 The Clarinet BBoard
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Author: Danny Boy (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com - ISP in Milton Keynes, I6 United Kingdom)
Date: 2007-08-21 10:21
Trombonist?? TROMBONIST??
50% clarinet, gah, I demand a refund of al of those years practise...
www.danielsanfordcasey.com
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Author: kilo (---.ptldme.east.verizon.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 10:36
87% bassoon ... bassoon???
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Author: tictactux (---.guyerzeller.com - ISP in Zürich, 25 Switzerland)
Date: 2007-08-21 10:40
72% French horn, 58% clarinet (2nd). 0% trumpet.
Okay, it's a start.
--
Ben
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Author: Chris P (---.proxy.aol.com - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 12:27
Oh right, I'm an oboist. Goes with the job I suppose!
Oboe 92%
trombone 83% (like the way they put that in lower case!)
Percussion 83%
Flute 75%
Tuba 67%
French Horn 67%
Viola 58%
Bassoon 58%
Cello 58%
Clarinet 50%
String Bass 50%
Trumpet 25%
Violin 17%
So I'm only half a clarinettist! Well, I did study both clarinet and double bass when I was at college, so 50% clarinet and 50% bass makes 100% of me.
Oh, did I mention I play sax as well? Or should I just keep that quiet!
Chris.
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Author: Philip Caron (---.vermontel.net - ISP in Springfield, VT United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 12:48
Viola, 92%. Test obviously designed by a percussionist.
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Author: OpusII (194.151.7.---)
Date: 2007-08-21 12:57
I'm going for a refund also for years of clarinet lessons..
Obviously I would be better off playing the French Horn!
(PS every Horn player would advice me NOT to play Horn, my lips just aren't designed for this instrument)
French Horn
92%
Bassoon
92%
Clarinet
83%
Cello
75%
Tuba
50%
Violin
50%
Oboe
50%
trombone
42%
Percussion
42%
Flute
42%
Viola
33%
Trumpet
33%
String Bass
25%
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Author: Danny Boy (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com - ISP in Milton Keynes, I6 United Kingdom)
Date: 2007-08-21 13:07
Here's an idea...how about an en masse law suit against our first teachers...
"You taught me the wrong instrument!!"
www.danielsanfordcasey.com
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Author: EuGeneSee (---.105.89.75.ip.alltel.net - ISP in)
Date: 2007-08-21 13:13
Hmmm? 83% bassoon, 75% t-bone & Oboe, 67% F Horn & Tuba, . . . etc. . . down to lowest . . . 25% clarinet! So that's why I am so lazy and lousy on the clarinet!!
Inasmuch as I own a bassoon, t-bone, oboe, f-horn, & tuba, I would be better off practicing with one or more of them? Eu
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Author: David Spiegelthal (---.orbital.com - ISP in Fairfax, VA United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 13:21
I'm also an oboist according to the quiz. Hmmmm............
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Author: EuGeneSee (---.105.89.75.ip.alltel.net - ISP in)
Date: 2007-08-21 13:25
David, I won't send you any more clarinets to fix . . . ready for a bassoon?
And Chris, since you are an oboe guy, no more piccolos! Eu
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Author: Tobin (---.hsd1.va.comcast.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 13:27
David Blumberg!
We've got a lot in common!
I'm an Oboist, and clarinet 25%.
Now I need to get my wife to try this...
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: Bassie (---.perpetuum.co.uk - ISP in)
Date: 2007-08-21 13:39
Viola?!
Well, I guess they've always had my sympathy... :-D
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Author: ChrisArcand (---.kidsquest.com - ISP in Minneapolis, MN United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 14:05
"Test obviously designed by a percussionist."
Haha! So true.
33% clarinet.
