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Re: As and Cs

Author: trice035
Date: 2010-05-17 02:49

Karl,

I think you are misunderstanding something. The family of clarinets does not exist to allow players to avoid playing in certain keys. It is so that composers have a full range of voices to work with. Having a C or A clarinet around won't help your playing and won't make the literature more accessible to you. On the other hand, learning to do everything in every key will. Good players work hard to master every key. So, when one learns major and minor scales, one should strive to learn them all. Playing exercises in thirds, sixths? Do them in all keys. For example, my daily warm-up includes major and minor scales and chords in all keys. This help maintain my mental and muscle knowledge of them. If you end up playing in a wind band or orchestra and need to play music written for an A clarinet, you can worry about getting one then. Doing it before then is a waste of energy and money.

My thinking is that time spend obsessing over equipment is time spent not practicing. Practicing is all that matters. You might consider spending the next couple of years doing nothing but compulsively practicing one Bb clarinet.

I hope this is helpful,
Tom

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