Best products from r/ConcertBand
We found 3 comments on r/ConcertBand discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 3 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.
1. O304 - Celebrated Method for the Clarinet - Klose
- Title: Celebrated Method For The Clarinet
- Author: Hyacinthe E. Klose
- Format: clarinet
- Media: book, 9" x 12", 294 pages
- Publisher: Carl Fischer (O304)
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3. Etymotic Research ER20 High-Fidelity Earplugs (Concerts, Musicians, Airplanes, Motorcycles, Sensitivity and Universal Hearing Protection) - Standard, Clear Stem w/ Blue Tip
- Includes: 1 pair standard fit ETY Plugs with blue tips, neck cord, and carrying case
- Replicates the natural response of the ear, so sound quality is the same as the original, only quieter. Music and speech are clear, not muffled.
- Reduces risk of hearing damage from loud noise such as concerts, theatres, airshows, parades, athletic and motorsports events.
- Enhances the music experience; Allows musicians to hear their own instrument and their blend with others.
- Not recommended for use with impulse noise, e.g., shooting sports. Not recommended for sleeping.
- Low cost, ready-fit hearing protection with cord and case
- Replicates the ear's natural response
- Sound quality is preserved
- Speech is clear, not muffled
- Reduces sound approximately 20 decibels at all frequencies
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I think I understand you to be asking how to work on your Clarinet skills, am I right? I'll just run with that...
If you're looking for style interpretations the Wicked soundtrack has a fantastic pit orchestra Clarinetist who plays with an excellent "Broadway" sound. If you do your best to mimic that, you should be okay even if you only get it a little bit.
If it's a fingering issue, I'd say that you should find an etude or piece that you know cold on your saxophone and play it on the Clarinet. It will be weird hearing it in Bb instead of Eb pitch center, but since you already know the rhythms and notational markings it will help you "smooth out" your Clarinet.
Granted, these are just quick fixes... if you've got time I recommend the Klosé Method as this should help with a more Clarinet centric pedagogy.
Break a leg!
EDIT: Added link
I was pointed at these Etymotic https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0044DEESS plugs, then I left the band with the trumpet section that couldn't play below forte and were right behind me. There were times when not only could I not hear my bass clarinet, I couldn't feel it play, either, aside from the vibration in the mouthpiece.
The last straw was a combination of the timpani player who couldn't tune his instrument and the trumpet blast in my ears inducing a migraine.