#alto clarinets

[impulsivedecisionsat3am]

ALRIGHT tried the tenor sax time to ramble about it

first off the model that the music shop lended us was very nice. it was an oxford model with an antique-finish? so it had a nice flower engraving on the bell and also cost $1000.

second up, there was like, no resistance when playing. especially when i was playing high register which is crazy. like, the whole reason i switched to bass clarinet was because i had trouble with high register. so like. being able to play really fucking high notes with little trouble was insaneee

on the other hand, i had a lot of trouble with low register. like, couldn’t even get the note out without it switching to high register type of trouble. but i think that’s because of my embouchure so…

that leads us into embouchure. even though my form for clarinet SUCKS, it was still good enough to be able to play fairly well. which means it was tight, cause that’s the type you need for clarinet. but for sax you need a more loose embouchure??? which was impossible for me to do so i DEFINITELY need to work on that lol

also my ligature that i got isn’t great. but hey, it works as a ligature, so it’s fineeeee

[spirirsstuff]

hear me out. connor murphy but musically educated

[toastymangoes]

i broke my mouthpiece instead of my reed today, just to change things up a bit

[justsingersandbeats]

Care to talk to him...?

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[saturnalia-shebang-art]

Meant To Be Yours

https://www.tumblr.com/saturnalia-shebang-art/748101881420791808/opening-music-commissions?source=share <- commissions :)

[silvrash-797]

Do you have a favorite instrument to play and/or listen to?

I do! I've played a lot of instruments, actually! I've been playing the flute since the fifth grade goodness, that's been nearly 20 years 😳 and the piano a few years longer than that. I love playing the flute in bands/community concerts or at church, but piano is something I do to relax, not perform (definitely haven't practiced it as much!) I also took some methods courses in college and got to play a few other woodwind and percussion instruments there. As a whole, my favorites to play are flute (and its related instruments), piano and alto sax (when I can get my hands on one), and my favorite to listen to is generally piano, although any instruments in a woodwind quartet have great solo/ensemble music as well!

And even though it's not technically an instrument, I really love singing, too!

[mad-musician-mayhem]

Other funny things:

Director being called Barbie

Security walking into the auditorium and being confused by the 100+ kids sitting around because they forgot band camp existed

Altos: we have one new freshman!

Clarinets: We just doubled last year’s section. Help.

***Director: SET 5!!! EVERYONE GO BACK 2 TO SET 5!!!

Alto H (Now Drum Major H): SHE MEANS SET 4!!!!!!!!! ***

Alto L seeing teacher trying to unload a whiteboard and a wagon of papers and pens: Do you need help?

Random Teacher: Thanks, but it’s not like anyone is going to steal this!

Alto L and Alto T, tossing pebbles at each others’ feet and making rock puns.

Random trumpets and low end randomly start throwing normal rocks at each other.

Director: No throwing rocks!!!

Alto T and Alto L: 😶

***This happened daily!!!***

[thespeakersystem]

Hey ‘cause I know several current and former clarinettists follow this blog: Anyone have any tips on how to use an alto clarinet? We’re writing a quartet for four different clarinets (E-Flat, B-Flat, Alto, and Bass w/low C extension) and wanna make sure the alto’s being utilized to its fullest potential.

[the-arteest]

Can we see TMMT April?? (if she exists-) I’ve looked through the AU a couple times (CUZ ITS SO COOL AIDHJEUXHD) but I haven’t seen her yet :,(

sadly, i haven't given her a canon design yet(not sure why, she's literally one of my favorites!). but here's an old doodle of her!

plus some ones i made just now because you asked this :D

the silly!

[ragan-a]

its about to be my last year in my band and my assistant director let me try all the woodwinds we got. i have two different saxophones with me now.

[wouldntyouliketokno]

Gentle reminder for my people out there from my band director!

[vimbry]

I really need to find out how to generally learn about music more, bc I always want to know which instruments were used to create a specific sound and how, and tho there's fortunately a wealth of information easily accessible online compared to how much harder this would've been to find in the past so I can hardly complain (but I will), it's frustrating to look up the credits for a song and it just says like. "drums"

[autistic-autumn]

I live in your askbox now >:)

Get alto clef'd 𝄡𝄡𝄡

Too much alto clef hate, not enough tenor clef hate. Truly a disastrous world.

[music-theory-on-acid]

Music is a very musical thing, you know? Just look at the horny people. They do very great things when meeting other horny people. Here's to you, Hornline! CHEERS!

[justsingersandbeats]

Lav: oh, hi Alto ^^

Alto: Hey, nice to see you're back!

Alto: ...Well, at least they didn't break it. I would not have liked explaining that to Cello.

@dracanianwyvern

Alto: I... I swear, I really tried to rest.

Alto: I just... couldn't. Not after what happened today.

Alto: If Timpani had been seriously hurt - no, and Clarinet was hurt, at least emotionally, and...

Alto: Look, these past few days have just been... so much. We're all still reeling from what happened.

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[sjwallin]

You guys! I’m so excited that one of the pieces for my #operaproject is actually complete!!! (It pretty much just wrote itself, which is really rare for me.) And this tune has been so stuck in my head these past several days…it just won’t let me go! 🥰

I’ve adapted the 1851 speech #SojournerTruth gave to the Women’s Rights Convention in Ohio, and turned it into a sultry, snarky, #jazzy #solo for #alto with #piano #bass #violin #cello and #clarinet !!! (See one of my favorite lines from her speech on the second photo…) 😂

I want to sing a quick little demo recording of it soon… Can’t wait!