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Author: ElisaUK
Date: 2006-12-30 19:44
My New Year resolution is to learn all the minor scales, both melodic and harmonic. My ambition is to play my clarinet in a marching band. (I am a sixty-four old granny and ought to know better!)
Elisabeth
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2006-12-30 21:01
Jazz. And to get C1 audition score for army band (I was oh so close last time and if only I had chosen a harder solo I would have!) And to get promoted before I re-enlist as a clarinet player to get a slightly bigger bonus (and bigger BAH too).
To name just a few . . .
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2006-12-30 22:00
Yeah, I know about the weight. I'm Maid of Honor for my sister's wedding in June and would like to lose a good amount of weight before it! And, keep it off forever.
Other than that, I'd really like to take some great lessons over the summer and get some guts to play in some master classes and such.
I'd also like some more endurance during my practice sessions, physically and mentally, so that I can practice for more than 45 minutes w/o stopping.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-12-30 22:00
Oh well. My wasteline needs some adjustment too. As does my playing. Maybe I should skip every other meal in favour of practising...
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Ben
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Author: Aussie Nick
Date: 2006-12-31 00:09
Mine is to practice more and not get so lazy...and to take some piano lessons.
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Author: swkeess
Date: 2006-12-31 00:35
I would like to try to play from memory either the Menuet I, Menuet II, or Gigue from Bach's cello Suite No. 1 in G Minor (the Alea Publishing edition for bass clarinet). If I succeed in just one, I'll try for the other two. Also, to play more piano, as I am horribly out of practice.
Susan Keess
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2006-12-31 03:03
I resolve:
1. Learn at least the rudiments of playing the clarinet.
2. Lose some of my fat belly.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-12-31 04:31
Talking of losing pounds, I ought to resist the temptation of impulse buying - that'll save myself a few (hundred plus) quid!
As for losing weight - with the amount of chocolate and biscuits (and chocolate biscuits) I got for Crimbo I think the diet will have to go on hold yet again, which has been the case for the last 34 years - but 14 stone isn't overweight.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Phurster
Date: 2006-12-31 07:41
Do any of you think that a more solid waistline gives a greater "solidity" to the tone?
Chris
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Author: James
Date: 2006-12-31 08:48
My resolution is going to be same as it has been for the last five years: live long enough to make this resolution again next year.
Being well prepared for college auditions is a secondary, if more immediate resolution.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-12-31 11:14
"Do any of you think that a more solid waistline gives a greater "solidity" to the tone?"
From what I've read, Gino Cioffi wasn't exactly a lightweight, and listen to his tone!
So I reckon there's something in that - but then there's Sabine Meyer...
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: sylvangale
Date: 2006-12-31 19:35
Quote:
Do any of you think that a more solid waistline gives a greater "solidity" to the tone?
Yes! Seriously I studied with a flute teacher that was full figured and was proud of it. However she stressed that an example of having good breath support that you should be developing abs of steel no matter how big your tummy is! When she is not playing her tummy was like a marshmallow, but when playing her tummy becomes SOLID from the active use of her abs while playing.
Regards,
Stephen
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Author: Sean.Perrin
Date: 2007-01-02 05:14
I'm going to drink less coffee... I went from about 5 cups or more a day to just one in the morning three days back. It's been surprisingly difficult, though.
Founder and host of the Clarineat Podcast: http://www.clarineat.com
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Author: buedsma
Date: 2007-01-02 10:30
Arrange and create more music for small combo instead of always postponing it in favor of clarinet practice
Also the harmonic study should be part of the daily routine .
Next ambition : make the day a few hours longer would help also to maintain the family , having a business, and play clarinet + alto / bass + contra's on an acceptable level + write music for other instruments
gr
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-01-02 14:45
Well, I've just bought a Theremin (and a load of other gubbins to go with it), so that's one of my resolutions well and truly broken.
As for choccy biccies, I'll have to finish them all first before I think about moderating them.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: awm34
Date: 2007-01-02 19:36
1. Learn the major & minor scales from memory.
2. Lose 8 pounds.
3. Improve my tennis ranking (top 15 nationally?).
4. Play K. 622 within three years.
Alan Messer
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2007-01-02 19:41
Chris, rather than waste your money on a theremin, you could have bought a first class, very useful, mouthpiece for $500. Tsk! Tsk! Eu
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Author: FDF
Date: 2007-01-02 22:15
Working on the Mozart, would like to play it with dexterity and with the upper register at tempo. Will continue to work on expression. Unlike awm34 I'm not a ranked tennis player, but love the game and hope to continue to improve. Also, would like to get a jazz combo together and play some dances and concerts.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2007-01-04 15:31
Elisa, you want to play in a MARCHING band? You go girl. Our community band is often asked to perform in parades, etc., but we insist on being given a location where we can put up our chairs! Or, there was the occasion when we got a large flatbed trailer and only used the number of players that would fit on it. Marching? Nah.
