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Author: LBH
Date: 2000-06-09 20:07
Hey -
Okay, over the summer, I can take whateva new instrumnet I want. I want to take Oboe or Trumpet, I love the sound of it, and I think it would be cool to try it. However I'm really afraid of messing up, and basically ruining/loosing my Clarinet Embrochure. I mean.. Should I just forget the whole idea ?
Laurie
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 2000-06-09 21:03
Playing different instruments shouldn't hurt your embouchure (after all, didn't Benny Goodman play cornet?) but if you are really concerned you could learn a different clarinet. Or, if you're really adventurous you could learn sax. I wouldn't worry about it though, it shouldn't hurt anything.
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Author: paul
Date: 2000-06-09 21:18
While I'm not advocating abandoning the clarinet, take advantage of the opportunity to learn other instruments. A little experimentation every now and then is a good thing. The least it can do is help you gain a solid appreciation of what life is like playing these other instruments. But if you pay attention, you might find other payoffs. For instance, the double embouchure is optional on the clarinet, but required for oboe, with roughly similar fingerings. You have to move your lips into position very accurately for the trumpet and fingering takes on a whole new meaning, but tounging lightly on the upper palette is a skill that can be transferred to the tip of the reed for the oboe or clarinet later. The art of double tounging was made for the trumpet, but can also work as a very advanced skill for the clarinet. Warm up drills are different, not so much for the oboe but more so for the trumpet.
Here is another example of how training on different instruments can help you. If rhythm is a problem, take up drums for a while. They are the ryhthm section of the entire band.
If you feel that you are getting rusty on the clarinet, but your embouchure is temporarily set for another instrument, there are some tricks you can do to help keep your edge. A great fingering drill trick (used by a grand master prinicipal chair violinst) is to use a piece of broomstick and practice fingerings on it whenever you don't have an instrument in your hands. This particular person rode the bus and subway a lot, all the while practicing fingering positions on that piece of broomstick. He got in a couple of extra hours of practice each day that way. So, if you feel you getting rusty on clarinet fingerings, try it.
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