Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2018-01-22 00:11
Hi Jonathan!
There are several different avenues one might take to learn jazz. I like early (trad/dixie/New Orleans/Chicago/West Coast) jazz styles, so any advice I might give is based in that direction:
Find a song you like to listen to...then play along with it and try to mimic the sounds you hear. There are many different ways in which to smear, growl, scoop, etc., and each person usually comes to his/her own preferred method(s). The "cheap and easy" method to scoop is to drop your jaw (like you're chewing bubble gum). It doesn't sound that great, but it is a start. Eventually, you'll probably end up being able to do the scoops with very slight changes in tongue/cheek/jaw positions, etc.
While equipment can somewhat restrict or broaden certain elements of jazz playing, the principles are the same, and achievable on any clarinet...even a top of the line classical setup.
Marcos is much more fluent in education and modernish jazz than I am, so perhaps he will chime in. (There are a lot of knowledgeable jazz folks on this bboard though...so hopefully you'll get the help you need.)
I'm happy to help if there's anything I can do too. Either here on the board, or in e-mail.
Fuzzy
Post Edited (2018-01-22 00:11)
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