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Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-06-15 19:15
I've often wondered why the clarinet is played as a first instrument by so many young students or adults. Considering how difficult it is to learn to play the clarinet, why do band directors or adults chose it over the sax or flute (I played flute, for about 5 years; was easier to learn than the clarinet -- though it did have its own set of demons). Even the oboe and bassoon over blow on the octave making fingering quite a bit easier. Just curious.
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Author: tucker ★2017
Date: 2016-06-15 19:59
What's difficult for one, many times, is easy for another. I've never found a clarinet to be particularly hard to play. A piano, on the other hand, is very difficult to play, IMO. Reading one note at a time is a lot easier than reading up to 10 notes at a time.
Now mastering any instrument is no cake walk.
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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-06-15 22:07
As a matter of fact, I found flute nearly impossible to get a decent sound from. So from my point of view, clarinet was much easier. You almost can't not get a sound from a clarinet on the first try (double negative intended). So, for many students the start-up difficulty is less with a clarinet.
Most of my colleagues when I taught in school didn't recommend sax as a starter instrument because (a) sax is easier to learn for a clarinet player than clarinet for someone who started with sax, (b) the sax is heavier and also more expensive and (c) we usually had enough kids who wanted to start sax that we didn't want to actively encourage more.
Karl
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