CA
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Author: pewd (---.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 14:15
wow, oboe at the top. clarinet, 17%
- Paul
private teacher - Dallas, Texas
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Author: EuGeneSee (---.105.89.75.ip.alltel.net - ISP in)
Date: 2007-08-21 14:25
Is there some previously unknown great truth emerging here . . . on a clarinet BB most of the folks seem to be scoring the worst on their instrument of choice. Is this masochism? ES
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Author: Chris P (---.proxy.aol.com - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 14:28
"And Chris, since you are an oboe guy, no more piccolos! Eu"
Although I have certainly upped my experience in rebuilding piccolos in the last few months, both simple system and Boehms - as well as losing faith in the postal service (both UK and US) in the process!
I suppose my 75% flute score has to include piccolo in there too.
Chris.
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Author: ElBlufer (---.socal.res.rr.com - ISP in)
Date: 2007-08-21 15:11
92% oboe....and 0% clarinet!!!!! How did I manage to do that?
My Setup:
R13 Clarinet (Ridenour Lyrique as my backup/marching instrument)
Walter Grabner K11 mouthpiece
Rico Reserve 3.5's
Bonade ligature
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Author: OmarHo (216.154.146.---)
Date: 2007-08-21 15:19
Tuba
100%
Oboe < That's what I got
100%
Cello
75%
trombone
75%
French Horn
75%
Violin
58%
Viola
50%
String Bass
50%
Trumpet
50%
Flute
42%
Bassoon
33%
Clarinet
25%
Percussion
8%
I guess we'd all be better off learning the oboe now =P
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Author: GeorgeL (---.hsd1.ar.comcast.net - ISP in Cleveland, MO United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 15:20
After reading the first couple of questions I randomly filled out the remainder of the test - and it came out 83% clarinet. The next closest instrument was under 60%. For scientific purposes I should try it again to see if the result would change, but I'm retired and no longer into acting like I do something useful.
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Author: Chris P (---.proxy.aol.com - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 15:23
"I guess we'd all be better off learning the oboe now =P"
Well, it'll keep us lot pretty busy making and finishing them if demand goes through the roof!
Chris.
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Author: Brenda Siewert (---.proxy.aol.com - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 15:30
oboe. hmm. Clarinet only scored 33%. Well, whatayaknow.
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Author: Dano (---.hsd1.wa.comcast.net - ISP in Kansas City, MO United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 15:58
I am a Tuba player at heart. I have always wanted to pretend I could handle a Tuba! (I knew there was a reason for naming one of my Mastiffs, Tuba!)
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Author: DavidBlumberg (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 16:20
Well, ya know as is with most school tests if you have 2 arms and can raise them to shoulder level, you qualify, and are suggested to play a string instrument.......
David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com
Reserve Reeds Artist
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Author: sfalexi (217.194.139.---)
Date: 2007-08-21 16:29
87% Flute player, with a second place being 67% French Horn. And at the bottom, dead last, with 25%, Clarinet. Very fitting . . . . . !!!!
Alexi
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Author: Jack Kissinger (---.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net - ISP in Morgan City, LA United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 16:58
100% Oboe ![[rotate]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley25.gif)
42% Clarinet
I went back and redid the test with purely random answers (didn't even read the questions). Came out in a tie for viola and clarinet @ 75%.
I wonder what that means?
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: susieray (---.dhcp.gnps.or.charter.com - ISP in Grants Pass, OR United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 17:13
Apparently I'm a tuba.
Tuba 83%
French Horn 75%
Viola 75%
Bassoon 67%
Clarinet 58%
Cello 50%
Oboe 50%
String Bass 42%
Percussion 42%
Flute 33%
trombone 25%
Violin 8%
Trumpet 0%
Sue
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Author: Ski (---.taconic.net - ISP in Schenectady, NY United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 17:23
Oboe, 92%
Clarinet, 33%
Since I can barely play the clarinets anyway, maybe it's time to sell them and get an oboe. Hmmm...
Oh look, I see in today's paper that Walmart is having a store-wide sale on hunting items. Do you think I could get a head-start practicing my new embouchure on a duck call?
