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Author: Wayne
Date: 2005-12-28 01:11
I played clarinet through high School, then put it away. About 10 months ago, picked up the horn and got back into it. I've been working on scales, long tones and " ear" music - if you know what I mean. My wife, however, is going crazy with the scales and tones ! Does anyone have a suggestion for a pretty piece that an advanced beginer can play to prove this horn is more than scales. I'd love to find a book of nice melodies - I'll admit, I like playing scales !. BTW, my horn is a " Master Model Buffet wood clarinet, I believe from the 1970's. Haven't seen much about this model. Are they still made ?
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Author: ron b
Date: 2005-12-28 02:08
Hi, Wayne. Welcome back to "civilization" 
What kinda melodies do you like? What kinda melodies does your wife like?
Play those
Back to reality now, there are lots of clarinet folios out there (classical, jazz, folk, country, you name it) at music stores, an auction site we seldom mention here, flea markets and yard sales and local libraries.
Also, you're pretty good at playing by ear... so, who needs sheets? ...just have fun and folks (wives included) will enjoy your enjoyment.
- r![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif) n b -
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-12-28 13:26
Very respectable horns....don't ever let anyone talk you into getting rid of it.
Why don't you just jot down the titles of some songs your wife likes and then pick them out "by ear"....and then write them down. You CAN play from piano scores too, you know, without transposing. Cole Porter's songs are hard to beat, and most anything Frank Sinatra sang....
Bob Draznik
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Author: Tony Beck
Date: 2005-12-28 13:33
J.D. Hite publishes a compilation of exercises called Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book 1. It starts off easy and works up. Good site reading exercises and they sound a lot better to bystanders than scales and long tones.
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Author: Burt
Date: 2005-12-28 13:48
There are many pieces which come with a CD accompaniment. The biggest publishers are "Music Minus One" (classical) and Jamie Aebersold (jazz). Also, there is a CD accompaniment for the Rose 32 etudes, which makes those exercises fun to play.
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Author: hans
Date: 2005-12-28 14:22
Re pieces which come with a CD accompaniment, Hal Leonard also has a large selection.
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Author: Gandalfe
Date: 2005-12-28 16:09
I think I agree with your wife; it is time to move on to the music. I second Hans' recommendation to consider music with CD accompaniment. I like Jamey Aebersold but my wife plays classical music. There is something for everyone out there. We I started back up after a 27 hiatus, after a year I was playing with a band and to these CDs.
My daughter was visiting and heard me practicing to the CDs and she started playing her clarinet again. It's contagious, good music that is.
Another thang I do is to play to a CD just to try to figure out the song without music. The first time you do it, it is very difficult. But each time it gets easier until it becomes impressive. Sometimes you feel like you don't even need music to play with a band. :o)
Enjoy the travails.
Jim and Suzy
Pacifica Big Band
Seattle, Washington
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-12-28 16:44
Sorry, BobD; but in my opinion, Frank Sinatra was never able to sing anything.
There was a great send-up on April Fools Day a few years back on Canadian Broadcasting Radio 1. The introduce a new operatic sensation, a soprano with the most awful caterwaling voice you could imagine. Afterwards, the gave her credits including a degree from the Frank Sinatra Academy of Music.
I miss my CBC radio up here in the frozen north --but with too many mountains between me and the Radio 1 towers in BC.
Back to the question:
Have a look at Disney's CDs for clarinet and tenor, too.
Bob Phillips
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-12-28 16:54
If you are buying sheet music with an accompanying CD, make sure the pitch of the CD is pitched at 440 Hz - the Musicpartner accompaniment CDs are at 443 Hz which will mean having to lip everything up to be in tune, and you don't really want to feel like you've done a round with Mike Tyson after playing - it's a bit tough going on the ol' chops.
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Author: ghuba
Date: 2005-12-28 17:10
Fake books are fun and also can be great for sight reading. Hundreds of tunes in each organized around topics like jazz, 40s pop, etc. Most give the chords for improvising. Most fake books give the "vanilla" versions of tunes you had heard a hundred or more times by many different artists, so you can learn to give them flavor by adding accents, different notes from within the same chords, etc. Fake books are also fairly cheap. The Hal Leonard and Warners Brothers ones are pretty accurate in giving the leads to popular songs and jazz tunes the way they are usually performed (as compared to perhaps as originally written). In general, the jazz ones tend to have the most interesting chord structures.
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Author: Wayne
Date: 2005-12-28 19:21
Thanks everyone. I'll surely get the Hite book mentioned earlier. I've been playing mostly the songs from Willie Nelson's " Stardust " album, so I guess I'm into songs from the 20's-40's. All of me, Moonlight in Vermont etc.
They sound great on a clarinet ! Here's what I do with scales: Starting at low E, I work my way up playing all the major keys - next, I'll do the majors and minors. BTW, I've been using something called a MASTERKEY to make sure I'm playing the correct notes - it's sort of a musical slide rule - very easy to use and has taught me the patterns. Once I realize what key a song is in, I jot it down for future reference. What's also been interesting is trying the songs in different keys. Some "work" and some sound terrible !
Also, I recently purchased a new mouthpiece. When in High School, a played with the Buffet mouthpiece - from reading this board, I got a Vandoren M15 which I use with #4 reeds. Much easier to hit and tongue notes in the high register. Now, if I can get those notes above high C to sound as good as those below ! I try to spend as much time as I can up there and it's coming along..... Thanks everyone !
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-12-29 15:02
Regarding your clarinet. Buffet used the "Master Model" designation with both its Evette and its Evette & Schaeffer (E&S) models. You can tell which you have by the logo on the upper joint. Also, normally the Evette master model will have a D-prefix to its serial number while the E&S will have a K-prefix, though there are a few that have no prefix. In Buffet's line, the current equivalent to the Evette master model is the E12. The current equivalent to the E&S master model is the E13. If you give us your serial number, or at least the prefix and first few digits, e.g. K241xx, someone can probably tell you more about your instrument.
Best regards,
jnk
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