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Author: Marc
Date: 2002-12-03 02:30
Hey everybody!
I'm glad I have the opportunity to find this wonderful forum with very competent clarinetist that could help me to get better and better!
My name is Marc-André and I come from montreal's south shore. As you probably remark, english isn't my first language, so I would be please if you guys (girls) could be a little patient with my language(s) problem(s). I do not know the real music english word. We (french) have a totally different system to name the note!!!!!I do not know how to name in english the clarinet pieces! Anyway, I'll try my best and we will see!
To talk a little bit about music and clarinet, last year, in an very important concert, I had a major technical problem with my clarinet. My air seemed to block into my clarinet, likes if someone put something really dense in it. I was realy shocked and at the middle of the piece, my clarinet begin to work normally. I talked about this with my school teacher and he told me that's it's probably one of the keys that makes problems
what are your thougths about this?
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Author: ken
Date: 2002-12-03 12:20
As a Yankee who has lived in Europe and the Far East I was always amazed and highly impressed (un-impressed with our Government school system) with how multi-lingual and literate folks were from these countries/cultures. I remember working with a bright gal from Copenhagen that fluently spoke and wrote "four" languages. I asked her is she was self-taught and she said high schools in Denmark required one year and two languages to graduate. Marc, your English and writing skills are excellent and welcome to the WWW's premiere Clarinet BBoard.
My guess is a “swelled or separated/un-seeded pad” maybe “loose, un-threaded screw” might have caused the sudden loss/return of sound. I had that happen to me on a few occasions but only during extended and/or continuous hours of practice and with old pad(s) needing replacement. Combined with not swabbing enough I literally soaked them to death. It doesn't sound like a bent key to me, normally if a key gets bent it STAYS bent until re-adjusted. v/r KEN
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Author: Marc
Date: 2002-12-03 19:37
Well, last year, I was at my last higth school years!
I was going to a regular school near Montreal. We didn't have any musical concentration, it was only an option. In fact, we had a 2-3 class per week (1:15) plus 2 hours and a half for the school wind ensemble. We were also allowed to pratise at home or at any lunch time break!
MY wind ensemble was pretty good, at the provincial contest, we won the price of the best regular wind ensemble!!! Well, we have a really strong musical tradition in our school! We are only 500 (in my level, we was 80) and we win for the 8 times the provincial championship for regular school......8 times on 9 years!!!!Good average isn't? hahaha Considering that in all the school, there is 30% of participation, it's good.
As for my private instructor, I didn't have one. It was only the wind ensemble director who teached us music! Rigth now, I'm in a period of inactivity fue to the fact I am in college and in consequence, I do not have the opportunity to have a clarinet. BUt, like it's Chrismas time, I hope Santa will give me what I want! hehehe
I played clarinet for only 4 years.
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Author: Rob
Date: 2002-12-04 02:02
I know, I know. I've said this before, but I'll say it again. Did you break your reed(s) in before playing. What could've happened was your reed simply seized up from not being broken in properly. When you went back to play it, it had time to rest and so would have been in a better playing condition.
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