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 Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:42 am
ello all! i'm a clarinet too! woot! woot! 4laugh i've been playing for 5yrs now. i'll be a junior in sc's 2005 5A state champion marching band! biggrin it's so cool! i can't wait for marching band to start up again. hey, did any of ya'll's band of to the disney classic festival in orlando this past april? well, anyway, i'd love to become friends some of ya'll so why not pop over to my profile and leave a comment or two. whee
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:22 pm
my wind ensemble was in the all american music fest in orlando last year, they got third place blaugh ( stare our own perc ensemble beat us...and a japanese band...)
we went to carnegie this year heart
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:17 pm
Hey yall, this is my first time on Gaia, and I thought that since I am a clarinet-ist, I thought I could say hi to some people on here! I'm glad I got accepted, and I hope you all are doing fantabulous! I've been playing clarinet now for 5 years, this was my first year marching, and it was awesome! I'm learning Tenor Sax to try out for the Jazz Band at my school, and I basically have 2 months before auditions. But clarinet is, and forever will be, my favorite! biggrin So thanks for allowing me, and I hope to hear from some of you soon! Keep rockin' clarinets!
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:05 am
hey my name is tainted blood i'm part of the texas city high shcool marching band and concert band i play clarinet and one time in gaurd...also jazz band i've played for 7 years and probily go on to texas A&M marching band after i graduate ninja
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:03 am
::waves to the new people::
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:32 am
since there are a few very smart people in the clarinet section, I figured that I should ask this question here. I went camping on Wednesday and my cousin (I have like 50 of them. Seriously.) Bethany taught me about the major scales and stuff like that. She also said that some notes only have a half-step between them, like B and C. I argued that it was illogical and it was like counting "1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,..." but she said that was just the way it is. but that doesn't make sense! I just thought the people who invented the clarinet didn't have room for any more keys, or were just too lazy to put them on.
I also asked her why we have to transpose everything from one instrament to another (like concert scales), and she said that if we didn't, all the instraments would sound the same. but I argued that with her, but she didn't budge.
Is she right?
Oh, and what are the flats and sharps in order?
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:39 am
Quote: Oh, and what are the flats and sharps in order? lets see...flat b, e, a, d, g, c... and sharp f, c, g, d, a, e... there you go
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:11 pm
tainted_blood_07 Quote: Oh, and what are the flats and sharps in order? lets see...flat b, e, a, d, g, c... and sharp f, c, g, d, a, e... there you go thanks!
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:20 pm
Flaming_Ninja_Dragon tainted_blood_07 Quote: Oh, and what are the flats and sharps in order? lets see...flat b, e, a, d, g, c... and sharp f, c, g, d, a, e... there you go thanks! no prob
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:20 pm
My new theory teacher just showed me how to use tetrachords in the circle of fifths to create a giant scale that includes all the major/minor scales in one.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:38 pm
hi!!! Ive been playing the clarinet for 8 years now.. i started in like the 2nd grade... unfortunately, the only time i will get to experience marching band is when i enter university as i go to a highschool on a college campus and the Junior College campus doesnt have marching band crying but i still get to participate in the Symphonic Band and when my schedule permits, Jazz Band and Woodwind Ensamble.. im just sayin hi and introducin my self!!
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:14 pm
Flaming_Ninja_Dragon since there are a few very smart people in the clarinet section, I figured that I should ask this question here. I went camping on Wednesday and my cousin (I have like 50 of them. Seriously.) Bethany taught me about the major scales and stuff like that. She also said that some notes only have a half-step between them, like B and C. I argued that it was illogical and it was like counting "1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,..." but she said that was just the way it is. but that doesn't make sense! I just thought the people who invented the clarinet didn't have room for any more keys, or were just too lazy to put them on. I also asked her why we have to transpose everything from one instrament to another (like concert scales), and she said that if we didn't, all the instraments would sound the same. but I argued that with her, but she didn't budge. Is she right? Oh, and what are the flats and sharps in order? well...there are different types of scales like the american standard is (w w w h w w w h) and there are other variations depending on where you are from like asia or something. its the same for everyone. and the question for transposing is that each instrument is made for their particular key that the maker thought that it would sound its best. the common Bb clarinet has to transpose 2 half steps down in order to get into concert pitch. and there are other clarinets in different keys like the Eb clarinet. i hope that answered those questions. and i disagree with your cousin about if they were to play the same scale, it would sound terrible, not the same. like if you played the c scale and the flute also played the c scale and the saxes played the c scale all in their section scale, it would sound terrible. thats why in regular music, the key changes are different. if the flutes have two flats, clarinets will have no sharps or flats and the altos will have one sharp. its all based upon the circle of fifths. yup yup...done talking...hope i answered some of your questions.
