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 Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:32 am
Polarchuck90 you got that right!!! my friend says that trumpets are better... i want to hit him with his trumpet... yes, my band director (a trumpet player) called Reid (first trumpet) "God of the Band" because he was first trumpet and all the clarinet players were like WHAT!?!? Any ways I'm in 8th grade and started playing in 6th. yay clarinets!!
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:17 am
HEY, IM NEW 2 THIS GUILD, BUT I PLAY THE CLARINET. I'VE PLAYED 4 ABOUT 4 1/2 YEARS, NOT LONG! LOL
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:28 am
Skye of Thunder lol..we were only given the opportunity to start in 6th....But I assure you I took advantage of it hehe...Soo..have you marched clarinet before? I LOVE MARCHING BAND AND MARCHING WITH THE CLARINET. I had to use a plastic one though, and the keys kept falling off.. crying oh well, at least my good clarinet didn't have to suffer...
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:28 pm
Hey there fellow clarinettists!!!
Wow...some of you got to start early...
We only were given the opportunity to start playing instruments in the 7th grade. I am now in grade 11, still as much in love with the clarinet as I was when I started. Our high school doesn't have a marching band (not as much of a thing in Canada) but we do have a symphonic band, which I am in. Our music program rox!!!! This year our band is touring Italy & Austria performing and touring musically significant historical sites!! SOO exciting!
And may I just say...
who loves Vandoren reeds???
They rock xd
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:45 pm
Sweet deal!<3
I'm glad I can come here<3
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:06 pm
Haha...
I've played clarinet since I was in 6th grade, that was quite a bit of time ago.
My middle Shool band director played trumpit and didn't know anything about clarinets at all... It was a very sad year in lala land.
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:23 pm
hello...this is my seventh year playing the clarinet [senior in HS (OH ATE!!)]. I'm a member of the Airport High School (yes...its located next to an airport rolleyes ) marching band...unfortunantly (sp? I'm a musician not a writer) marching season is over *pouts*
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:25 pm
kikioblack Haha... I've played clarinet since I was in 6th grade, that was quite a bit of time ago. My middle Shool band director played trumpit and didn't know anything about clarinets at all... It was a very sad year in lala land. whoa...what is it with band directors playing trumpet? my band director for the past 3 years (who quit last year...or retired...idk) played trumpet...
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:30 pm
Shieloup Hey there fellow clarinettists!!! Wow...some of you got to start early... We only were given the opportunity to start playing instruments in the 7th grade. I am now in grade 11, still as much in love with the clarinet as I was when I started. Our high school doesn't have a marching band (not as much of a thing in Canada) but we do have a symphonic band, which I am in. Our music program rox!!!! This year our band is touring Italy & Austria performing and touring musically significant historical sites!! SOO exciting! And may I just say... who loves Vandoren reeds??? They rock xd omg!!! that's so cool!!...the only thing our band program has is every 4 years we go to New York and DC (nothing compared to Italy and Austria)...I've never even been out of the country also...Vandoren reeds are awesome...but I like Rico...they are cheaper and they still get the job done...I use 3 strength
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:32 pm
breezerider123 Skye of Thunder lol..we were only given the opportunity to start in 6th....But I assure you I took advantage of it hehe...Soo..have you marched clarinet before? I LOVE MARCHING BAND AND MARCHING WITH THE CLARINET. I had to use a plastic one though, and the keys kept falling off.. crying oh well, at least my good clarinet didn't have to suffer... I only have one clarinet...its frankenstein's clarinet [half plastic half wood and half metal (the keys)]...my friend has a plastic clarinet that is off-white...we call it the michael jackson clarinet...teehee
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:39 pm
I hate my band director...he just graduated from college last year...he's a "world champion" with the cadets and he won't let us forget it...he just so full of himself and he's changed a bunch of stuff in our band program...grr...he just makes me angry! evil
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:38 pm
finally a place were i can talk to other clarinetists! thank god!
so my name is Raven. I'm a Soprano Clarinetist (Bflat). i also play the other clarinets in the family such as alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra bass clarinet, and the others. you name the clarinet i can play it!
i'm a sophomore at Alderson Broaddus College. we don't have a marching band, but when i was in high school at Robert C Byrd hs i was section leader/ drum major.
between my 5th grade year and my freshman year in college i learned how to play other instruments such as trumpet and all the saxes. oboe also and bassoon and guitar and piano. i also sing.
i want to be a band director, but i want to teach high school!
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:49 pm
raven deshoulieres finally a place were i can talk to other clarinetists! thank god! so my name is Raven. I'm a Soprano Clarinetist (Bflat). i also play the other clarinets in the family such as alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra bass clarinet, and the others. you name the clarinet i can play it! i'm a sophomore at Alderson Broaddus College. we don't have a marching band, but when i was in high school at Robert C Byrd hs i was section leader/ drum major. between my 5th grade year and my freshman year in college i learned how to play other instruments such as trumpet and all the saxes. oboe also and bassoon and guitar and piano. i also sing. i want to be a band director, but i want to teach high school! woah...that's alot of instruments...I didn't know that a Bb clarinet was a soprano clarinet...cool...I learned something...yay for me! ^-^ ...I've always wanted to play bass clarinet but mr. shealy let a freshman play our schools only one instead grrr...sure she played it in middle school, but can she play from a low E up to the high G on a Bb clarinet..I think not..I can't either but I can get up there
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:01 am
I love my band director SO much. He's so funny, and so lighthearted! He can turn anything into a joke, and even make stupid jokes funny, lulz. He's a good sport, too. Like, the band sometimes makes fun of him, and like he makes fun of us (Sometimes as a full band, sometimes just as individual people). And if he thinks you're extra-special-awesome, you get a nickname, lol.
But yes, enough about Mr. Helgert, I've been playing clarinet for only three years or so... But I've been told I'm good. In WSMA (Wisconsin School Music Association (A music solo/duet/trio/quartet/band competition)) I earned two gold medals in a competition two classes higher than normal...
...I also have a professional model Bb clarinet. It's a Buffet R13 Bb, with a gorgeous cherry hue... I love it...
His name is Edward.... >>
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:24 am
Awai_Raikaku PolaroidPieces Awai_Raikaku Hey im in 10th grade and been playing since i was in 5th my schools band are know as the "Dutch man" and we wear wooden shoes when we march... wow, thats cool
it must be hard to march in those
and it must hurt too haha im not really sure this is my first year marching with the wooden shoes tee... I haven't marched in wooden shoes before... but RollMasters are REALLY awesome shoes. I used them for my freshman and sophomore year and they are still shiny... they click when you walk around on a hard floor too. Only disadvantage to walking around in them on the hard floor: you slip really easily. I don't get to use mine anymore 'cause I moved to a new school and they don't you Roll Step technique... they use Straight Leg.. and we always have a Jazz run at least once in out show... but it's much easier to play clarinet on straight leg than roll step!!!
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