[running for cover ]
Post Edited (2007-08-21 17:25)
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Author: voggorb (---.172-1-64736c12.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se - ISP in Hjo, 28 Sweden)
Date: 2007-08-21 17:24
100% oboe, 33% clarinet
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Author: Garret (---.tukw.qwest.net - ISP in Madison, WI United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 17:26
Ooh--
92% Viola--but I can't read tenor clef!!!
75% Clarinet--I guess this explains why I can only play 75% of the notes! And all this time I thought it was from playing on unbalanced reeds.
17% String bass--good thing this one's low on my list--it doesn't fit underneath the airplane seat (although nowdays even a clarinet doesn't)
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Author: DavidBlumberg (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 17:26
"I went back and redid the test with purely random answers (didn't even read the questions). Came out in a tie for viola and clarinet @ 75%.
I wonder what that means? "
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Means that the test is completely unscientific.
But we all knew that 
The questions are "interesting". Maybe if one of them had been "are you neurotic?" not many of us would have ended up scoring high on oboe.
David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com
Reserve Reeds Artist
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Author: RodRubber (---.hsd1.md.comcast.net - ISP in Dover, DE United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 17:42
im nly 8% clarinet, but 100% t-bone. I maybe should be the conductor, but i don't want to go back to the dark side.
Love you all
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Author: C2thew (---.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net - ISP in Los Angeles, CA United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 17:53
85% oboe. hmmm maybe i should switch.
this is a crazy game. it's making people switch instruments just from this survey.
heheh
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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Author: John O'Janpa (---.dhcp.hlrg.nc.charter.com - ISP in NC United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 18:33
Another oboe! 50% clarinet
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Author: Dano (---.hsd1.wa.comcast.net - ISP in Kansas City, MO United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 18:41
If you all check out the other "tests" on the site, you will see just how unscientific the whole thing is. Some of these sound like they were put together by 10 yr. olds. Since I actually play clarinet and don't play tuba, I would go out on a limb and call myself 100% clarinetist not a tubaist.
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Author: Alseg (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net - ISP in Beaver Falls, PA United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 19:03
Well, I guess that my result means that I will be switching from mpingo to Yugoslavian Mountain Maple (Bassoon)
DR. ALLAN SEGAL
Where the sound matters most (tm)
HANDMADE CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS
www.clarinetconcepts.com
412 889 8202 member AFM
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Author: pelo_ensortijado (---.telia.com - ISP in Dal, 28 Sweden)
Date: 2007-08-21 20:02
i got 83% on the OBOE, viola and french horn.
clarinet down at 25%!!
hum hum.. seems like allmost all of us became oboeists. strange.. :P
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Author: ABerry (---.costco.com - ISP in Issaquah, WA United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 20:10
I guess I learned the correct instrument....It's a good thing too, I can't afford to come down with the G.A.S. for another intrument...
Clarinet 75%
Viola 67%
Oboe 50%
Tuba 42%
Flute 42%
French Horn 42%
trombone 25%
Percussion 25%
String Bass 25%
Cello 25%
Bassoon 25%
Trumpet 17%
Violin 8%
Allan
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Author: DavidBlumberg (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 20:26
I'm maybe thinking that the creator of the test is an oboist who's needing recruits.......... 
David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com
Reserve Reeds Artist
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Author: William (---.dhcp.mdsn.wi.charter.com - ISP in Madison, WI United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 20:45
TUBA
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Author: tictactux (---.dclient.hispeed.ch - ISP in)
Date: 2007-08-21 20:58
> I'm maybe thinking that the creator of the test is an oboist who's needing
> recruits..........
Nah, I'm always getting French Horn, how many times I make this test. Clarinet is always second, followed by <drum roll> Oboe.
--
Ben
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Author: butterflymusic (---.ttmtech.com - ISP in Ashburn, VA United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 22:08
Tuba. 100% Gooooooo tubas.
Yeah.
