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 Re: The Beginning Clarinetist Thread
Author: BethGraham 
Date:   2019-05-04 19:58

Thank you so, so much, Tony and Liz, for recommending that I look into New Horizons groups. I attended both Concert Band and Beginner Band last week, and it was a riot!

I could only play along with Concert Band about 20% of the time. However, it was easy to sight read along and to keep my place in the music. I feel confident that once I have more lesson time under my belt I'll be okay. (It really helps that I've sung in lots of choral groups -- and that I'm a rogue alto -- so I have some sense of harmonies and patterns, even though I don't yet have the technical ability with my horn.)

The Beginner Band was a better fit, of course. It's a much smaller group -- only about 7 members -- so I was called on to play with abandon and to switch parts a fair bit (I covered 1st clarinet, 2nd clarinet, or Bb trumpet parts, depending on where I was needed. There's another clarinetist with whom I switched parts.). I could play about 90% of the music, so was able to think more about dynamics, etc. This group will be a safe place to learn more about band-music notation, blending, etc. so that I can be a better band member in both groups.

Anyway, I'm so grateful to you both for urging me to look into New Horizons. So energizing -- and gives me motivation to keep working! (I was also gratified to observe that my tone doesn't suck as much as I thought it did!)
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