and played some of his instruments for me, old French folk tunes. It was magical and delightful. Unfortunately I was broke at the time or I would have bought a chalumeau from him!
Ah that just sounds like one of those situations where you’d never be able to find the shop again, even if you wanted too… I wonder if it’s still there..?
Oh god... In elementary school band I was forced to play clarinet (and hated it) and watching (and hearing you) with the reed brought all these 45 year old painful memories of the icky feeling of a reed embouchure in my mouth... :)
I've never seen or heard of a chalameau. I have never been able to get a sound out of a reed instrument. So on that count absolutely well done. And you got a pretty decent tune out of it then. Well done, I've also been looking at different instruments. Last year I purchased a Kalimba also known as thumb piano. I think you might like those too. Look forward to seeing what else you have in store for us. Happy tooting
I like the little chalumeau, but I must admit I haven’t rushed out to get any more reed instruments! Seems like a lot of hard work and faff compared to flute or recorder… I am biding my time on getting a kalimba… my husband may start to panic if I bring many more instruments home for a while 😅 I have a few awaiting attention!
Most likely it’s tuned in low (baroque) pitch rather than a=440, which is likely why your tuner is indicating an out of tune e natural. The lowest fingered note should probably be f natural, with thumb plus left three fingers being c, just like the chalumeaux register on a clarinet. Just my hunch.
Ah, I did wonder if it wasn’t in modern pitch, and then promptly didn’t act on my own suspicion! It seems a lot of these chalumeaux at the cheaper end of the scale are in modern pitch though... but I’ll try it out again, thank you!
@@TenorCantusFirmus I think you may be right. I asked the chap that I bought it off, he says he bought it as being in E… but baroque pitch seems more likely!
I just discovered this on some other youtube video and think its sound is soooo beautiful. Shame it doesn't work with recorder fingerings. Such a red herring.
It is truly a beautiful instrument (in the right hands- not mine, ha). I think the fingerings would be pretty easy to get memorised- I just wish I’d had a fingering chart to make sure I was starting off right! I wish more people knew about the chalumeau, it deserves to be heard!
Looks interesting, thank you for this posting. I am not a musician and was advised to try the Irish whistle, but the sound from your reeded instrument is more mellow than the whistle. Perhaps I’ll give it a try. 🎼
The chalumeau is mostly a lovely mellow sound, but with the odd accidental high pitched squeak thrown in while learning, haha! ‘Low D’ and ‘Low C’ Irish whistles have a beautiful low sound, I’d like to try them one day.
And the higher register of the clarinet is the clarino. I’m not sure why so it would be interesting to find out about the history. As for placing the reed if you leave a hairline section of the mouthpiece still visible it can help to make a sound easier. Something my clarinet teacher corrected to being in line with the mouthpiece but I think it’s better as a beginner as I was taught 😊
Ooo thanks for the tip, I’ll try that tomorrow! I vaguely remember reading something about the clarino register when I was researching chalumeaux... I think ‘clarino’ was a name for an early form of trumpet which had no valves to help play higher notes. When the clarinet was being developed it was often called a ‘mock trumpet’ and it could manage higher notes easier than the valveless trumpets- so it’s higher range took its name from those renaissance/ baroque trumpets... Or maybe I’ve dreamt all this 😅
@@ClaythorpeMusic Sorry for jumping in like this i only wanted to say that in italian clarino is like a little clarinet so maybe the clarino is the Eb clarinet that is high, but i don't know=)
What a pretty, lovely gurlie! Thanks for nice presentation! Does this thing go through a second octave? Do you have to half open the hole on the back? I know it has a cylindrical bore and for some reason cylindrical bores hate to switch into a higher octave, even with normal clarinet (I think) there is a difficult junction between low and high octaves. While conical bores (oboe and saxophone, as well as Cornett switch with no problem. Cheers
I would like a selection of pop, folk and classical music in the chalumeau range (an octave plus one). Bach's Aria in D ( aria on a G string) as an example. I thought you did great for only a half hour.
