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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:08 pm

+Allo.
I'm a senior at Queen Elizabeth secondary where the band has been removed. This agrivates me.

I have been playing clarinet for six years.+

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:17 pm

rcowburn

does anyone here appart from me hate the essential elements books?

MEEE!! I hate those things, they were soo boring.. oh well, It taught me the instrument..

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:21 pm

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+Allo.
I'm a senior at Queen Elizabeth secondary where the band has been removed. This agrivates me.

I have been playing clarinet for six years.+

That stinks, I'd die without band.. almost all of my friends are in band.. sweatdrop

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:24 pm

no band in school??? thats sad...really sad...maybe you should try and look for a community band

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:36 pm

What if we used to play a clarinet in a band? I myself played the clarinet for around two years, but since, have switched instruments...

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:53 pm

Hey.. I'm new to this guild. And I just wanted to say 'ello to all the clarinetees!! HI!! I'm a second year clarinet as a sophomore. I switched last year.. I think I'm okay.. But I like last chair ^^ (no-one kill me...)

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:42 pm

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rcowburn

does anyone here appart from me hate the essential elements books?

MEEE!! I hate those things, they were soo boring.. oh well, It taught me the instrument..

that book taught me they couldn't be bothered copyrighting so they just re-named the songs, Like hot cross buns-Varitations on a familiar theme. WHATS WITH THAT?

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:45 pm

hey does anyone have any tips for my 3rd Year exams that i might be doing? See my music teacher wants me to skip from beginner to 3rd. (its a long story i've played for 3 years but hated it so didn't go for 1st/2nd year now i love it in high school)

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:15 pm

rcowburn

hey does anyone have any tips for my 3rd Year exams that i might be doing? See my music teacher wants me to skip from beginner to 3rd. (its a long story i've played for 3 years but hated it so didn't go for 1st/2nd year now i love it in high school)

just have some confidence and practice and if you really want to go for 3rd year, go for it. just make sure you really want to do it though.

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:11 pm

rcowburn

hey does anyone have any tips for my 3rd Year exams that i might be doing? See my music teacher wants me to skip from beginner to 3rd. (its a long story i've played for 3 years but hated it so didn't go for 1st/2nd year now i love it in high school)

...i wouldnt know. what do you have to do? 3rd as in what? is it some kind of rank?

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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:18 pm

Accent on Acheivment can DIE! I hate that book and stupid Dalbergh-lady-indiviual-person-teacher lady for makeing us suffer for a year and a quater!!!!! That book stunk and was ever so annoying, the only fun thig was like 2 lines of Pomp and Circumctance.

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:08 pm

pomp and circumstance...after playing if more than once, and for more than 10 minutes, it won't be all that fun...

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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:36 am

by typing this message in reading class im interacting with text!

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:23 am

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does anyone here appart from me hate the essential elements books?

i hated it! i used it last year in sixth grade for most of the first semester, our conductor wanted to be through with it as quick as possible and start on real music--i did too.

and about the B note, maybe you can look for it's alternate fingering? or use the albert fingering (i think thats the name) or ohler (i think thats the other fingering name) fingering...i've never looked at those two fingeirngs because i'm use to the boehm system of fingering ^^ they use those fingerings in germany mostly o_o but besides that try it and see what happens! (i just read about those two fingerings yesterday night)

yay someone agrees i'm happy! mrgreen the only songs i like was lachuchuracha and carnival of venice. now we just play songs like Funky Town and The Baby Elephant Walk *relieved*

lol I was too impatient with the book to like any of the songs biggrin

now as a seventh grader we're playing a bit of high school music and a bit of level two and some level 1.5 music here and there :3. In my symphonic band we're currently playing abracadabra! and Canticum...and i think this other song :3 i'm hoping soon that we can play fate of the gods >o< that song rocks!!!! I'm pretty much happy with what my band is doing now smile

by the way, i have a problem here....

okay, the second and first clarinetist aren't playing what is written, they play one octave higher (i can't tune in at all! I might as well be flat for all i care any not notice), as section leader of my section it's only natural to tell them to play as written, but last time i told them to stop doing something that they weren't supposed to be doing, they wouldn't listen. I was surprised how immature a first chair and second chair clarinetist could be! crying (I'm third chair...I DESERVE FIRST!! gonk ) my conductor says he'll do a sectional so he can listen to just us and see if they are playing an octave higher--but i doubt that they'd dare play one octave higher if its just us clarinetist. To add to that, they are very immature sometimes, do you think they deserve to be in first chair and second chair? I don't. (they also lack musicality, they never do dynamics or anything!)

genetic mistake- THATS HORRIBLE crying no more band...i'd turn insane! Join a non-school group then! biggrin

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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:51 pm

Hello I have been playing Clarinet for ten years, bass clarinet for about four.
I am in the band and marching band at my high school.
I love my clarinet named nemo.
band=my life.

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