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Author: wjk
Date: 2003-05-15 16:41
I apologize in advance if this is an "esoteric" topic (though many of the brilliant BB members seem to respond in a wonderful way to "esoteric" posts)--- I have been listening extensively to chamber music---and have an "itch" to attempt to play violin and/or cello. Have any other clarinetists attempted to "broaden their musical horizons" in a similar way? How hard would it be for me (a clarinet and guitar player) to attempt cello/violin?
Thanks!
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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-05-15 16:54
I don't think your thought is esoteric at all. If the itch is strong enough, I believe you should go for it. One is never too old to learn new things. However, my own experience runs somewhat counter to this. I started as a 6-year old on the violin (1/4 size!). After two years I gave up in utter frustration and switched to sax and clarinet, and never looked back. Now, after 60 more years and after a long hiatus, I am an active sax and clarinet player again and I'm enjoying it tremendously. I never felt any nostalgia toward the violin but I'm sure that this is a very personal thing and should have no effect on your decision whatsoever.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Henry
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2003-05-15 17:08
I also felt the need to broaden my musical horizons recently. So I took up the A clarinet. It was like experiencing an entirely new world, even better than the time I got a burger with Colby cheese instead of cheddar. ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
If you can play the guitar, you might have a smooth transition into other stringed instruments. I tried the guitar at 19 -- got one of those cool lookin' how-to books with Eddie Van Halen on the cover and "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" inside -- and hit a wall after a few months, so I knew I needed to stick to winds. You don't have that limitation. So go for it.
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Author: Clarence
Date: 2003-05-15 17:25
I've had 2 violins for years, but have recently decided to stick to woodwinds.
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Author: Brad
Date: 2003-05-15 18:36
We are all Clarinetists and Musicians. As a musician I am constantly looking for ways to expand my musical knowledge and experiences. This includes listening to music I would have never thought I would ever listen to. It also includes playing intruments that are pretty far off from the clarinet. Most recently I have started listening to Bluegrass and thouroughly enjoying it. I also have started teaching myself to play the Banjo! As Steve Martin once said "you can never be sad when playing the Banjo". It is pretty wild to think that I was playing Eb on Ravel's Concerto in G last night, and a few hours earlier strumming my Banjo.
So go for it. Music is a vast universe to explore, the only limitations are those we impose on ourselves.
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Author: Pam H.
Date: 2003-05-15 21:56
I think it would be cool to learn the violin or cello! I've thought about it occasionally myself but don't have the time to practice anything more right now.
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2003-05-16 14:14
Sometimes we develop a narrow focus and "forget" that the art form we practice is music, and that the clarinet is just one of many paths toward exploring the art.
I began chorus singing about 35 years ago, and used that as my only musical outlet during my 18 year layoff from the clarinet.
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-05-16 15:58
I used to play cello (not very well, but I did), and eventually was forced to pick one or the other, and I stuck to clarinet. I feel a little nostalgiac towards the cello and I do plan on taking it back up again one day when I get the time and $$$$. Go ahead. It'll help you become a better musician and you'll be able to appreciate violin music better now that you'll finally know what challenges there are in playing the violin.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: JellyJazz
Date: 2003-05-18 12:23
i plat clarinet and also sax violin and piano-all i can say is you can never get enough of music!
Jelly Jazz
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Author: BobD
Date: 2003-05-18 14:26
I've had an itch to play the shawm for some time now.
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Author: Nick Angiolillo
Date: 2003-05-18 15:38
Cellos are a lot of fun--really beautiful instruments. I'm taking it up again in addition to clarinet in this fall semester of college. I would recommend going with cello rather than violin because, as an adult, it can be pretty hard getting your fingers in the correct spot on a violin because the fingerboard is so thin and the strings so close together. On a cello you have more room and it is suited to an adult's hand (not that a violin isn't, but it is hard to do if you did not play as a child)
You will have some major wrist pains during your first few weeks of playing a bowed instrument, at least I did! I could not write for a week.
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Author: Sue
Date: 2003-05-18 15:41
I play clarinet with my local cummunity band and I'm currently learning the Bass Guitar, after playing classical guitar for several years. so I can play rock n roll with my family. You never know until you try ! just go for it and find others to play with !.
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