Very good. I play clarinet so I'd be familiar with one of these. However as my chalumeau playing friend Kathy informed me, they're not always easy to play in tune. Plus you don't always get a good one. There are a lot of cheap chalumeaus (chalumeaux?) out there and most are rubbish. But if you get a good one (yours doesn't seem too bad) they can sound fab.
Definitely not easy to play in tune, I’ve been messing around with it a bit more and found the notes are pretty ‘bendable’ (for want of a better word). I love the sound of clarinet... maybe one day! I bet a chalumeau (yes, I think ‘chalumeaux’ is the plural) would be a fun thing to pick up for a clarinet player 🙂
I got this one second hand off eBay, and I don’t think this model is made any more. But there are a couple that look very similar at a reasonable price on thomann. com 🙂
I went from a recorder to a sax when I was 50 .... it takes simply years of practice to really wrap your mouth around a reed, it is so much more complex than the recorder mouthpiece....you should know that there are numerous different brands and strengths of reeds with different levels of rigidity ... with enough practice you will learn how to adjust the pitch with your mouth alone without changing your fingering......
Please do check out videos of people playing the chalumeau properly (I.e, not me!) if you haven’t already. Such a beautiful instrument. I’m sure you’ll appreciate it even more as a clarinetist!
Instead of wetting the reed in your mouth, or dipping as you showed us, just drop it into the glass of water. Leave it a minute or so. That'll be fine. I play the clarinet and that's what I do. You can slo (eventually - you need to develop your embouchure a bit first) you can move on to plastic reeds, which don't need to be moistened. Sadly, there is no argument against plastic reeds from an eco point of view. All natural reeds come in a plastic case, and as they break or wear out much. much quicker than the synthetic reeds you end up using more plastic that way. The musical advantage of the plastic reeds is that they are consistent. A natural reed will vary from day to day. The musical disadvantage is that natural reeds can sound better, if you buy good ones, but you can find professional musicians who are saying that's no longer true these days.
Ah thanks for the tips! To be honest my chalumeau hasn’t had much of a look in over the past few weeks. I’ve been practicing fife and now a flute, which I’m really loving. I will get back to the chalumeau in time… but flute embouchure is enough to be going on with for now! I was shocked at the amount of packaging for one reed. I know it is all there for a reason, but does make me wonder if there isn’t a better way to do it!
Thanks, I didn't consider that at the time (clearly!) Haven't had any time to practice chalumeau for a while but when I get back to it i'll try this :)
Thank you for making this video. You mentioned that Telemann and Vivaldi wrote music for Chalumeau. I was unaware of that. Do you happen to know what pieces they wrote for the instrument?
Have a look for ‘Concerto for two chalumeaux’ by Telemann, there are recordings of it on YT and the score is available on IMSLP .org Vivaldi wrote multi-instrument pieces that contained chalumeau parts- concerto in C major is one. Also, if you Google ‘list of compositions featuring the chalumeau’ you should be able to find the page on IMSLP that lists other composer’s works too! (Sorry I haven’t left direct links here, sometimes comments with links get removed, so it’s safer not to!) It’s a fascinating instrument, I enjoyed researching and listening to it. Hope you will too!
The best example is in Vivaldi's Iuditah Triumphans oratorio "Veni veni me sequere fida" but Zelenka, Camilla de Rossi and most abundantly Graupner wrote for chalumeaux. Despite the name being french it got widespread use in the HRE but not in France, where they prefered the baroque clarinet.
Your chalumeau reminds me of a xaphoon I purchased a few years ago. Hated the taste of the reed and I could never get a good sound without hurting my cheeks, 😂. You definitely did better than I did. Maybe you could try the xaphoon fingering chart: xaphoon.com/pages/fingering-charts
Oooh thanks, I’ll take a look. I don’t know if I could get used to the reed taste, it was so strong! Maybe we tried unfortunate brands! Hope you’re getting on better with your bass!
