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Re: Please supervise my practice

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2022-05-24 14:17

Hi Valencio,

I watched your other videos, and I really think you are doing a wonderful job. It will be very much easier for you to learn because of all your experience in classical guitar and it looks to me as though you have a piano in your house too, is that right? Having a lot of musical background really helps very much .

I really like how you keep the camera on a tripod so it doesn't wobble, and the gentle piano music on your first video was lovely too. Your videos are very relaxing to watch.

I wondered - have you learned yet from the youtube videos about the importance of putting the reed in your mouth and sucking it a bit to get it wet before you put it on the mouthpiece? The reed has to be wet to work, so if you are not doing that, then it will really make things a lot easier.

I also wondered if you had thought about getting a soft ligature instead of the metal one that you are using? These Rovner ones are much easier to play and very inexpensive: https://www.rovnerproducts.com/dark-ligature

I started playing four years ago in 2018 so I am also an adult learner but I am currently playing grade 2 fairly fluently and trying a little bit to manage grade 5 pieces.

If you would like to ask me any questions I would be really happy to watch your videos and try to help. This early stage of learning was very recent for me and so I can remember what it felt like, and that I needed to do to get over the hurdles.

You might also like this youtube channel which is great for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/c/ClarinetMentors

and this one which is just really fun:
https://www.youtube.com/c/earspasm

I look forward to hearing more from you.

Best wishes,

Jennifer

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