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Re: Do you prefer 2nd or 3rd Clarinet to 1st?

Author: JonTheReeds
Date: 2015-02-21 18:18

3rd clarinet for me! Starting clarinet in my forties has allowed me to take a step back. This means I'm less interested in the competitive side of things and more interested in just getting better

I play in two community wind bands and am a third in both. The firsts in both bands are way ahead of everyone else. The difference in technical prowess between 2nd and 3rd players isn't that great and, I proffer, some of the thirds are better than the 2nds. The music for firsts is very technical whereas the music for 2nds and 3rds is less so and similar to each other (normally just different parts of the harmony)

In one of the bands, I think I had an opportunity recently to progress to 2nds but made it clear I wasn't bothered. I decided that it wouldn't make much difference from a musical point of view as music for 2nds is similar, there is less focus on the thirds at the back, and the thirds are such nice people that every rehearsal is a lot of fun

A few years ago I would have jumped at the chance to 'progress' but now I just want to be better than I was 6 months ago, and I feel that I can do this as well, if not better, at home with a metronome and the particular notes that are giving me problems

When I feel that I am as good as the firsts I'll reconsider the situation, but that will be at least a good number of years

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