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 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:47 pm
ClarinetOtakuMai Wooden clarinet for marching band is a pretty bad idea in my opinion. It could cause the clarinet to crack easier, or something like that. My BD and clarinet teacher both told me to just use my plastic clarinet. But it also depends on the brand of clarinet you have. I heard some wooden clarinets you can march with without constant worrying.
i marched with a wooden clarinet this last season and the only problem i had was warping in the cold. it was easy to fix the problem though (just keep warm air running through it until it warms up). that was the only problem i ever had...even though my clarinet got dropped by a friend. another clarinet player dropped her clarinet and it was plastic and ended up with a 3 inch split in the bottom of the body.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:03 pm
hemingwaycutiepie ClarinetOtakuMai Wooden clarinet for marching band is a pretty bad idea in my opinion. It could cause the clarinet to crack easier, or something like that. My BD and clarinet teacher both told me to just use my plastic clarinet. But it also depends on the brand of clarinet you have. I heard some wooden clarinets you can march with without constant worrying. i marched with a wooden clarinet this last season and the only problem i had was warping in the cold. it was easy to fix the problem though (just keep warm air running through it until it warms up). that was the only problem i ever had...even though my clarinet got dropped by a friend. another clarinet player dropped her clarinet and it was plastic and ended up with a 3 inch split in the bottom of the body. that just means that you don't know what the other problems are. dropping a clarinet, especially a wooden clarinet, is going to mess something up. if you think there's nothing wrong, it's only because you don't know what you're looking for.
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:04 pm
toco clarinet hemingwaycutiepie ClarinetOtakuMai Wooden clarinet for marching band is a pretty bad idea in my opinion. It could cause the clarinet to crack easier, or something like that. My BD and clarinet teacher both told me to just use my plastic clarinet. But it also depends on the brand of clarinet you have. I heard some wooden clarinets you can march with without constant worrying. i marched with a wooden clarinet this last season and the only problem i had was warping in the cold. it was easy to fix the problem though (just keep warm air running through it until it warms up). that was the only problem i ever had...even though my clarinet got dropped by a friend. another clarinet player dropped her clarinet and it was plastic and ended up with a 3 inch split in the bottom of the body. that just means that you don't know what the other problems are. dropping a clarinet, especially a wooden clarinet, is going to mess something up. if you think there's nothing wrong, it's only because you don't know what you're looking for. i have been marchin with a wood clarinet for 3 years now and as long as you know how to handal it nothing really go's wrong and in my opinin it sounds better than a plastic cuz of the more warm sound like mine hits high notes perfectly (meaning you dont want to chop off your ears when you play C above the staff)
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:13 pm
aime-kagura1394 i have been marchin with a wood clarinet for 3 years now and as long as you know how to handal it nothing really go's wrong and in my opinin it sounds better than a plastic cuz of the more warm sound like mine hits high notes perfectly (meaning you dont want to chop off your ears when you play C above the staff) of course wood clarinets SOUND better, but like you said "as long as you know how to handle it, nothing goes wrong". you obviously don't know how to handle it, as you allowed it to be put into a situation where it could be dropped. for the record, if you're a decent player at all, a high C sounds good on a plastic clarinet. if you want chop your ears off while playing high notes on a plastic clarinet, you're doing it wrong.
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:33 pm
toco clarinet aime-kagura1394 i have been marchin with a wood clarinet for 3 years now and as long as you know how to handal it nothing really go's wrong and in my opinin it sounds better than a plastic cuz of the more warm sound like mine hits high notes perfectly (meaning you dont want to chop off your ears when you play C above the staff) of course wood clarinets SOUND better, but like you said "as long as you know how to handle it, nothing goes wrong". you obviously don't know how to handle it, as you allowed it to be put into a situation where it could be dropped. for the record, if you're a decent player at all, a high C sounds good on a plastic clarinet. if you want chop your ears off while playing high notes on a plastic clarinet, you're doing it wrong. Well, high notes can make you want to chop your ears off if 7 clarients are playing super high notes, like 4 above the staff and over. Especially when one is a freshman and two otehrs suck. Our fight song goes high on first clarient. so high we had a picolo crying in the corner during sectionals. For 10 years every clarinet has played 1st part. I'm the first section leader to give second parts tot he clarinets, and i dont see why. With a 4-2 more on second ratio, it is actually pleasing to the ears. Even if we were all playing the ntoes right, it was extremely loud and difficult to tune on a football field. With two playing high and the others in easier range, tunign is no longer a problem, and no more piccolo players are cowering in fear. I just thought I'd point that out haha
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:54 pm
Hi, everyone! Just wanted to stop in and say hello before I got caught up somewhere else...
