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The Fifth Marauder · Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:23 pm

Sorry, but it turns out that I won't have room for band in my high school schedule anyway. I'm taking up violin again instead. Thanks anyway, guys.

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DiscordantNote · #2 Post by **DiscordantNote** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:27 pm

If you work very hard, you should be able to pull it off. Clarinet is a tricky instrument, but it could be a lot worse.

EDIT: I taught myself bassoon, a very hard instrument, when I was entering 10th grade. I'm now entering 12th and I'm one of the better people in the band. So, as long as you work at it with a tutor you should be fine.

teddymon · #3 Post by **teddymon** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:32 pm

I wouldn't worry...I started playing the euphonium at the beginning of grade 9, and now I'm the best in the school.

(I'm at the end of grade 10 now) I joined my school's band within a month, and the only other instrument I could play was the piano.

We did a "teach someone how to play your instrument" day in music class last semester, and I didn't find the clarinet too difficult from the little I did. Just stick with it, and if you need any extra help just ask your music teacher/band director.

Anoohilator · #4 Post by **Anoohilator** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:12 pm

If you found the Violin easy to play and are good at it then I'm sure you will have no trouble learning the Clarinet

o_0 · #5 Post by **o_0** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:35 pm

Well, this one time, at band camp, I taught myself how to play the clarinet.

However, due to not playing for over a year, I forgot. ;P

Anoohilator · #6 Post by **Anoohilator** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:45 pm

Oh yeah and in about 15 miutes I learnt how to play C# on the sax

Ten minutes of that was to stop laughin cause the mouthpiece looked like a duckky

Alex · #7 Post by **Alex** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:14 pm

I taught myself clarinet over the holidays before 6th grade, and was a year behind. A year later, I was the best in the group. Now, I'm the best in the school.

I didn't find it all that hard to learn, though I've had the added advantage of excellent sight-reading skills and years of music experience prior. I think the hardest thing is actually getting the sound out of it when you start, depending on what reed you start on.

My friend (who plays percussion) was trying to learn when we were leaders on music camp. You have no idea how funny it was to watch him get the basic notes... the teachers here start us off on a size 1 or 1 and a half reed. I'm using a 3 and a half, and it was a new one. Even I was having problems getting a note out to start!