Yes, the bass is coming along-the spike I purchased made all the difference for me. Wrapping my brain around the bass clef has been a brain twister more so than I thought. I thought my short time with piano and the fact, for the most part, the bass and alto are the same fingerings would be no problem to grasp, but man! It’s a workout for me, 😂. The thought of later focusing on c fingerings-whew!!?? Still loving the challenge, though. I just have to stop looking at other woodwinds-it’s so addicting to want to play EVERYTHING. Cheers!
The xaphoon is very similar to a chalumeau or a clarinet. Like those instruments it has a single-reed, a cylindrical bore, and overblows on the twelfth.
I got mine second hand on ebay, but they don’t come up very often... I know Thomann sells one: m.thomann.de/gb/thomann_chalumeau_maple_xaphoon_clarineau_saxonette.htm?o=0&search=1622240468 Or there are some beautiful ones here: www.sansluthier.net/en/woodwind-brass/pocket-clarinets/chalumeau And handmade ones here: www.theshawmshop.co.uk/chalumeau I haven’t tried any of these, but I hope that helps 🙂
Great video, however please loose the terrible background music.. Yuk! Canned, awful, repetitive and annoying. Really detracts from your otherwise great content.
Why do you have that annoying, modern pop music in the background, even while you're playing the chalumeau? So at odds with such an historic instrument and the character of music it would have played! Good luck on your musical journey.
@@ClaythorpeMusic well that was a quick reply! Good idea to lose the background music. I'll check out your newer videos. Since you said you are a beginning recorder player, you may benefit from another RUclipsr, Sarah Jeffery. She is a professional recorder player and covers a wide range of recorder topics. Do you know of her? Here's a link to get you started. Be well. ruclips.net/video/9KZbADc2I8g/видео.html
@@calrob300 haha, I just so happened to be on RUclips when your comment popped up… took me a bit longer to reply this time 😅 Thanks for the recommendation- I’m a big fan of Sarah’s, her videos really helped me get started with the recorder.
The reason why the chalumeau sounds a lot lower than the recorder has nothing to do with the bore diameter, but rather the fact that the recorder is open at both ends (it has the fipple hole) while the chalumeau is not.
To make it even more challenging, turn the mouthpiece around so that the reed is facing up. This is how early clarinets and chalumeaus were played. It was an entirely different technique.
It's confusing! The first time I tried the clarinet I could get a sound either way and would very happily play it upside down. Also there's whether to cover the teeth with the lips, I can get notes all ways (having tried sideways lol) but yeah, reeds on the bottom with the clarinet.
Whaaaaaaaaaat
I am a pensioner now and in my retirement have taught myself the recorder ,descant ,alto, tenor not perfect but great enjoyment . Now I am onto the clarinet and what a beast it is, just like my wife I never know what side of the bed they are going to get out of and the reed is a nightmare some days it plays beautiful other days so frustrating
Enjoyment is definitely the main thing, we all need to remind ourselves it’s not about perfection! As for temperamental wives and reeds- you just gotta take the rough with the smooth!
I began my music playing on clarinet in marching band YEARS ago. I also tried helping a friend of mine take up the clarinet, so some points you might consider (if you already know these, good for you).
1. Get about four reeds, so you can play one one day and then let it rest for a few days.
2. If you are changing the tension of the ligature (the metal thingy that holds the reed against the mouth piece) between playing, that might be causing the different tone quality.
3. If you already play recorder, I'm guessing you know how to "support" the tone from your diaphragm. If not, find a player and have him explain it for you. It's not hard, but it's difficult to explain. It will be easier if someone just shows you. Glad to hear you are trying to learn some new instruments. Good Luck!