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Author: Mark Charette (---.sneezy.org - ISP in Chicago, IL United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 22:17
Cute:
Bassoon 100%
trombone 92%
French Horn 92%
Tuba 75%
Oboe 75%
Cello 75%
Flute 67%
Violin 58%
String Bass 58%
Trumpet 50%
Viola 33%
Percussion 33%
Clarinet 0%
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Author: claritoot26 (---.washdc.east.verizon.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 22:55
Hey, everybody, here's my scores. I never really wanted to play viola, although the sound is cool and my mom plays. I did want to play french horn, but my parents thought it was too big for me to carry to school when I was 8. Next up is clarinet...
To Rod_Rubber: I've seen you're conducting, and I'd advise you to stick to clarinet! :-)
Viola 83%
French Horn 75%
Clarinet 67%
Cello 67%
trombone 58%
Tuba 50%
Oboe 50%
Trumpet 42%
Violin 42%
Flute 42%
Bassoon 33%
String Bass 33%
Percussion 17%
Lori
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Author: Ski (---.taconic.net - ISP in Schenectady, NY United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 23:13
Quote:
To Rod_Rubber: I've seen you're conducting, and I'd advise you to stick to clarinet! :-)
If his name is any indication of the kind of baton he'll be using, I'd probably suggest the same...
![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
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Author: Alseg (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net - ISP in Beaver Falls, PA United States)
Date: 2007-08-21 23:18
I retook the test twice
Answering as if I were Attila the Hun......it came out trumpet.
Next I answered as if I were a shrinking violet.......clarinet was the result.
Whoever devised the test must think that we are shy, insecure, conformists.
DR. ALLAN SEGAL
Where the sound matters most (tm)
HANDMADE CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS
www.clarinetconcepts.com
412 889 8202 member AFM
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Author: clarinetist04 (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net - ISP in Oxford, OH United States)
Date: 2007-08-22 00:09
"Whoever devised the test must think that we are shy, insecure, conformists."
Doesn't describe any clarinetists I know!
Yeah, conspicuous that the majority of us are oboes (me too) and that only one person is a clarinet.
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Author: Marshall Jiang (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net - ISP in Tallahassee, FL United States)
Date: 2007-08-22 02:37
huh, i should play the violin.. 100%!
Violin
100%
Oboe
92%
Trumpet
83%
trombone
83%
French Horn
83%
Clarinet
67%
String Bass
67%
Tuba
58%
Flute
58%
Cello
58%
Bassoon
58%
Percussion
42%
Viola
25%
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Author: johng (---.hsd1.wa.comcast.net - ISP in)
Date: 2007-08-22 03:19
I lied on every question and should be a french horn player.
Hmmmmm
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Author: ashemas (---.dsl.wotnoh.sbcglobal.net - ISP in)
Date: 2007-08-22 03:45
Oboe and French horn tied...people always say I "look like a french horn player". Clarinet was the second woodwind.
Oboe
83%
French Horn
83%
Bassoon
67%
trombone
67%
Clarinet
67%
Cello
67%
Viola
67%
String Bass
58%
Violin
50%
Flute
42%
Tuba
33%
Trumpet
25%
Percussion
17%
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Author: marzi (---.dsl1.mdl.ny.frontiernet.net - ISP in Rochester, NY United States)
Date: 2007-08-22 04:33
98% viola, shoot, well our orchestra needs more viola anyways....
50% clarinet. if it means i would have to be a shrinking violet(how do violets shrink anyway, don;'t they wilt?) forget about it.
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Author: buedsma (---.post.be - ISP in Brussels, 11 Belgium)
Date: 2007-08-22 10:06
clarinet as the lowest result - the truth is out there somewhere
Trombone. This just means you dont fit anywhere else.
trombone
83%
String Bass
75%
Oboe
67%
Viola
67%
Cello
67%
French Horn
50%
Tuba
42%
Trumpet
42%
Violin
25%
Percussion
25%
Bassoon
25%
Clarinet
17%
Flute
17%
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Author: Ken Shaw (---.dyn.optonline.net - ISP in Brooklyn, NY United States)
Date: 2007-08-22 13:24
That was fun. Here are my scores:
Cello 92%
Flute 83%
trombone 83%
Tuba 83%
Bassoon 83%
String Bass 75%
Oboe 75%
French Horn 58%
Clarinet 50%
Viola 42%
Trumpet 33%
Percussion 25%
Since I actually was a flute and double bass player and am now a recorder player who is also trying to learn the hautboy, I found the results interesting. I wouldn't mind playing cello and have actually tried the viola da gamba.
