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Re: How to practise very frequently without damaging clarinet

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2019-12-28 11:23

Hi,

Thanks for all these thoughts. I've adjusted things over the last few days and it's definitely getting easier to fit in more practise, while still caring for the clarinet.

I switched to the Yamaha swab that came with my clarinet, which is silk I think and runs much more easily through the clarinet. The cotton one that I used to use was quite hard to pull through and I worried that it was damaging the bore, so this new silk one seems better. It is certainly much quicker anyway, and fits through the mouthpiece, where the other one didn't at all. My next task is to figure out to not let the weight fall out in the washing machine. They don't work so easily after the weight has got lost.

I also switched back from my silverstein ligature to the PVC rovner one that is quicker to put on and stays put if I move my mouthpiece from one clarinet to the other, as I sometimes do at the moment. (I'm switching between my Yamaha and E.J.Albert clarinets frequently to experiment.)

I'm also just trying really hard not to get distracted by life stuff (reading the politics news online), and to prioritise better. The political situation has calmed down a lot here recently so it's easier to concentrate and get stuff done.

So far all this is working and I'm up to two half hour practises a day instead of three a week.

Thanks!

Jen

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