@@sifridbassoon
Thanks for the advice ,as to the reeds I only use plastic now as I have never found a cane reed I can play on .The great thing about the recorder is that if I am not getting the sound out of it I want I know it is my fault where as the clarinet can be many things such as reeds ,leaks ,climate
I have played clarinet for over 40 years. The natural cane reed IS the most temperamental and unreliable part of the instrument. Nothing can sound better than a natural reed, but it takes incredible patience. Reeds can change with temperature, humidity, and weather conditions. They take time to break in. Some reeds simply do not work! Plastic reeds are more reliable, but do not sound quite as nice.
@@peter3835 Perhaps you could take the clarinet to a music shop to make sure it is in good playing condition. It is worth the investment, in my opinion.
Quick tip: when playing the chalumeau, assuming you play it like a clarinet, keep the end of the instrument pointed more towards your knees and don’t clamp onto the mouth piece too hard so you don’t leave tooth marks :)
A thoroughly and accurately researched history of the chalumeau. It appears that the precursor to the chalumeau was a double-piped, single-reed instrument, akin to the North African zumarra, in which one of the pipes served as a drone pipe. With the elimination of the drone pipe, the early form of the chalumeau emerged in the middle ages.
Squeaking's so fun! Ex trumpet player here and I love it loud, high, and ear-piercing!
Ten or more years ago, when I was in Nîmes, in the South of France, I happened upon a dusty little shop in a side street that sold hand made recorders and bombardes and chalumeaux. The owner and instrument maker showed and played some of his instruments for me, old French folk tunes. It was magical and delightful. Unfortunately I was broke at the time or I would have bought a chalumeau from him!
Ah that just sounds like one of those situations where you’d never be able to find the shop again, even if you wanted too… I wonder if it’s still there..?
@@ClaythorpeMusic Yes, very Earthsea or Glass Bead Game.
Oh god... In elementary school band I was forced to play clarinet (and hated it) and watching (and hearing you) with the reed brought all these 45 year old painful memories of the icky feeling of a reed embouchure in my mouth... :)
I love that instrument! (and you did GREAT on your first try!)
I've never seen or heard of a chalameau. I have never been able to get a sound out of a reed instrument. So on that count absolutely well done. And you got a pretty decent tune out of it then. Well done, I've also been looking at different instruments. Last year I purchased a Kalimba also known as thumb piano. I think you might like those too. Look forward to seeing what else you have in store for us. Happy tooting
I like the little chalumeau, but I must admit I haven’t rushed out to get any more reed instruments! Seems like a lot of hard work and faff compared to flute or recorder… I am biding my time on getting a kalimba… my husband may start to panic if I bring many more instruments home for a while 😅 I have a few awaiting attention!
@@ClaythorpeMusicHarp might be fun.
Most likely it’s tuned in low (baroque) pitch rather than a=440, which is likely why your tuner is indicating an out of tune e natural. The lowest fingered note should probably be f natural, with thumb plus left three fingers being c, just like the chalumeaux register on a clarinet. Just my hunch.
Ah, I did wonder if it wasn’t in modern pitch, and then promptly didn’t act on my own suspicion! It seems a lot of these chalumeaux at the cheaper end of the scale are in modern pitch though... but I’ll try it out again, thank you!
Yes, I think it's an instrument in F (most likely a soprano) at A(4)=415 Hz.
@@TenorCantusFirmus I think you may be right. I asked the chap that I bought it off, he says he bought it as being in E… but baroque pitch seems more likely!
@@ClaythorpeMusic Never heard about chalumeaux in E, always either in F or C. I'd definitely go with low (/"Baroque") pitch.
@@TenorCantusFirmus I started to get suspicious when I couldn’t find a single other chalumeau in E. Thanks for the advice.
Did well in time spent learning never heard of this instrument before nice video again.
Oh Gawd, now I'm going to buy one of these too thanks lol.
Hehe I’d say I’m sorry... but I’m not 😉
That last melody was from The Firebird, wasn't it? Awesome instrument! Awesome video! 🙂
Hey, that's really good. Well done. The Chalameau would be excellent for Breton dance music.
