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Re: Clarinet Hating

Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-03-22 16:24

Clarinet is the only woodwind instrument I did all my grades on while at college - I wasn't playing oboe at the time and wasn't that keen on the ABRSM syllabus for sax (and was getting enough sax playing in big bands anyway) so I chose clarinet as my 1st study as the syllabus was at least music written specifically for clarinet and not Baroque flute sonatas.

Funny thing is while I do tend to have a flexible approach to sax playing (I love David Sanborn's playing) I tend to be very reserved on clarinet, going for the tight, compact orchestral sound rather than the spread 'Jazz' sound, but that's not to say I can't bend things into all manner of shapes if I have to (eg. the 'Rhapsody gliss' etc.).

What I missed while studying clarinet was my first love - Baroque music. I'm not all that keen on Classical music so I had to put up with Weber and Mozart, though there was also enough 20th Century music to balance that out.

While at school I really didn't like the clarinet at all, most likely due to the sound the students made on it, but as I took up sax (after ditching bassoon in favour of playing sax) and realised dance band players doubled on clarinet I thought I ought to learn that as well. It wasn't until I was 16 when I began studying clarinet in earnest and the college had a new lecturer who is also a very fine clarinettist.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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