[This is my 10th year of clarinet, and I just can't stop!]
But really, ... yes, wood does sound better, but plastic isn't that terrible. And the plastic is a lot harder to ruin, which is good for students.
Hey, ClarinetGoddess: I love your quotes!!!!! They are so very true for me... I would go insane without music. Completely, out-of-my-mind insane. *shivers* I don't even want to think about it!
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:53 pm
ClarinetGoddess Well, high notes can make you want to chop your ears off if 7 clarients are playing super high notes, like 4 above the staff and over. Especially when one is a freshman and two otehrs suck. Our fight song goes high on first clarient. so high we had a picolo crying in the corner during sectionals. For 10 years every clarinet has played 1st part. I'm the first section leader to give second parts tot he clarinets, and i dont see why. With a 4-2 more on second ratio, it is actually pleasing to the ears. Even if we were all playing the ntoes right, it was extremely loud and difficult to tune on a football field. With two playing high and the others in easier range, tunign is no longer a problem, and no more piccolo players are cowering in fear. I just thought I'd point that out haha like i said, if you're doing it right, it doesn't hurt. i hate people who act like it's impossible to tune high notes on a clarinet because they're the guys who are never in tune up there. you know why they're never in tune? because they think it's impossible, so they don't try.
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:57 am
toco clarinet ClarinetGoddess Well, high notes can make you want to chop your ears off if 7 clarients are playing super high notes, like 4 above the staff and over. Especially when one is a freshman and two otehrs suck. Our fight song goes high on first clarient. so high we had a picolo crying in the corner during sectionals. For 10 years every clarinet has played 1st part. I'm the first section leader to give second parts tot he clarinets, and i dont see why. With a 4-2 more on second ratio, it is actually pleasing to the ears. Even if we were all playing the ntoes right, it was extremely loud and difficult to tune on a football field. With two playing high and the others in easier range, tunign is no longer a problem, and no more piccolo players are cowering in fear. I just thought I'd point that out haha like i said, if you're doing it right, it doesn't hurt. i hate people who act like it's impossible to tune high notes on a clarinet because they're the guys who are never in tune up there. you know why they're never in tune? because they think it's impossible, so they don't try. Well, im not saying its always impossible to tune... I'm just saying its impossible to tune it in my band because three people do not care enough to try. We can tune it as long as those three dont add in. They can barely tune low notes, let alone high ones. All three are a bit of a challenge to get to even make a good sound...
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:38 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:07 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:50 am
hey everyone! I'm new here.
anyway, I've been playing clarinet for 7 years and it's awesome! band is the best, am I right?
I noticed people are talking about wooden clarinets...I only have plastic, but my band director says I should get a wooden. My clarinet is REALLY old, lol. doesn't sound as good as it could. and I don't think that's my fault, but who knows.
we don't have a separate marching band at my school. the concert band just has to march everytime we have a parade. and we don't really practice marching a lot (since we're not technically a marching band) so we're not always...together. haha. anyway, that's my pathetic story. xp
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:07 pm
vi0letta22 hey everyone! I'm new here. anyway, I've been playing clarinet for 7 years and it's awesome! band is the best, am I right? I noticed people are talking about wooden clarinets...I only have plastic, but my band director says I should get a wooden. My clarinet is REALLY old, lol. doesn't sound as good as it could. and I don't think that's my fault, but who knows. we don't have a separate marching band at my school. the concert band just has to march everytime we have a parade. and we don't really practice marching a lot (since we're not technically a marching band) so we're not always...together. haha. anyway, that's my pathetic story. xp If you possess the ability to obtain a nice wooden clarinet and you want to be viewed as a decent clarinetist, there is absolutely no reason not to get a wooden clarinet. P.S. it's ALWAYS your fault, never the instrument's. even if there is a broken key, or a leaking pad. it's your fault that the instrument got put in that condition.
