Author: annevv
Date: 2017-03-04 20:45
My first woodwind (after years of piano) was clarinet. I still love and play the clarinet extensively. My next ventures were tenor saxophone, trombone, oboe/EH and bass clarinet (kind of full circle because of the playing opportunities that came up). I also had a brief session with a shawm (renaissance double reed instrument) and tenor recorder for the pit band of a Shakespearean play. Currently I focus on clarinet, bass clarinet and oboe, and am also learning organ (I think I'm a better organ player for my understanding of things like "legato tongue" and other articulations that are needed to phrase music with the sustaining note ability of the organ). I truly believe that all and any music a person does feeds back into the learning loop, no matter what instrument they play.
As far as EH goes, it's also my preference over oboe (I borrow an EH from my oboe teacher when her session with the symphony is over for the season). As a clarinet player, the EH lets you use more of all the wonderful air supply and support we have, is more forgiving in general and has the most wonderful beautiful warm tone quality. I just wish there was more music written for it!
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