The tone is wonderful sort of between a clarinet and a high sax, only softer
thank you a million , thanks to you, I know now what's messing my clarinette :D
Really enjoying your videos😊
I just discovered this on some other youtube video and think its sound is soooo beautiful. Shame it doesn't work with recorder fingerings. Such a red herring.
It is truly a beautiful instrument (in the right hands- not mine, ha). I think the fingerings would be pretty easy to get memorised- I just wish I’d had a fingering chart to make sure I was starting off right! I wish more people knew about the chalumeau, it deserves to be heard!
Looks interesting, thank you for this posting. I am not a musician and was advised to try the Irish whistle, but the sound from your reeded instrument is more mellow than the whistle. Perhaps I’ll give it a try. 🎼
The chalumeau is mostly a lovely mellow sound, but with the odd accidental high pitched squeak thrown in while learning, haha! ‘Low D’ and ‘Low C’ Irish whistles have a beautiful low sound, I’d like to try them one day.
And the higher register of the clarinet is the clarino. I’m not sure why so it would be interesting to find out about the history. As for placing the reed if you leave a hairline section of the mouthpiece still visible it can help to make a sound easier. Something my clarinet teacher corrected to being in line with the mouthpiece but I think it’s better as a beginner as I was taught 😊
Ooo thanks for the tip, I’ll try that tomorrow!
I vaguely remember reading something about the clarino register when I was researching chalumeaux... I think ‘clarino’ was a name for an early form of trumpet which had no valves to help play higher notes. When the clarinet was being developed it was often called a ‘mock trumpet’ and it could manage higher notes easier than the valveless trumpets- so it’s higher range took its name from those renaissance/ baroque trumpets...
Or maybe I’ve dreamt all this 😅
@@ClaythorpeMusic oh that sounds familiar! It definitely makes sense anyway
@@ClaythorpeMusic Sorry for jumping in like this i only wanted to say that in italian clarino is like a little clarinet so maybe the clarino is the Eb clarinet that is high, but i don't know=)
@@gabry9835 ooo sounds like a sensible theory to me!
@@ClaythorpeMusic exactly this. Somebody wrote that the sound was like a trumpet played far away (sorry I don't remember the exact quote).
What a pretty, lovely gurlie! Thanks for nice presentation! Does this thing go through a second octave? Do you have to half open the hole on the back? I know it has a cylindrical bore and for some reason cylindrical bores hate to switch into a higher octave, even with normal clarinet (I think) there is a difficult junction between low and high octaves. While conical bores (oboe and saxophone, as well as Cornett switch with no problem. Cheers
I would like a selection of pop, folk and classical music in the chalumeau range (an octave plus one). Bach's Aria in D ( aria on a G string) as an example.
I thought you did great for only a half hour.
Tonguing is the difficult bit with reed instruments
That last bit was all Grieg to me.
😂 very good.
hello very good artist, where can I find and buy this beautiful instrument? Is it in B flat? I can't find it on the Internet. A thousand thanks
Maybe a synthetic reed would be awesome for practising:P
That is probably a good idea!
@@ClaythorpeMusic I’m using one ( legere) for my Venova. It’s great that I don’t have to learn about humidity or temperature XD
@@HenryPh_am I’ll have to look into it when I get back to the chalumeau, I’m trying to work on flute embouchure at the moment
wow your doing good. Thanks
Ah, I should really get back to practicing the chalumeau… 🙃
its sounds like a mix of soprano sax and clarinet,you should try a Duduk.
Very good. I play clarinet so I'd be familiar with one of these. However as my chalumeau playing friend Kathy informed me, they're not always easy to play in tune. Plus you don't always get a good one. There are a lot of cheap chalumeaus (chalumeaux?) out there and most are rubbish. But if you get a good one (yours doesn't seem too bad) they can sound fab.
