Author: Josje
Date: 2016-05-14 19:02
Hello,
I am playing clarinet for 4 months now, according to my teacher I advance faster than most students, due to the fact I used to play recorder for 6-7 years as a child. At the moment I am playing a rental Buffet b12. I really, really love it and plan to buy a wooden clarinet within the next 6 months or so. My question is: is there any reason why I should not buy a clarinet that is meant for ‘advanced student’? Do they require better technique for instance? Harder to blow? I wanted to play clarinet for a very long time, but was not able to due to health issues. As I said I really love it and think I still will be playing ten years from now, then I hopefully will be an advanced amateur. So that is the reason I am thinking of buying a better quality clarinet already.
I live in Europe (no native English speaker, so my excuses for any mistakes in my English), so I don't have access to all the brands you have. The brands/types I am thinking of are Yamaha YCL450, BuffetE12 of Yamaha YCL 650. Buffet E13 is out of my budget range. The cheaper option would be Buffet E11. My teacher doesn’t like Yamaha as much as Buffet, he says they sound ‘sharp’.
My end goal is to be able to play in a local amateur orchestra or band, but I don’t know what type of music yet. The possibilities in my area are quite limited (there aren’t many orchestras or bands), so whatever I buy needs to be suitable for different types of music.'
Thank you for your opinions.
Post Edited (2016-05-14 22:38)
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