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Anybody know anything about clarinet?

#41
I'm thinking of learning both the clarinet and accordion so that I can get both Klezmer and Polka gigs (and double on union gigs $.)
I'll bounce back and forth between Phoenix and Chicago. Every tuesday (taco tuesday!) I will go to the bank where all my money will be spread on the vault floor for me to roll around in it. You will be sorry that you didn't think of this first. Ha!
 
#43
basscooker said:
Just fishing for leads. Google is not really helping, or actually offering waaaay too much help, whichever.

Anyway I just need to know what I have here. Junk, meh, decent but needs work, jazz favorite, symphonic gem? LOL well all I can say for sure is that it's a Xinghai and is complete in a hardshell case. I vouldnt even tell you if its case is aftermarket or brand original or age of either.

I'll post pics if anyone thinks they can help.

If this still falls under the TB rules about "how much is it worth" threads, understood. I really just need a lead to follow up.

TIA
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I had two sisters that played Clarinets, sopranos, altos and Basses. . I can only offer this as I am not familiar with this brand A clarinet is a beautiful instrument. 2 or more are out of tune. Best wishes.
 
#46
Several years ago I was selling a moped and said in the ad will trade for musical instrument. I got a half dozen people wanting to trade a clarinet and one wanted to trade his sister's accordion so that kind of indicates which instruments are least popular.
 
#47
For some reason (perhaps DaveAceofBass will comment) clarinet appears to be the "easiest" woodwind in US school bands. Start on clarinet, move to sax, oboe, etc. I played it for 2 years, only because my brother started and quit after 3 years by which time my parents had bought the thing. At the time, I wanted to play trumpet. My kid sister later ended up playing it, too. That was where I learned how to sightread.

Today, I wish I had stuck with it because I actually like the instrument a lot now.

Anat Cohen is my current favorite

 
#49
Clarinet is the best job in a Trad. New Orleans band. Constant embellishment and counter melody. Until I heard The Raunch Hands cover Charlie on the MTA, I though I would play the clarinet. This is Tuba Skinny with Ewan Bleach one of the few masterful clarinet players they have had.
this is Craig Flory (and Erica Lewis singing...)
 
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#54
Clarinet is often used as a starter instrument for woodwind players because it has open-hole keys which require developing more precise fingering form before moving on to a non-open-hole instrument like Sax. Oboe also has open-hole keys but has a double-reed which increases difficulty of playing. Oboes also tend to be more expensive and the double-reed is more expensive than Clarinet or Sax reeds. For some reason Flute players usually start on a closed-hole student model and later move to an open-hole model. Flute requires learning somewhat different fingerings for the higher notes while Sax uses the same fingerings for low and high notes by using a left-thumb-operated octave key as well as side keys to play notes above the standard fingering range.
 
#56
I claim no particular expertise since I haven't played clarinet since I was a kid, nearly 6 decades ago. However, I believe that it's still true that the only clarinet brands good enough to be worth money are Buffet, Selmer, Leblanc, and Yamaha. I know nothing about the brand you mention, so please check with an authorized expert. You might start with one of the clarinetists in your local or nearby symphony orchestra.
 

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