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Jo
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Oct 19, 2015 02:09PM
This is the other instrument I play (but I just started in September).
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Do you play a plastic or wood clarinet?
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I'm not sure... does it make a big difference?
I really want to play the Clarinet, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
It was hard work at first and it still kina is
I've played the clarinet for four years!
Oh you must be really good. Does it get hard once you learn the basics?
Actually, it's the opposite. Playing comes quite easy to me now, and I only mess up when I have a bad reed.
It's weird, I don't any names of the notes I just look at the note and know where to place my fingers!
weird... I just started, and I cant ever play any really high notes. any advice?
Just keep practicing and don't get frustrated. Try to stay calm and make sure you have a good reed. You will do fine :)
Hawthorn (Joan) wrote: "weird... I just started, and I cant ever play any really high notes. any advice?"
Practice, and tightening your lips can also help. Once you've been playing for a while, you can get a different reed, and that can help, too. Getting a reed with a higher # is a little hard to get used to, but the high notes sound WAY better. (Try playing a really high C on a size 1 and a half. You won't want to.)
Okay thanks! I can get a lot further now. How long have you been playing?
Hawthorn (Joan) wrote: "Okay thanks! I can get a lot further now. How long have you been playing?"Four years ish.
Sweet! I just started in September so yeah. But I've been playing piano since September 2013.
Does anyone play Eb clarinet? I want to but I have to wait 2 years ish. I know it will be harder than Bb but can anyone tell me a little about it?
I've never played an E flat clarinet. It shouldn't be a lot harder, though, because the fingering is the same.
The music is transposed differently. Have you noticed a C on a clarinet is not a concert C? This is because clarinet music is transposed to B flat. E flat clarinet has the same fingerings, but the physical pitch is different. Ex. an E flat clarinet's C will be played the same as a B flat clarinet's C, but the physical concert pitch will be different.
