i need clarinet help! please?

Question

ok im trying to get help from my friends but they arent doing a good job:(
does anyone kno a site i can learn from describing how to read notes on a scale and stuff like that?

i need to know how to place fingers and understand wat all the signs mean and the g-clef and stuff

Answer 1

Hey So Is Your Face,

You could compare a note with a pitch pipe, then consult fingering diagrams for scale progressions. Once you get the scales, and understand what the notes are on the instrument, then you can begin to learn the more intricate details of timing, and styles.

Answer 2

The earlier answer involving the pitch pipe will not work. The clarinet is a transposing instrument, so when the clarinet player plays a C, a Bb actually comes out of the instrument. Matching a pitch pipe will give you the wrong idea of note reading and fingerings.

If you truly want to teach yourself, I recomend the "Standard of Excellence" series that you can get at most any music store. It spells things out very clearly. "Essential Elements 2000" is also good. Both come with play-along cds.

Answer 3

You have to have someone teach you. People who teach themselves to play woodwind instruments only THINK they play well. You need to learn all normal and alternate fingerings, all your major and minor scales, and the arpeggios. Get a teacher to help you!

Answer 4

go to your local music store and get a begginers book on clarinet..and they have the figurings and it really help! I did this and I am so good at it..and I also taught my self how to play piccolo...good luck!