Definitely not easy to play in tune, I’ve been messing around with it a bit more and found the notes are pretty ‘bendable’ (for want of a better word). I love the sound of clarinet... maybe one day! I bet a chalumeau (yes, I think ‘chalumeaux’ is the plural) would be a fun thing to pick up for a clarinet player 🙂
@@ClaythorpeMusic Thinks for the demonstration. Chalumeaux is indeed the plural form (I'm French).
@@gregorymary5506 thank you! I was trying my best to remember from GCSE French lessons… a long time ago, ha!
Hi You deserve so much more views
Aw thank you! I’m amazed I’ve even got to 1000 subs lol.
Hello im writing feom Turkey,how i can buy this chalumeau? Can you please help me i cant find anywhere..
Where can I buy the chalumeau you use in this video?
I got this one second hand off eBay, and I don’t think this model is made any more. But there are a couple that look very similar at a reasonable price on thomann. com 🙂
Just wondering where did you purchase this was it you said eBay ?
Yes, it was second hand off eBay. They don’t seem to come up too often, but I’ve seen them pop up every once in a while.
Such a good channel
Naw, thanks! 😃
check out the xaphoon too - a kind of accidental reinvention of the Chalumeau (with slightly different fingering) at xaphoon.com
Argh don’t tempt me, haha!
@@ClaythorpeMusic I just wish I could play mine like this very tallented player plays hers :-) ruclips.net/video/pGmLS7pw2gU/видео.html
I went from a recorder to a sax when I was 50 .... it takes simply years of practice to really wrap your mouth around a reed, it is so much more complex than the recorder mouthpiece....you should know that there are numerous different brands and strengths of reeds with different levels of rigidity ... with enough practice you will learn how to adjust the pitch with your mouth alone without changing your fingering......
I'm a clarinet player. I have heard of the chalumeau. This is interesting...
Please do check out videos of people playing the chalumeau properly (I.e, not me!) if you haven’t already. Such a beautiful instrument. I’m sure you’ll appreciate it even more as a clarinetist!
Instead of wetting the reed in your mouth, or dipping as you showed us, just drop it into the glass of water. Leave it a minute or so. That'll be fine. I play the clarinet and that's what I do. You can slo (eventually - you need to develop your embouchure a bit first) you can move on to plastic reeds, which don't need to be moistened. Sadly, there is no argument against plastic reeds from an eco point of view. All natural reeds come in a plastic case, and as they break or wear out much. much quicker than the synthetic reeds you end up using more plastic that way. The musical advantage of the plastic reeds is that they are consistent. A natural reed will vary from day to day. The musical disadvantage is that natural reeds can sound better, if you buy good ones, but you can find professional musicians who are saying that's no longer true these days.
Ah thanks for the tips! To be honest my chalumeau hasn’t had much of a look in over the past few weeks. I’ve been practicing fife and now a flute, which I’m really loving. I will get back to the chalumeau in time… but flute embouchure is enough to be going on with for now!
I was shocked at the amount of packaging for one reed. I know it is all there for a reason, but does make me wonder if there isn’t a better way to do it!
If you move slightly the mouthpeace you would be able to tune it a bit more...
Thanks, I didn't consider that at the time (clearly!) Haven't had any time to practice chalumeau for a while but when I get back to it i'll try this :)
7:00 at least i could tell what song it was: Greig-Morning Mood
6:13 Almost "Somewhere over the rainbow". 🙂
Thank you for making this video. You mentioned that Telemann and Vivaldi wrote music for Chalumeau. I was unaware of that. Do you happen to know what pieces they wrote for the instrument?
Have a look for ‘Concerto for two chalumeaux’ by Telemann, there are recordings of it on YT and the score is available on IMSLP .org
Vivaldi wrote multi-instrument pieces that contained chalumeau parts- concerto in C major is one. Also, if you Google ‘list of compositions featuring the chalumeau’ you should be able to find the page on IMSLP that lists other composer’s works too! (Sorry I haven’t left direct links here, sometimes comments with links get removed, so it’s safer not to!) It’s a fascinating instrument, I enjoyed researching and listening to it. Hope you will too!
