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Re: Horn Or Player

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2019-09-07 10:44

I agree that it's a lot to do with the player, but also for a weaker player, the instrument is a huge factor. I'm an adult beginner, trying to learn clarinet to strengthen the muscles that control my breathing and I definitely sound better on an expensive clarinet than on a cheap one. My teacher can play my slightly leaky E.J. Albert and make it sound great, but he is a professional singer. With my not-so-strong lungs I can't even get the high B and C to make a sound more then once out of every two times that I play them.

Having said that, I must say that I don't think people should be discouraged from playing wind instruments just because they do not have heroic lungs, and can produce only a slightly iffy tone. I reckon these instruments are like a gym workout for the lungs, and if anything, the rest of us probably have even more to gain from being allowed to try. The clarinet is a particularly nice instrument for that because it sounds lovely in anyone's hands, I think.

One of my great frustrations is that up until now, the clarinet was an instrument that could only really be learned with access to a good teacher and a great technician. I'm so glad that YouTube is now giving people access to good teaching, even if they live far from any other players.

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