and the order of flats
b e a d g c f
order of sharps, just the flats backwards...hehe
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:25 pm
Tiawyn well...there are different types of scales like the american standard is (w w w h w w w h) and there are other variations depending on where you are from like asia or something. its the same for everyone.
and i disagree with your cousin about if they were to play the same scale, it would sound terrible, not the same. like if you played the c scale and the flute also played the c scale and the saxes played the c scale all in their section scale, it would sound terrible. I think I posted the transposition thing wrong. We were arguing if all the instruments could be made differently so that we wouldn't have to transpose anything, but flutes would still be flutes and clarinets would still be clarinets and such. And what do you mean about different kinds of scales? And I still want to know why B and C only have a half step between them. And what if there is a B sharp or a C flat in a song, should I play B, or C? And how do you find the major scale you're supposed to play when the BD only says the name of the concert scale?
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:43 pm
*waves back to Miyoko Clarinetti*
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:50 am
Flaming_Ninja_Dragon Tiawyn well...there are different types of scales like the american standard is (w w w h w w w h) and there are other variations depending on where you are from like asia or something. its the same for everyone.
and i disagree with your cousin about if they were to play the same scale, it would sound terrible, not the same. like if you played the c scale and the flute also played the c scale and the saxes played the c scale all in their section scale, it would sound terrible. I think I posted the transposition thing wrong. We were arguing if all the instruments could be made differently so that we wouldn't have to transpose anything, but flutes would still be flutes and clarinets would still be clarinets and such. And what do you mean about different kinds of scales? And I still want to know why B and C only have a half step between them. And what if there is a B sharp or a C flat in a song, should I play B, or C? And how do you find the major scale you're supposed to play when the BD only says the name of the concert scale? Transposing is easy. It's just a matter of knowing which direction to go, how far to go, and then just sliding everthing over. For C to Bb part, take the C part and raise it a whole step. That's two half steps, btw. Do the opposite to reverse. For C to Eb part, take the C part and lower it a minor third. That's three half steps. Do the opposite to reverse. For the Eb to Bb part, take the Eb and raise it a perfect fourth. That's five half steps. Do the opposite to reverse. Here, let's take Concert C. We'll have a flute, a clarinet, and an alto saxophone play their C. On flute, it'd be a C. On clarinet, it'd be a D. On the alto, it'd be an A That's almost like a minor or dominant seventh chord sans the third. It's kind of ambiguous as to the quality. If you see a B#, that means to play a B#. However, it will sound like a C. If you see a Cb, then play a Cb. Just remember that it'd sound and feel like a B. The major scale was developed from the overtone series (Octave, Perfect ifth, Perfect fourth, Major third. On D it would look like: D A D F#.) From this naturally occuring sequencewe developed the major chord (On D, it'd be D F# A) By adding other notes inbetween these three chord tones, the major scale was created. Because the major scale was taken from something naturally consonant, it's perfect. The minor scales were taken from the major scale, and thus aren't perfect themselves. That's why we have harmonic and melodic minors in addition to the natural minor scale. You can find the diminished chord from buildng off of the tonic of either H W or W H diminished scales. You can also find the augmented scale from the whole tone scale. (But these are just a few of the many many different scales and modes.) You see, people use scales as a palette, forming a combination of musical colors they want to use together in a certain way. That's why there are so many different scales. People just wanted to do so many different things musically.
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