Wonder how Ken would come out......
Best regards,
Mary Vinquist (Mrs. Ken)
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Author: Mike Clarinet (82.110.122.---)
Date: 2007-08-22 13:35
I came out a violinist! Strange because I learned the violin for 3 yrs at junior school. I did very badly - I never worked out which end to blow down. (And my clarinet playing has been rather more successful)
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Author: Chris P (---.proxy.aol.com - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-22 14:39
"I came out a violinist! Strange because I learned the violin for 3 yrs at junior school. I did very badly - I never worked out which end to blow down. (And my clarinet playing has been rather more successful)"
What? Played with a bow?
On the Mary Shelley episode of 'The Mark Steel Lectures' he did a scenario of when Frankenstein's monster met the blind man that played the flute - the blind man was then seen playing a drum with two flutes as sticks!
Chris.
Post Edited (2007-08-22 14:44)
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Author: Mike Clarinet (82.110.122.---)
Date: 2007-08-22 15:12
AAAH !!!
That's where I went wrong. BOW. not BLOW.
Cheers, Chris
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Author: Chris P (---.proxy.aol.com - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-22 15:23
Thats what happens when you skim read the instructions.
Chris.
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Author: Kruzi (---.proxy.aol.com - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-22 16:50
Clarinet at 83%, wow:-)
According to the test, them clarinet players seem to be humble folks;-)
Greetings,
Kruzi
Take what you`ve got and make the best of it!
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Author: Mrs_gekko (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net - ISP in Lake In The Hills, IL United States)
Date: 2007-08-23 01:04
I scored 100% on both Bassoon & Cello.
Donna
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Author: JessKateDD (---.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net - ISP in Houston, TX United States)
Date: 2007-08-23 01:54
Add me to the list of people who scored lowest on clarinet:
Bassoon 83%
Tuba 75%
Oboe 75%
trombone 67%
Cello 67%
French Horn 58%
String Bass 58%
Trumpet 58%
Percussion 50%
Violin 42%
Flute 42%
Viola 42%
Clarinet 25%
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Author: Aequore (---.area4.spcsdns.net - ISP in Plano, TX United States)
Date: 2007-08-23 06:45
100% French Horn,
67% Oboe
33% Clarinet,
ahhh, that sucks! im a Clarinetist I SWEAR!...
the good thing is the oboe percentage, oboe is my second instrument at hand..and i've always wanted to play the french horn...maybe it describes the instrument you have wanted to play but never got a chance??...could that be it??
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Author: kuteclar (---.wi.res.rr.com - ISP in Minneapolis, MN United States)
Date: 2007-08-23 23:26
I came out cello - and although I love that answer....followed by flute and bassoon....
what about clarinet???
I am wondering - has anyone figured out what "type" of person and characteristics "make" you a clarinetist according to this test? I tried to make it come out clarinet, and the highest I scored so far was 33%. Maybe if we can unlock this mystery, we'll know it's not just our reeds!
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Author: Marshall Jiang (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net - ISP in Tallahassee, FL United States)
Date: 2007-08-24 00:26
Most clarinets are perfectionist...
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Author: kuteclar (---.wi.res.rr.com - ISP in Minneapolis, MN United States)
Date: 2007-08-24 01:14
haha - perfectionist, I knew that! Are we born this way or does the instrument turn us?!
