My band director doesn`t allow me to switch…
16:52 on Sunday, November 16, 2003
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(Gray)
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I have been playing the clarinet since I was seven years old and always loved classical music. Now I wan`t to plat the oboe `cause it gives you the most oppurtunities combined with clarinet if you`re intrested in classical music but I`m not allowed since I allready plays tenor, bass clarinet and piano if I don`t quit taking lessons in one of them, what should I do?
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Re: My band director doesn`t allow me to switch…
17:31 on Sunday, November 16, 2003
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(NetShark)
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I would quit taking lessons for one of the clarinet types, just one. Because isn`t true they are very similar? You can still practice them all, although I think you`re overdoing it with all them intruments.
I think it`s great that you love music so much, but I would pick 2 to really concentrate on. 3 if you count the piano. The piano is something you can play you`re whole life. (unless you get arthritus) is that how you spell it?
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Re: My band director doesn`t allow me to switch…
17:57 on Sunday, November 16, 2003
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(Sharon)
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I had a simular problem when I was younger...my parents told me to "cut back" on one of my instruments for a year to try the one I really wanted to play. After that year I had to decide whether or not to stick with the Eb/Bb clarinet and Tenor sax combo or go to Bb clarinet/Tenor sax/flute combo.
I decided to wait until after high school to consintrate on the flute....oboe came a year after that.
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Re: My band director doesn`t allow me to switch…
18:15 on Sunday, November 16, 2003
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(jn4jenny)
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Your band director is probably right--learning to play so many instruments at once is not a great idea. To play effectively on any one of them, one should practice at least an hour on each instrument per day. Not only does that add up, but your embouchure will suffer if you try to practice all of the instruments sufficiently at once. The oboe is particularly hard on the embouchure.
If you`re young enough to still be in school, concentrate on whichever instruments you`re most drawn to. Once you become especially proficient in some of them or choose one that you don`t want to play anymore, then you can think about adding other instruments. That`s my opinion, at least.
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Re: My band director doesn`t allow me to switch…
10:01 on Monday, November 17, 2003
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(Russell)
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Don`t take up to manyinstruments. Two is a maximum if you wan`t to become really good. And one horus practice…Well, you shouldn`t overdo it but I think at least two hours. One hour with scales and so on and one with real things/
I`ve been playing for soon eleven years and I`m first chair on both oboe and clarinet.
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