The Clarinet BBoard

Just for the fun of it

Author: tictactux ★2017 Date:   2005-09-07 19:46 Hello all, during the past few weeks I've surfed half the internet about the dos and don'ts, the whats and whatnots re clarinet playing, and this is why: Some idle evening with the missus and the kids out, I surfed a bit here and there, eventually stumbling over a cheapo clarinet in ebay. (There goes the first uh-oh, I can hear it till here). The last time I [seriously] played an instrument was an alto recorder some 30 years ago. To make a long story short - given that the ebay horn was just 30 bucks, I thought what the heck and bought it. Now I'm hooked. Okay, the clarinet is quite probably sub-standard, it's ebonite and has a mouthpiece that quite probably sucks (even I as a noob can tell that). Plus it's an Albert system thingy. (ah, some more uh-ohs from the audience, hehe). Nonetheless, with my fingers still remembering recorder handling, I could play, well, squeak, my first tune in less than half an hour. Boy, I like it. I'm not planning to play in a band, I just come home and instead of having a gin and tonic to unwind, I play for maybe half an hour. Just for the fun of it. And enjoy it immensely. I plan to take lessons next year, when the workload has eased up a bit. Till then I'll carefully shop for another clarinet, standard Boehm this time. But I don't regret a single penny I threw out the window for this "crappy" instrument. When was the last time 30 bucks opened the door to a new world? Well, that's my story. Thanks for all the posts in here. Really interesting. I learned a lot. -- Ben

Topics	Author	Date
Just for the fun of it  new	tictactux	2005-09-07 19:46
Re: Just for the fun of it  new	Don Berger	2005-09-07 20:14
Re: Just for the fun of it  new	hans	2005-09-07 20:30
Re: Just for the fun of it  new	David Spiegelthal	2005-09-07 20:47
Re: Just for the fun of it  new	BobD	2005-09-07 21:16
Re: Just for the fun of it  new	ron b	2005-09-07 23:18

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