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Re: Critique my Mozart?

Author: kthln.hnsn  Date:   2015-07-01 02:23 Been there, I was not able to afford lessons when I was your age either. But hard work and dedication got me exactly where I wanted to be in my musical career The problem you'll face not having a teacher is you won't have that immediate feedback from another person and your band director can only get you so far as they are not always a wind player. You'll also need to learn to peruse other types of resources such as online or searching for books. You've made a good choice at least asking on here. You'll just have to forgive some users as they are professionals and perhaps aren't used to listening to a beginner. Be sure you're using enough breath support and that you are covering the tone holes as well, those are probably two big reasons why you're squeaking. Use a metronome! Start at a quarter note equaling 60 beats and work your way up from there to the correct tempo. My biggest issue in my early years was that I was in such a hurry to learn all the clarinet repertoire that I learned it but not well. You need to be patient and take small sections at a time. I recommend 17 Staccato Studies by Kell for you to learn proper technique in tonguing. Also listen to recordings, Youtube is a good venue for that. Listen to a professional clarinetists style and watch them how they phrase their playing in their body language as well. I'm sure others will add more, but don't be disheartened and you absolutely must learn to take criticism well. You're going to get criticized here and there throughout your career (whether you truly deserve it or not) so learn to deal with it and more importantly learn from it

Topics	Author	Date
Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-01 00:29
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	BbMajorBoy	2015-07-01 00:34
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	GBK	2015-07-01 00:49
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	ClarinetRobt	2015-07-01 02:17
Re: Critique my Mozart?	kthln.hnsn	2015-07-01 02:23
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	kdk	2015-07-01 02:43
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-01 05:02
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Paul Aviles	2015-07-01 05:18
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	kdk	2015-07-01 05:26
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	locke9342	2015-07-01 10:57
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-01 21:00
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Morrigan	2015-07-01 21:17
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-01 21:23
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Paul Aviles	2015-07-01 21:41
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-01 21:47
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Bennett	2015-07-01 21:59
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-01 22:14
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	kdk	2015-07-01 22:53
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Paul Aviles	2015-07-01 22:17
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-01 22:40
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	locke9342	2015-07-01 23:29
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	kdk	2015-07-02 00:10
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Morrigan	2015-07-02 10:05
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	brycon	2015-07-02 00:24
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-02 00:26
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Hank Lehrer	2015-07-02 01:01
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-02 04:04
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Titus	2015-07-02 06:50
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Paul Aviles	2015-07-02 13:24
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Paul Aviles	2015-07-02 20:17
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Jack Kissinger	2015-07-02 20:23
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-02 20:58
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Silversorcerer	2015-07-02 21:05
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-02 21:45
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Silversorcerer	2015-07-02 23:14
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Paul Aviles	2015-07-02 23:45
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-03 00:00
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Silversorcerer	2015-07-03 00:22
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	as9934	2015-07-03 01:53
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	kdk	2015-07-03 04:42
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Silversorcerer	2015-07-03 05:51
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Hank Lehrer	2015-07-03 05:55
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Jack Kissinger	2015-07-03 07:25
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Silversorcerer	2015-07-03 09:04
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Silversorcerer	2015-07-03 09:23
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Silversorcerer	2015-07-03 11:35
Re: Critique my Mozart?  new	Owen	2015-07-03 09:35