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Author: Neal Raskin (---.mpls.qwest.net - ISP in Denver, CO United States)
Date: 2007-08-24 02:51
i am having an identity crisis... 83% Oboe, 83% Horn ... ... ... ...
only 33% clarinet... ... ... ... well, at least i won't have to complain about reeds anymore ;-)
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Author: skygardener (---.cust.bit-drive.ne.jp - ISP in Japan)
Date: 2007-08-24 05:44
Trombone, Violin and Viola, 92%
Clarinet 25%
I always wanted to play strings anyway! :P
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Author: Chris P (---.proxy.aol.com - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-24 08:35
If clarinettists are perfectionists, then why do they play the least perfect instrument?
Chris.
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Author: Katrina (---.mpls.qwest.net - ISP in Minneapolis, MN United States)
Date: 2007-08-24 13:48
My husband scored higher on clarinet than I did and he's not a musician at all!
He had 50% and I had something like 25%.
My highest was trombone. TROMBONE!!! I never ever wanted to play trombone...and having tried both trumpet and tuba, I can say with assurance that I do NOT have whatever it takes to play a brass instrument!
Hubby had bassoon as the highest.
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Author: Tobin (---.hsd1.va.comcast.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-24 15:23
Chris P,
The bassoon is by far the least perfect instrument. I'll be happy to put clarinet in second place!
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: Clarence (---.ezbuyselltrade.com.63.76.66.in-addr.arpa - ISP in Arlington, VA United States)
Date: 2007-08-24 15:40
I think clarinet is in there some where.
Oboe 100%
Bassoon 92%
Viola 92%
trombone 83%
French Horn 75%
Tuba 75%
Cello 58%
Clarinet 42%
Violin 42%
Flute 42%
Trumpet 25%
String Bass 17%
Percussion 0%
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Author: Dee (---.hsd1.mi.comcast.net - ISP in Clinton Township, MI United States)
Date: 2007-08-26 15:25
Here's mine. Interesting to say the least.
French Horn 50%
Oboe 50%
Clarinet 50%
Viola 50%
Cello 42%
Tuba 25%
trombone 25%
Bassoon 25%
Flute 25%
String Bass 25%
Percussion 17%
Trumpet 17%
Violin 8%
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Author: Gandalfe (---.hsd1.wa.comcast.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-26 15:53
French horn??? That's only because there was no saxophone on the list. ;o)
Jim and Suzy
Microsoft Jazz Band
Dissonance Jazz xTet
Professor Gadget Sax 4tet
Seattle, Washington
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Author: Gordon (NZ) (---.jetstream.xtra.co.nz - ISP in Auckland, 00 New Zealand)
Date: 2007-08-27 04:31
What a load of rubbish!
It makes me out to be a bass player. Yet my brain, in spite of a lot of effort, can barely pick out a bass part, let alone relate it to chords and progressions in any sort of non-academic way, which is no doubt why I resorted to playing melody instruments.
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Author: DavidBlumberg (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net - ISP in United States)
Date: 2007-08-27 13:21
Hey, from the look of it you can create your own test.
Now to figure out what makes a Clarinetist a Clarinetist.
David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com
Reserve Reeds Artist
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Author: Ed Granger (---.dsl.hrbg.epix.net - ISP in Dallas, PA United States)
Date: 2007-08-27 15:47
DavidBlumberg wrote:
> Hey, from the look of it you can create your own test.
>
> Now to figure out what makes a Clarinetist a Clarinetist.
>
Hopefully it's not treating those around you like Benny Goodman was notorious for doing. Or being married as many times as Artie Shaw. Or putting up for years with George Szell.
Off to my first beginning oboe lesson ...
Ed
Post Edited (2007-08-27 15:53)
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Author: BassetHorn (---.vc.shawcable.net - ISP in Ottawa, ON Canada)
Date: 2007-08-29 04:11
92% tuba...
Close, I am a contrabass clarinet player.
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Author: Mike Clarinet (82.110.122.---)
Date: 2007-08-29 08:04
Just as a bit of mucking about, I tried answering all the questions in the extreme. If you select all the humblest, non-individual self-effacing options, you come out 100% clarinet. This test does not describe any clarinet player I know. Unsurprisingly, if you select all the most out-going, arrogant, to-hell-with-anyone-else options, you end up a trumpet player.
