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New player, sort of

Author: JazzyAndrew  Date:   2012-11-08 13:39 I played clarinet for a year and half, stopping about 6 years ago when I put my finger in a bench plane at work. Lost the tip of the bone on the end of my left hand middle finger. While it was healing I moved to South Korea and lived there for a couple of years. Then I moved to China for a bit over 3 years. I am now in Istanbul, and bought a clarinet on impulse 8 days ago. I have been practicing a bit, and am getting a bit better. Still, I wouldnt want to be one of my neighbours. The clarinet I bought is a Palmer, and a few days later I bought a Rico mouthpiece set, all cheap. I am using Mitchell Laurie #3 reeds. I managed to get the Kolay Clarinet Method book, in Turkish, which I dont read, but am getting through. I use a free metronome program on my phone, as well as a tuner. The tuner says I am, iirc, a bit sharp, but I think I will leave that alone for a while. So far I have practiced: 1 Nov 30 mins 2 Nov 30 mins 3 Nov 30 mins + 30 mins 4 Nov 32 mins + 30 mins 5 Nov 30 mins + 30 mins 6 Nov 53 mins 7 Nov 50 mins 8 Nov 60 mins I plan to do another 60 minutes today. I like to keep track of this stuff, it keeps me motivated. So far I am up to Summertime, which is giving me some trouble with both the timing and getting the low E note, but I think I should be able to get it fairly well by the end of the day. As I dont have a teacher, I am starting to record myself. I have memorized two songs so far, Jingle Bells and Lightly Row, the first because some friends are coming to visit soon and for some reasons they call me Santa. The second because I like it. I plan to memorize Summertime too. I have the CD that came with the book, but dont have a CD player, today I talked to the internet cafe guy across the street and will get him to convert it to mp3s for me. If I play for a year I will reward myself with a better clarinet, unless I come across a good one for a good price in the meantime. Any suggestions for somebody trying to get by without a teacher? Andrew

Topics	Author	Date
New player, sort of  new	JazzyAndrew	2012-11-08 13:39
Re: New player, sort of  new	ramsa	2012-11-08 13:52
Re: New player, sort of  new	Nessie1	2012-11-08 16:26
Re: New player, sort of  new	trebleclef	2012-11-09 20:03
Re: New player, sort of  new	Bennett	2012-11-09 21:02
Re: New player, sort of  new	JazzyAndrew	2012-11-20 19:43
Re: New player, sort of  new	SteveG_CT	2012-11-20 19:51

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