After suffering from denture problems I gave up clarinet and saxophone and studied classical guitar and piano. I noticed an older buffet R13 for sale locally at a reasonable price and decided to have a look, like going to the dog pound and looking at puppies but not really interested.
So now involved, once again, with clarinets I feel that I have been living in a bubble all of these years. Ligatures with screws on the top???, double embouchure???, neck straps??? and plastic reeds. If I were to mention any of these things to the professor and first chair clarinetist of the Toronto Symphony, who I was privileged to study with, I would have been laughed out of his studio.
I am excited and having a great time, this is all a new learning experience.
So now involved, once again, with clarinets I feel that I have been living in a bubble all of these years. Ligatures with screws on the top???, double embouchure???, neck straps??? and plastic reeds. If I were to mention any of these things to the professor and first chair clarinetist of the Toronto Symphony, who I was privileged to study with, I would have been laughed out of his studio.
I am excited and having a great time, this is all a new learning experience.