Author: Maruja
Date: 2019-07-29 16:07
I loved this post! I have been a member of a band for about 8 years now and remember at the start puzzling over such arcane things as 'first time bar', 'double time' and all the off beat rhythms which go over the bar....
Things are a lot better now, but I still get lost and there are some pieces which I will never master as they are just too fast for me (Caliph of Baghdad is a good example). I also find medleys where the tempo and the key change with not much warning, quite challenging.
I have lessons with a pianist/bassoonist - I chose her because I wanted to practise playing along with the piano, getting the entrances right etc, but we have never played bassoon and clarinet together. I think I will take up the suggestion of her playing the top part of a band piece which is a brilliant idea, but will bassoon and clarinet work together? I assume she will have to transpose...
I have also tried picking out well know tunes on the clarinet and playing them in different keys - I find this much more difficult on the clarinet than on a keyboard. Is it because the placement of the keys is not so straight forward?
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