Author: TomS
Date: 2017-09-23 18:08
Immerse yourself:
Listen to the best players, ideally live and not recordings. This will give you good examples of the kind of sound possibilities. And, you can also be inspired by listening to other great wind musicians, not just clarinetists.
Find the best teacher than you can afford ... a professional player that teaches at a college level, if you can find one ...
Play as often as you can with other musicians ... especially in small ensembles.
Don't go one day (unless sick) without some serious work on fundamentals, especially starting out with long tone warm-ups.
Keep you horn assembled (and swabbed out) on a peg at home, allowing you to grab it and play often and not having to go thru the assembly process each time.
Make you practice sessions short (45 minutes or so at max) and allow a short (at least 10 minute) rest period between each.
Don't play if your embouchure is strained, shaky or sore ... you may be playing to much until you are conditioned ... or may have equipment issues that is wearing you out too quickly.
Some people recommend not playing if you are tired or emotionally drained, but as a musician, you will often have to play/perform when you really feel like crap ... get used to the idea and power thru your problems, and most likely you will feel better after playing a while ... however, the next point:
Don't get frustrated with slow, plateaued or even backwards progress for a few days ... we all have days when we have slipped and wish we had picked another instrument of torture ...
Have fun! Music is HARD work, but it's fun at the same time ....
Tom
Post Edited (2017-09-23 18:13)
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