Author: Mark Fleming
Date: 2006-12-21 18:03
I haven't found a teacher yet, because I haven't looked. I'm sure that's what I need.
I bought the Standard of Excellence series, which look identical to the ones I used 40 years ago when learning the clarinet in grade school. Also available is "Essential Elements" and "Play Clarinet Today", both of which are in several volumes. Mail order music stores or Ebay are good places to look. Tone, posture, etc., are important, but playing that first song is probably more so.
My favoritebook series is Play Clarinet Today because it comes with a CD of all of the lessons. One of the things it does is make you play to a faster beat than you normally would.
Your "favorite" style of music will change. It will become "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Grandfather's Clock." No matter. Be sure to just do some random honking and trills for entertainment. One of the things I find frustrating about the neighbor girl's piano lessons is that it is all from a book with no creative individualism. When I ask her to just play notes that she likes, she reaches for a book. She just can't bring herself to sit down and make something up. I do a lot of that on my clarinets.
Mark
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