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Author: claclaws (123.214.215.---)
Date: 2007-08-29 11:47
Thank you Mike Clarinet! ^0^
I actually wondered what was the rationale (if there's any) behind the wordings of the questionnaire.
It was so fun, but I don't think it merits too much of serious consideration.
BTW, trombone was the highest for me. Huh!
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: allencole (---.152.222.83.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net - ISP in Richmond, VA United States)
Date: 2007-08-30 17:01
92% Bassoon
75% Tuba
67% Clarinet & Viola
58% French Horn, Oboe & Flute
Everything else 50% or less.
String Bass only 33% although I played for a good while.
Didn't even register on saxophone. Maybe it wasn't an option.
Interesting test. Thanks David!
Allen Cole
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Author: genekeyes (---.dyn.optonline.net - ISP in Bronx, NY United States)
Date: 2007-08-30 18:19
Just took the test twice:
1st time checked all agree (last choice) came out a tuba.
2nd time checked all disagree (1st choice) guess what? I'm still a tuba
anybody want to buy some slightly used reeds?
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Author: Nessie1 (---.demon.co.uk - ISP in Milton Keynes, I6 United Kingdom)
Date: 2008-08-28 13:22
I came out as 87% a bassoonist which is an instrument I love the sound of but I have never seriously considered playing but only 33% a clarinettist (with lots of other instruments in between) .
To talk seriously, the test has at least one major drawback - it is only talking about the personality aspects of suitability for the instrument which, while they are important, are not the only consideration. For example, the biggest reasons that I would not have thought about the bassoon are that it costs so much and weighs so much to carry around on my fairly small frame and I also doubt whether my hand reach is big enough. As for all the people who seemed to be suited to the oboe, one of the big deciding factors between oboe and clarinet (or so I've heard) is the thickness of the lips and size of the mouth. Obviously there will be exceptions that prove the rule but there is no denying that physical characteristics play some part in suitability for an instrument.
In any case, let's not allow some test sway us from our instrument - if any friends ever ask me about which instrument they or their children should play, I tell them that there are all sorts of things to take into account and books to read etc but the biggest guide of all is which instrument you love!
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Author: DavidBlumberg (206.53.144.---)
Date: 2008-08-28 13:31
I always suggest to play the instrument that you like the sound of. .
David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com
Reserve Reeds Artist
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Author: mrn (---.tx.res.rr.com - ISP in Frisco, TX United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 14:05
I tied between horn, tuba, and violin (75%)--I think have years of playing Rose etudes and band transcriptions of orchestral pieces to blame for this. I think I'm a violinist. :-)
Clarinet 42%. (Second lowest score)
Percussion 17% (Lowest score)
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Author: clarionman (---.static-ip.telepacific.net - ISP in La Jolla, CA United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 14:12
Bassoon 83%---- Bassooners are fun and outgoing usually. They're very fun to have at a party.
What is the description of a Clarinet player?
Oboe 75%
trombone 75%
Tuba 75%
Violin 58%
Flute 50%
Trumpet 42%
Clarinet 42%
Cello 42%
Viola 42%
Horn 25%
String Bass 8%
Percussion 0%
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Author: William (---.dhcp.mdsn.wi.charter.com - ISP in Oregon, WI United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 14:59
LOL, I'm a Hornist!! Clarinet was a distant #4. Not surprising, however, as horn was my "secondary" instrument in college. My UW-Madison horn instructor--the late, great, John Barrows (of NY WWQ fame)--said I should have been a horn player and even offered to give me an instrument (an old Alexander double) if I switched majors from the clarinet. Our horn quartet (I played second, I think) played a couple of concerts and I can still "get around" on horn pretty well. So maybe this test has some validity and should be used to screen and guilde beginning band students to their choice of instrument. Given to me, "way back then", it might have saved me from dealing with those recent--and still terrible--V12 flowpacks.
