Author: SwingQuavers
Date: 2018-12-19 02:58
Hello,
I am new here and would like some advice. Last week I bought a new clarinet, a Buffet Crampon E13 with Eb lever, because my current one has serious mechanical flaws. It is an almost 20 year old wooden Buffet Crampon E10 with Eb lever and it was my very first clarinet (the E10 was the same as the E11 but with a resin bell for weight reduction and very popular in Italy).
I am almost 28 years old and learned to play the clarinet from age 8/9 to age 14/15. At age 13 I played in an orchestra for young musicians.
From age 25 until now I have sometimes played on the weekends for fun. Since now I have a new instrument I really love, I would like to improve my skills and make further progress. I remember fingerings up to F#6. I would like to improve my technique so as to play faster. I like jazz and Klezmer and all the ornamentation that comes with these styles (smear, pitch bend, glissando,...). I also like classical music.
I don't want to take lessons. I suffer from frequent migraines, and so it is impossible for me to take lessons regularly. I want to take the clarinet serious, but respecting my physical limits. Also, where I live it is very difficult to find teachers that teach jazz or Klezmer clarinet.
So, what should I practice? Can you recommend some method books, preferably with CD so that I can hear how the exercises should be played? (Do method books with CD exist?)
I have other questions about my new clarinet. Since now we have winter and temperatures up to -15 °C, can I take it outside in its case and with a case cover or will it crack? I travel in train, but have to go on foot for about 15 min. Also, during the break-in period during which, according to Buffet Crampon, I shouldn't play it for more than 30 min, do I have to play it every day or can I skip 1-2 days without hurting the instrument?
Thanks!
Post Edited (2018-12-19 11:41)
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