clarinetchicka

i've played eb for a couple of years, and this is just stuff i try to think about while playing: -really tighten your embouchure, it's a smaller mouthpeice so you'll have to anyway, but you'll have more control if your embouchure is really firm. -blow! don't be afraid to put air through your horn (even on high notes); as time goes on you'll get more control over your volume and will be able to back down a bit...but nothing sounds worse than a half choked squeaked out high note (i should know, lol); plus more air will make everthing you play sound better -tuning has, and unfortunately will always be, a problem. putting air through your horn will help, but for the most part you just have to find out your tendencies. i played every note on my horn in front of a tuner to figure out how i normally was, and how my mouth felt when i was in tune. then in concert band, i just had to listen and try to compensate (which is really hard) -as for high notes, the main thing for me was to blow, tounge lightly, have a tight embouchure, and have my fingers directly over the holes another random tip: i do chromatics and scales every time switch from Bb to Eb, so i get used to the smaller size of the horn and spacing of the holes. I hope this helps! good luck!

i was the first one to play the second etude in my room and right before i went up there i went over one of my runs...and my key was broken! i had to switch horns with someone and go up there and play it. it was so nerve wracking (btw, this key is possessed! i had a concert last night and when i was onstage the key wouldn't work. we finish playing...it works )

my sister is teaching me piccollo/flute i really want to learn french horn or euphonium though

that's such a gorgeous peice!

The symphonic band at cedar park is playing: Armenian Dances (it looks hard but sounds amazing, lots of clarinet runs! ) Salvation Is Created Thunder and Blazes and an Irish tune by Granger based on Danny Boy it should be really cool

yeah, the anderson show is the one from CP '04. i think they bought it from the guy who arranged it.

i can barely work my old ghetto phone, so yea. but cameras in phones are good. what would happen if you mixed an elephant and a penguin? (bus c)

Wow! That's alot. Doesn't that get expensive? I just rotate my reeds around and around again. Confession: I have NEVER thrown away a reed