But, since we're mentioning resolutions for 2007, I'm planning on getting healthy enough to return to my regular travel schedule this year. So far so good with a pretty stable condition after my series of blood clots and stroke scare this summer. MRIs all around for everyone!
Post Edited (2007-01-04 21:04)
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Author: MC
Date: 2007-01-04 16:44
Learn to play the mandolin. Not sure why. Just want to do it. (First, need to figure out where to put the reed...)
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Author: Cindyr
Date: 2007-01-04 21:51
Continue to practice the clarinet and keyboard, building finger strength for both. Specifically, to work through the level 2 material in both. To improve my breath control, so I don't get winded so quickly. To practice on a real piano at least once a week.
To learn the scales well in both, and to continue to learn more about piano theory. To continue playing in my community band, and to be a good contributor.
To be a good substitute teacher, and pick up additional teaching skills this year. To help teach my oldest son to drive (and have the patience to do it!)
To stay healthy, live fully, and still enjoy chocolate!
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Author: FDF
Date: 2007-01-04 22:36
MC said, " Learn to play the mandolin. Not sure why. Just want to do it. (First, need to figure out where to put the reed...)"
On the mandolin, the reed acts as a pick. Be sure to chose 3.5 vandorens, at least!
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Author: ElisaUK
Date: 2007-01-05 10:42
Good for you, Brenda. I am sure that keeping on blowing your clarinet will frighten those blood clots away!
But, re my marching ambition, I would so like my grandchildren to be able to tell their children that they remember their (rather eccentric) granny playing her clarinet in a marching band. I am eight times older (!) than the youngest member of the community wind band with which I play, so the young ones are still a bit too young to march. I must make sure that I achieve it before I get too old to do so!
Someone in the wind band said that she had done it once and had fallen down a grating in the road. As a veteran marathon runner, I am used to training in the dark and being careful to pick up my feet over rough ground, so hopefully I would be able to avoid similar obstacles while marching.
I do have another recently acquired ambition:- My husband has given me DH Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" to read. He may come to regret this because I am now determined, one day before too long, to go camel trekking in a desert!
Onward and upward!
Elisabeth
Elisabeth
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-01-05 10:58
Find out if there are any volunteer bands in your area run by the Armed Forces or Police, chances are they will not only do concert bands but also marching as well.
I managed not to bid on a pair of Yamaha clarinets I saw on eBay - the first full Boehm Bb (20/7) 82II and a 19/7 A 85II clarinets from Yamaha I've ever seen (and probably the last)! Only reason I didn't bid was because I wasn't near a computer at the time the bidding was ending, otherwise I'd have gone for it.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: ElisaUK
Date: 2007-01-05 11:18
Good idea, Chris. Thank you. I will start looking for volunteer bands run by the Armed Services.
Elisabeth
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Author: chipper
Date: 2007-01-05 13:13
Elisabeth:
You Brits must get bored up there, eh? But you go girl on that marching band ambition. I've just "successfully" completed one year with our community band, last summer doing marches and this past Christmas season doing the seasonal music. The marches are tough. Cut time, small print, lots of repeats and abbreviated notation. Certianly trial by fire. I've been allowed to take some of the march music home and am practicing the whole mess a few bars at a time. My ambition is to be able to actually play these grueling pieces then use the skills learned to play dixieland and klezmer.
C
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2007-01-05 14:29
I have a friend for you, Elisabeth, if you want to go to Israel and take a camel trip in the desert. He takes people every year for camp outs. I've never gone because I like to look at camels but not ride them.
Ah, grandchildren!
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-01-05 14:54
I'm waiting for my appearance in a band later this month. I wonder if they'll send me marching with Darth Tone (my Alto). After all, it has a lyre clamp!
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Ben
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2007-01-05 18:02
1. Be healthy.
2. Practice more.
3. Practice better.
4. Stop experimenting with "high-quality" reeds/mouthpieces/ligatures on all of my clarinets an saxophones for awhile and just learn to use the high-quality equipment that I have.
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Author: jane84
Date: 2007-01-06 10:45
Not back out of the (scary!!) audition I put myself up for - should be more than enough...
And oh yeah: not leaving EVERYTHING for the last minute or the one after that.
-jane
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Author: MC
Date: 2007-01-07 14:43
FDF said, "On the mandolin, the reed acts as a pick. Be sure to chose 3.5 vandorens, at least!"
Ooh -- good advice! I was trying to work with a 3.0 -- no wonder the tremolo wasn't sounding right. As an added bonus, no matter what goes wrong, I can still blame the reed. :-)
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