[hmmmm....maybe there's a Conn 10D waiting for me on eBay]
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Author: John O'Janpa (---.dhcp.hlrg.nc.charter.com - ISP in Richlands, NC United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 15:50
Basoon 87%
Guess I ought to try one.
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Author: bstutsman (---.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net - ISP in Pearland, TX United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 16:08
Clarinet #1 67%. The percentage makes me think I may be lacking committment. <g>
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Author: thomas.b (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de - ISP in Wiesbaden, 05 Germany)
Date: 2008-08-28 16:08
oh dear.... trombone....
what a mess :-)
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Author: Geirskogul (---.cpe.cableone.net - ISP in Lewiston, ID United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 17:06
You scored as a Tuba
You're a tuba. What good support.
String Bass
75%
Bassoon
75%
Tuba
75%
trombone
67%
Viola
58%
Percussion
50%
Oboe
50%
Cello
50%
Flute
50%
Horn
42%
Violin
33%
Clarinet
25%
Trumpet
17%
TUBA?!
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Author: stevesklar (---.z172-88-67.customer.algx.net - ISP in Durham, NC United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 17:44
well my result was blank
what's up with that ????
must be the conductor .. always clueless ...
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Author: coasten1 (---.trustmarklife.com - ISP in Mundelein, IL United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 20:29
Funny, I wanted to learn violin but couldn't because it was a 'sissy' instrument for a boy. I could have done great things. lol
Cello 75%
Bassoon 67%
Oboe 58%
Clarinet 58%
Horn 50%
Viola 42%
Violin 42%
Tuba 33%
trombone 25%
Percussion 17%
Trumpet 17%
String Bass 17%
Flute 17%
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Author: cxgreen48 (---.try.wideopenwest.com - ISP in Columbus, OH United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 22:35
WOW, i actually got clarinetist!
Cello 75%
Clarinet 75%
trombone 67%
Viola 58%
Tuba 58%
Violin 58%
Oboe 58%
Horn 58%
Percussion 42%
Bassoon 33%
Trumpet 25%
String Bass 25%
Flute 17%
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Author: autumnsilence (---.sol.dsl.dynamic.acsalaska.net - ISP in Nikiski, AK United States)
Date: 2008-08-28 23:01
Viola 83%
Clarinet 75%
Cello 67%
Bassoon 67%
String Bass 58%
Horn 50%
Tuba 50%
Flute 50%
Violin 42%
trombone 42%
Oboe 42%
Percussion 17%
Trumpet 0%
Not bad, clarinet second..
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Author: estclar82 (---.lsn.estpak.ee - ISP in Tallinn, 01 Estonia)
Date: 2008-08-29 03:19
oboist 100%
clarinettist 100%
TUba 82%
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Author: Alfred (---.carolina.res.rr.com - ISP in Charlotte, NC United States)
Date: 2008-08-30 16:25
I'm a bassoonist.
Funny, because most of the stuff I chose were outgoing traits, and my friend's a phenomenal bassoonist, but REALLY shy and quiet.
Bassoon
92%
trombone
92%
Trumpet
83%
Cello
83%
Horn
83%
Flute
67%
String Bass
67%
Oboe
67%
Tuba
58%
Clarinet
50%
Violin
42%
Viola
42%
Percussion
25%
__________________________________________________
A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion...and doesn't.
(This account is used by three very different people.)
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Author: ASBassCl1 (---.nc.res.rr.com - ISP in Durham, NC United States)
Date: 2008-08-30 16:54
Dang 100% Bassoon it says. 33% clarinet, 0% trumpet. I guess the trumpet part holds true.
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Author: marcia (---.bchsia.telus.net - ISP in Vancouver, ON Canada)
Date: 2008-08-30 16:58
Did it twice. came out a cellist both times. Clarinet was well down the list. And at one time I decided if I was to ever take up a string instrument it would be cello. Dark secrets??
Marcia
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