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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:52 pm
hello im a bass clarinet player ya bass and i have been squeaking all the time now i have a new reed buyt i still squeak help me 
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:26 pm
I've been playing the clarinet for four years. I play the B-flat clarinet in marching band, and the B-flat contrabass clarinet in Concert band. Clarinets are so fun to play!
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:08 pm
@ arata-chou
I'm just asking, but does it squeak in every note, or just some? Sometimes my bass clarinet squeaks when something doesn't seal properly. Check your pads and springs. Makes sure the screws are all in and make sure that the mouthpiece isn't broken either.
Off course these are just suggestions, because this is just what usually happens to me.
@ ShikyoAmataka
You play contrabass? LUCKY! I so wish I was you!
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Anyways I've been in band for five years. I've play bass clarinet in concert band and Bb clarinet in cadet mil band.
I also play other instruments.. just not clarinet related.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:07 pm
crying I miss Contra bass,
crying I also miss regular bass...
crying Two years man, TWO YEARS
*goes and cries in corner*
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:39 am
lol clarinets r the coolest instrument... but don't you all think that oboes deserve some coolness recognition as they r so like the awesomely amazingly cool clarinet?!? heart biggrin
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:58 pm
Has anyone ever had there clarinet stolen? Well let me tell you, it is a very depressing experience. I use the school's at the moment. 3nodding I love clarinet! We are master's of the controlled squeak!
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:54 pm
Whee! I remember when I was first starting clarinet and we were crossing the break, our BD was telling us how we sounded like wounded cats. :'D Good times, good times...
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:51 pm
Hi, i'm Julia! I've been playing clarinet for about a year (I kept joining the quitting... It just wasn't as interesting). I <3 playing the clarinet. I'm not too bad. Anywaaay, i'm in 7th grade and I'm 13. Next year (or the year after that, i'm not sure on which one) I will most likely be in marching band... So.... Wish me luck! Have a great year everyone! mrgreen
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:08 am
Akane-senpai It seemed inapproiate to post without first introducing myself. My name is.... Akane-senpai! But actually, I'm probably Akane-senpuu to most of you guys. sweatdrop I've been playing for three years now... got a late start. And now for my question: Are there different grades of mouthpeices? And is there a reed higher than a 3 1/2? A fellow Clarinetist said she usually plays on a 4 1/2, but I have had trouble finding such a reed. I guess that was 2, but I have a nother one. I play on Rico Royal, is Vandoren really a better reed? IDK about diff. grades of mouthpeices but i have seen up to 5 reeds so there are some, just have to look in the right places to find them. Also, i've heard from fellow clarinets in my band that ricos are bad, and are made from leftover stuff that reeds are made out of, but i use rico royals, just vandoren reeds are thicker, and take a little time to get used to.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:59 am
crazychick6692 Akane-senpai It seemed inapproiate to post without first introducing myself. My name is.... Akane-senpai! But actually, I'm probably Akane-senpuu to most of you guys. sweatdrop I've been playing for three years now... got a late start. And now for my question: Are there different grades of mouthpeices? And is there a reed higher than a 3 1/2? A fellow Clarinetist said she usually plays on a 4 1/2, but I have had trouble finding such a reed. I guess that was 2, but I have a nother one. I play on Rico Royal, is Vandoren really a better reed? IDK about diff. grades of mouthpeices but i have seen up to 5 reeds so there are some, just have to look in the right places to find them. Also, i've heard from fellow clarinets in my band that ricos are bad, and are made from leftover stuff that reeds are made out of, but i use rico royals, just vandoren reeds are thicker, and take a little time to get used to. there are different kinds of mouthpieces, many do help improve tone. student mouthpieces are about the same quality as the student clarinet, but different mouthpieces are shaped differently and such. i have a 5RV lyre which is a good semi-professional mouthpiece id say.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:41 pm
idk what kind of mouthpeice i have, i broke the one i got when getting my clarinet and my band director got me a new one, and said that it was a good mouthpeice. I don't know much bout mouthpeices.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:03 pm
this is my 1st year playin Clarinet,but i skipped a year already!!! i hope to go to Julliard one day!!
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:59 pm
Landruce What do ya mean I'm crazy? I use at least a toothbrush to clean all my mouthpieces(all 5), it saves time, and puts use to old toothbrushes ^,^
but i'm just gonna wait until i get my r13 :3...which will be i dunno...a while. sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:05 pm
Akane-senpai It seemed inapproiate to post without first introducing myself. My name is.... Akane-senpai! But actually, I'm probably Akane-senpuu to most of you guys. sweatdrop I've been playing for three years now... got a late start. And now for my question: Are there different grades of mouthpeices? And is there a reed higher than a 3 1/2? A fellow Clarinetist said she usually plays on a 4 1/2, but I have had trouble finding such a reed. I guess that was 2, but I have a nother one. I play on Rico Royal, is Vandoren really a better reed?
Akane-senpai Hello! Well not different grades, but different types of mouth pieces, for example M13, M30, etc I can't exactly explain it, but I have that the mouth piece curves either more or less on each type, again its hard to explain.
As for reeds, yes, the sizes go up to atleast 5 1/2, don't kill yourself with a 4 1/2 [especially not a 4 1/2 rue lepic reed!! Those are harder than normal reeds], unless the reeds you use are too soft. You'll usually find them in the vandoren brand.
well there are disputes about the reeds, my teacher uses a mixture, he has all sorts of connections so he gets packs of vandorens AND ricos, we talked a little about reeds two weeks ago, he didn't say much about the normal vandoren reeds, but those are pretty consistant, if I remember I found a good amount of reeds in a box. As for my new reeds, the vandoren 56, they are inconsistant; every now and then they'll be horrible and just mortifying to play on, but then sooner or later they play great, then they go back to being cruddy -_-; I'm thinking of going back to the blue vandoren box again or maybe the V12s. But anyways, for ricos, my teacher uses the rico reserves, his friend sent him a huge box full of them, he told its hard to find a great reed in each box, but there will be 3 or 4 reeds that sound absolutely stunning, [and it does, I've gone to his concerts, he's played the rico reserves on pieces with orchs by frank ticheli with him there :O [blue shades, and shooting stars, the blue shades solo was crazy, everyone went crazy when he played it, and not to mention gershwin's rhapsody in blue smile ]
for him, rico reserves work, but really, it depends on your style of playing and just everything, in the world of music we all are different with the way we play, find a reed you like the best and that you sound great on, thats all that matters
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:21 pm
Hallo! I should be practicing on my clarinet right now but instead I'm posting in the clary forum, oh well!
I am a clarinet in the RHS concert band, and I feel a duty to my band to say this: OUR BAND WON STATE CONTEST FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS! WOOT! but that was years ago, after those three years we kinda sucked, but we are getting better. We won second the last two years,and by spreads of 5 and 1 points. Just goes to show that we totally raised the state bar! Kudos to senor Follose, our director.
We don't have a marching band but we all march in the homecoming parade and play the school song. It's fun!
Shout out to all yall in 2a bands!
oh, what is the oppinion on cloth ligatures, I'm thinking of getting on(my brother's got one on his sax) do they help playing, are they more comfortable?
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