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What do I do?

Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-03-25 05:25

I'm new to the board. Was hoping for some insight as to how to go about practice routines and ultimately the pursuit of clarinet happiness. Some information below.

Currently rocking a Selmer 1430LP Bass Clarinet, standard mouthpiece/lig. and the Vandoren blue box size 2.5, and have completed the Accent on Achievement series, and am moving on to the Rubank Intermediate Method. Typically practice for two-three hours; 2 x 50min. w/ 10min. break, then a full hour to conclude. The book series is pretty straight forward, start with long tones, scales, and technique exercises, then work on the excerpts in the book for the majority of the practice session. I finish the last 30min. with "fun", which for me is working on a song or two, and just improving/jamming.

I'm 21yr. old, so go ahead and laugh. My clarinet goals are that someday, I'd like to play some pretty advanced classical and jazz pieces. Think Yasuto Tanaka's interpretation of Czardas and Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No 2; maybe be able to jam like Eddie Daniels too. Maybe play well enough that I could audition for a local orchestra, or maybe just go Christmas caroling and a few small gigs here and there.

Seems I've already posted an epic now, so I'll close by saying any tips for what direction I should go in terms of clarinet/bass clarinet-ing would be great, since I don't have a proper teacher. Thanks for reeding (reed pun).

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