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#WHAT SHOULD WE CALL CLARINET

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A clarinetist complains about stuff.
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Anonymous asked:

we should call clarinet 'firewood'

That name is already reserved for your corpse. 

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Okay so I'm a senior in high school and have been playing clarinet since 5th grade. Up until this Christmas I've used the same clarinet. It's a plastic Omega brand. It started having a lot of problems, so my mom surprised me this christmas and gave me a brand new wooden Selmer USA 103. I love it but I just feel like there is a resistance when I play. Is this just because it's brand new or am I doing something wrong?

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If you’re switching from a plastic clarinet to a wooden clarinet, it’s going to feel like there’s a lot more resistance (because there is a lot more resistance). Use more air and the new clarinet will start feeling better soon. 

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I'm a senior in high school and I'm scared to go for music performance :/ I don't wanna be poor and playing clarinet on the street after college :(

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Don’t be silly. You can’t play clarinet on the street. The weather will make your instrument crack. 

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Okay I know I sent you a message before but after scrolling through your blog I noticed some similarities. My name is also Leah, I used to be a music ed major (now general), and my main is also clarinet (and voice)..... ARE YOU MY LONG LOST TWIN???!!!

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If we're long lost twins, our parents have a lot of explaining to do. 

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As an avid music player for a few years, starting on handbells is fairly easy right? But also fairly fucking annoying when the whole class needs to restart to play 2 fucking quarter notes and a half note please help me pleASE HELP ME

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I'm sorry, but I've never played handbells before outside of Wii Music. But people are stupid. 

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