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Author: William
Date: 2011-12-16 14:23
And the award goes to.......michele, for the best use of smileys in a clarinet posting. Seriously, keep playing, your never to old to regain your breath.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2011-12-16 15:37
You'll get better over the next month or so.....and then it gets worse as you approach 80.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Philcoman
Date: 2011-12-16 18:45
I'm an amateur player and no spring chicken. There have been a couple of times when I've had to stop playing for a month, and when I come back to the instrument I have no wind at all. It comes back with a regular practice schedule.
"If you want to do something, you do it, and handle the obstacles as they come." --Benny Goodman
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2011-12-16 18:50
Congratulations on your return!
Getting old beats the alternative! ![[hot]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/hot.gif)
Have fun,
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2011-12-17 18:15
That's not because you're getting old, it's because you don't work out. Do something that makes you use your breath more, bikes, running, jumping jacks, push ups, whatever. Use those lungs you'll live longer and better too. ESP
eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: alto gether
Date: 2011-12-17 18:50
Yeah. Your breath is out of shape. Playing clarinet will fix that.
Me, I'm a very amateur clarinetist but I have to sing a lot because I'm a songwriter. Alto clarinet did more for my breath support than any singing exercises.
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Author: knotty
Date: 2011-12-17 21:20
I totally believe in and do as Ed says (cycling, jogging):
"That's not because you're getting old, it's because you don't work out. Do something that makes you use your breath more, bikes, running, jumping jacks, push ups, whatever. Use those lungs you'll live longer and better too. ESP
eddiesclarinet.com"
~ Musical Progress: None ~
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Author: CarlT
Date: 2011-12-18 02:17
Ed and others have offered some very good advice.
I'm 74, and if I didn't do aerobic type exercises (for me, racquetball, bike riding, and/or treadmill on days too bad to get out), I likely would not be able to hold my own in our community band.
Even with regular exericise (and it's a rare day that I miss), I still struggle with my embouchure and wind, but I have to think how bad it'd be if I did no exercise at all. As Bob says, the nearer one gets to 80, even with exercise, the harder it's going to be, but I will go down that road kicking and screaming before I give in.
CarlT
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Author: Buster Brown
Date: 2011-12-18 12:32
I'm 74 also. If you want to improve your breath/endurance take up the flute. I started about a year ago and the little silver tube takes twice as much air as a clarinet; at least it does until you take a couple of lessons, then it takes only 25% more air.
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