The best example is in Vivaldi's Iuditah Triumphans oratorio "Veni veni me sequere fida" but Zelenka, Camilla de Rossi and most abundantly Graupner wrote for chalumeaux. Despite the name being french it got widespread use in the HRE but not in France, where they prefered the baroque clarinet.
Get a clarinet! You'll love it! 😊
Re: Tuning, being sharp is good - you just pull the mouthpiece out a little.
You have to use the Reed!
So its a mini clarinet.
It sounds a bit like a saxophone. I know they are both reed instruments but still.
is it hard to play?
Your chalumeau reminds me of a xaphoon I purchased a few years ago. Hated the taste of the reed and I could never get a good sound without hurting my cheeks, 😂. You definitely did better than I did. Maybe you could try the xaphoon fingering chart: xaphoon.com/pages/fingering-charts
Oooh thanks, I’ll take a look. I don’t know if I could get used to the reed taste, it was so strong! Maybe we tried unfortunate brands! Hope you’re getting on better with your bass!
Yes, the bass is coming along-the spike I purchased made all the difference for me. Wrapping my brain around the bass clef has been a brain twister more so than I thought. I thought my short time with piano and the fact, for the most part, the bass and alto are the same fingerings would be no problem to grasp, but man! It’s a workout for me, 😂. The thought of later focusing on c fingerings-whew!!?? Still loving the challenge, though. I just have to stop looking at other woodwinds-it’s so addicting to want to play EVERYTHING. Cheers!
@@MagSanJon great, pleased the spike is working for you! I know what you mean about the bass clef; funny how five little lines can be so confusing..!
The xaphoon is very similar to a chalumeau or a clarinet. Like those instruments it has a single-reed, a cylindrical bore, and overblows on the twelfth.
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Where can I buy a chalumeau?
I got mine second hand on ebay, but they don’t come up very often...
I know Thomann sells one:
m.thomann.de/gb/thomann_chalumeau_maple_xaphoon_clarineau_saxonette.htm?o=0&search=1622240468
Or there are some beautiful ones here:
www.sansluthier.net/en/woodwind-brass/pocket-clarinets/chalumeau
And handmade ones here:
www.theshawmshop.co.uk/chalumeau
I haven’t tried any of these, but I hope that helps 🙂
www.theshawmshop.co.uk/chalumeau
www.tupian.de/
folkfriends.com/Clarineau+-+Chalumeau+mit+zwei+Klappen.htm
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Typically reed instruments go sharp if you press too hard on them. Relax and your pitch will go down.
Thanks for the tip! Haven’t had time to practice this lately, but hoping to get back to it soon.
... never had one lesson.
What a beautiful girl and the instrument
That's a recorder on reeds 😂.
You have chosen some very odd background music ...
The background music is distracting.
That’s not a chalumeau
Great video, however please loose the terrible background music.. Yuk! Canned, awful, repetitive and annoying. Really detracts from your otherwise great content.
I like your channel. But please lose the idiot drumtrack background
Why do you have that annoying, modern pop music in the background, even while you're playing the chalumeau? So at odds with such an historic instrument and the character of music it would have played! Good luck on your musical journey.
Thanks for the feedback. I don’t use background music in my newer videos 🙂
@@ClaythorpeMusic well that was a quick reply! Good idea to lose the background music. I'll check out your newer videos.
Since you said you are a beginning recorder player, you may benefit from another RUclipsr, Sarah Jeffery. She is a professional recorder player and covers a wide range of recorder topics. Do you know of her? Here's a link to get you started. Be well.
ruclips.net/video/9KZbADc2I8g/видео.html
@@calrob300 haha, I just so happened to be on RUclips when your comment popped up… took me a bit longer to reply this time 😅
Thanks for the recommendation- I’m a big fan of Sarah’s, her videos really helped me get started with the recorder.