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Author: Clarinet&Alto15
Date: 2010-12-10 01:26
I have the opportunity to play the Eb clarinet for woodwind ensemble in my high school. I am very excited, and I've been enamored with the possibility of playing it for quite some time. Before I can really play it, we are sending it in to be repadded as the clarion "b" and "c" are very airy, squeaky, and difficult to produce. Anyway, I was hoping people would have some practical advice for me, as a first time Eb player. All comments are welcomed and appreciated!
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-12-10 02:18
Play your easy scales and chord slowly to get comfortable with the fingerings. Then practice 12ths, you know, low E putting down the register key to get the B etc. until you get to F-C. After a few days you will begin to get the voicing and comfortable with the fingering. Then read an easy etude each day on it. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Klarnetisto
Date: 2010-12-10 02:38
I was introduced to the E-flat clarinet in my high school years as well: three years of summer school band. I used a school-owned instrument in terrible condition, which was horribly out-of-tune with itself.
It taught me how to compensate for the tuning of each note, and how to listen to the ensemble to stay in tune. It took me two weeks at the beginning of each summer to learn how to do that, after which my director would turn to me in amazement and say "you're in tune...!" That actually was a very important lesson in musicianship.
My present E-flat is very well in tune with itself (*whew!*). But these little clarinets have a reputation for being out of tune, and your pitch-level is one in which that can be very telling. So I'd recommend that you pay special attention to working to pull every note you play in tune with your group. It's a real opportunity for musical growth.
Klarnetisto
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