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:22 pm
It bugs me how nothing substantial or worthwhile is ever said in here. Any time someone raises a valid concern or asks a valid question, which doesn't happen nearly often enough, it is either ignored, or dies out quickly. It's as if you people don't know anything about your instruments other than how long you've played it, and how to spell its name (a few of you don't even know how to spell "clarinet") Apart from that, the most plentiful type of post simply says "hi".
A few of you may be confused as to why this concerns me because I'm usually a ruthless critic with no solid proof to give credit to my assessment of your opinions when they are stated. I'm concerned because I actually do want to help you be a better clarinetist. Though, I could care less about your feelings.
Please, take the time to research your instrument. Find out who popularized it's use in the orchestra. Find out why it's called "clarinet". Discover your instrument. Learn how to at least perform minor repairs to your instrument. Learn how to assess your instrument's problems. Understand the correct embouchure for your instrument. Be familiar with your instrument.
After you've done this, find out what you don't know, what you want to know, why you want to know it, and discuss it here. Discuss things like possible alternate fingerings that might help with a particularly difficult trill or melodic line. Discuss what to do with your body in order to get maximum sound and tone quality. Discuss practice routines and exercises that will target specific areas that you're having difficulty with.
Apply what you learn to other aspects of music and life.
WAS THIS TOO LONG? READ HERE.
Become familiar with your instrument so that we can have detailed conversations here.
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:15 pm
toco clarinet vi0letta22 hey everyone! I'm new here. anyway, I've been playing clarinet for 7 years and it's awesome! band is the best, am I right? I noticed people are talking about wooden clarinets...I only have plastic, but my band director says I should get a wooden. My clarinet is REALLY old, lol. doesn't sound as good as it could. and I don't think that's my fault, but who knows. we don't have a separate marching band at my school. the concert band just has to march everytime we have a parade. and we don't really practice marching a lot (since we're not technically a marching band) so we're not always...together. haha. anyway, that's my pathetic story. xp If you possess the ability to obtain a nice wooden clarinet and you want to be viewed as a decent clarinetist, there is absolutely no reason not to get a wooden clarinet. P.S. it's ALWAYS your fault, never the instrument's. even if there is a broken key, or a leaking pad. it's your fault that the instrument got put in that condition. ok, firstly, I am not able to obtain a nice wooden clarinet. I cannot purchase anything big right now, due to my family's financial situation. That's why I posted this, because I was wondering if it was a worthy investment and if I should save up for one. Also, the clarinet was given to me by my grandmother, who found it secondhand. I have no clue how old it is, and because it is secondhand, whatever is wrong with it may not be my fault. And if you're going to say that it's my fault for not getting it fixed, again, I must point out that I cannot afford to bring it to a repair place every month. Just clearing that up, so you don't assume that I am one of the clueless people who doesn't have anything important to say and doesn't know how to take care of an instrument properly (it seems like you already have assumed that, though). And I think others besides me would also appreciate it if you did not criticize people so much. You don't need to act like you are the only intelligent person here. It's rather annoying.
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:41 pm
I never implied that you DID have the means to obtain a good instrument. I simply said that if you could, it's worth it (as long as you plan on being taken seriously as a musician). I, myself, use a plastic clarinet. I decided a saxophone was more important than a clarinet, so I'm stuck with a plastic clarinet until I can get a better one.
Your instrument shouldn't need repaired every month. I haven't had mine repaired (by technicians in a shop) in over two years. The only thing I need to worry about right now is the cork on the middle tenon. It's old enough that it is mostly collapsed and doesn't hold onto the bottom joint very well. This isn't a pressing problem, as the clarinet still holds together and the sound isn't impaired at all. Like i said in my previous post, learn how to assess damage to your instrument and do minor repairs yourself. It saves a lot of money, and you learn a lot about your instrument.
I'll assume what I'll assume. I make my assumptions based on everything I've been exposed to about a certain subject. So far you seem to fit well enough into the "Hi, I've played for X amount of years" category. When you start displaying some knowledge, I'll reevaluate my assumptions.
If I was trying to act like the only intelligent person here, I wouldn't be pleading for intelligent conversation. I obviously believe you guys have some measure of intelligence, or I wouldn't bother.
I would also like to point out that your statement, "And I think others besides me would also appreciate it if you did not criticize people so much" is a criticism of me. If you wish to convince me of anything, it would be best if you weren't a hypocrite while you try.
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