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Well then . . .

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2002-10-02 00:17

In response to my other post and your replies . . .

I guess I stand corrected. He was basically telling me bits and pieces and I kinda filled in the rest. Well, anyways, I think I have a decent piece-o-wood. Anyways, I bought myself a new mouthpiece about an hour ago and after a week or two hopefully I'll see a great change. I could see a definite change right away after trying a piece. I could play softer and it sounded . . . well, a little prettier (for lack of a better vocabulary). I hope to start clarinet lessons and I'm trying to "cheat" my way into free lessons at the college I'm at. I'm declaring music minor and hopefully I'll get those lessons I want so badly.

Thanks all. Also, I'm really interested in big band playing. What steps should I take? I saw this "Mel Bay's Jazz Clarinet" book on ebay and stuff. Worth it? I am very skeptical of these books. Lemme know. Thank you

sfalexi

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RE: Well then . . .

Author: William
Date: 2002-10-02 14:42

Jamey Aebersold also has a jazz oriented series of instructional books and solo transcriptions with CD accompainiments for playing along as you learn. I suggest that you start with "All Blues". After that, try "Charlie Parkers (Bird)" solo transcriptions. Enjoy!

But if you are truely interested in doing "big band" playing, I recommend that you also learn to play the saxophone, after you have gained proficiency on the clarinet. A good sax to learn on is the alto. After that, since all of the saxophone family shares the same fingering system, you will be able to "play them all."

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RE: Well then . . .

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2002-10-03 01:05

Thanks for the info. I already know how to play sax as well. I simply (just like the clarinet) need to become better. I was playing jazz sax in my high school band (my fav was the tenor sax, but I own an alto), and the only thing I would do is learn the scale that I needed to play for that particular song, then forget it once that song was performed. I want to make sure I learn and retain scales and solo styles and stuff. I'll look into the Abersold cds. Thanks again for the info.

Alexi

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