 The Clarinet BBoard
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Author: PolyphonicKat
Date: 2003-05-09 06:20
I went to a very small school K-8th grade and was in the band starting in the 5th grade playing the b-flat clarinet, being that the school itself was small and mostly into basketball (boys and girls hs team have been state champs 2 yrs running) the band was VERY small.
However we had an abundance of clarinet players, and when I was in the 7th grade our newer band teacher decided that our 10 clarinet 5 flute 2 trumpet 1 coronet 2 sax 2 percussionist (thats all i can remember) needed something more so she got a bass clarinet from somewhere ( i don't remember maker or model or anything) and tried a few of us out on it.
I was 2nd clarinet at the time and pretty much the only one who was up to switching instruments, I was also excited of the prospect of being the only one of my instrument so my sound could be distinguishable (hopefully i didn't suck at it lol). It was scary though since I was like maybe 4ft 9 at the time and the bass clarinet was pretty much as tall as me. So for two years I played bass clarinet in the band and clarinet solos or duets.
Anyways, I've been playing my clarinet a lot more lately and have been missing the bass clarinet and thinking of saving back money to get one but I wanting suggestions on good student bass clarinets that aren't too pricey...
oh and how tall are they anyway (i've barely hit the 5ft mark 5 yrs later)
my story kinda rambled on sorry
Kat
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PolyphonicKat |
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