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Full Version: New At Clarinet - Here Goes Nothing
Can you please tell me if I'm any good in this? I've been playing clarinet for about a month. Leave a comment or subscribe if you wish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L09ZPptSbo...re=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L09ZPptSbo...re=channel_page
A little bit too staccato. That's ok though.
I'm not going to lie, it needs work, but you're at a good point for how long you've been playing. You're making some beginner's mistakes, but those are fixable.
First of all, tongue the notes. Between all the quarter notes there's a big space, and between the eighth notes (Er, I assume you know what I'm talking about.) there's no space. You need to learn to tongue the notes so the music can move as a phrase. It may sound sloppy at first, but one of the easiest mistakes to fix that will make you sound good is being able to move the notes and tongue between them. If you don't learn now, you'll get into the habit of not tonguing and it will be a lot harder to fix.
NEXT: You need to build up lung strength so you can play long phrases without stopping, I'd say 8 bars is a good benchmark after about a year of playing. Just keep practicing and you'll get there. Learn to breathe at the end of a phrase (It's like a musical sentence written of several measures.), and even then take short breaths so you can play as long as possible. When you get into more advanced playing you'll learn more techniques for breathing and when to do it.
Learn to keep time. It really bugs me when musicians can't keep a tempo even close to what's actually happening. I could tell that a lot of your pauses were because you didn't know the fingerings (Don't worry about that, it still happens in high school advanced bands.) but even when you knew what you were doing, the tempo simply wasn't there. The best thing to do is practice with a metronome. Keep moving with the music, even if you miss a note.
Well, I hope that's helpful, made sense, and didn't sound too condescending.
First of all, tongue the notes. Between all the quarter notes there's a big space, and between the eighth notes (Er, I assume you know what I'm talking about.) there's no space. You need to learn to tongue the notes so the music can move as a phrase. It may sound sloppy at first, but one of the easiest mistakes to fix that will make you sound good is being able to move the notes and tongue between them. If you don't learn now, you'll get into the habit of not tonguing and it will be a lot harder to fix.
NEXT: You need to build up lung strength so you can play long phrases without stopping, I'd say 8 bars is a good benchmark after about a year of playing. Just keep practicing and you'll get there. Learn to breathe at the end of a phrase (It's like a musical sentence written of several measures.), and even then take short breaths so you can play as long as possible. When you get into more advanced playing you'll learn more techniques for breathing and when to do it.
Learn to keep time. It really bugs me when musicians can't keep a tempo even close to what's actually happening. I could tell that a lot of your pauses were because you didn't know the fingerings (Don't worry about that, it still happens in high school advanced bands.) but even when you knew what you were doing, the tempo simply wasn't there. The best thing to do is practice with a metronome. Keep moving with the music, even if you miss a note.
Well, I hope that's helpful, made sense, and didn't sound too condescending.
Thanks for the Constructive Critisisim
I realize it needs work, I'm not exactly great.
I realize it needs work, I'm not exactly great.
Its not bad for a new clarinet player, and i play trumpet so if you need any music help, ask me.
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