Music – Musical Instruments

I assume you mean price range… A good student clarinet can range from 175 to 500… Slightly more expensive than flutes… I don’t know so much about clarinets, though… I only play flute in the woodwind family… (and sax)

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Any woodwind instrument with a reed involves placing the mouthpiece behind your front teeth and can technically speaking move your teeth… but I don’t think you need to worry about that unless you plan on playing for hours and hours at a time… The flute happens to be the only woodwind without a reed and the mouthpiece does not even touch your mouth… it is placed underneath your bottom lip.

I don’t think you should make a decision based on your teeth because the amount you will be playing will not do significant damage to your mouth.

Try listening to pieces played on both and decide based on tones and what type of music you like… not based on technicalities…

The recorder, it’s not sophisticated, but very easy to learn, and can be beautiful and flute like.

ive been following the CR for a while.. but now finally have time to post.. i like the trivia and riddle threads a lot…

Mod 80: I play recorder, alto and soprano, and wanted to learn something new.

I’ve been learning that way for a few years, but I need a more interacive instruction. It’s crazy that’s there’s nothing in the area. What’s the halacha about learning with a man?

what are the pitch ranges on the clarinet and flute?

also, which one is more difficult to play?

Shikur: can you play when you are your username?

drums!

i always wanted to learn how to play them!

my friend has a set…

you just got me re inspired to learn!

naturally 😉

Glad to “hear” its sounding good now!

So when’s the next party?

Great. So we have the food, the music, now we need a location. Any volunteers?

i have been playing the flute for about two years with instruction and people told me to rent in the beginning to see if i like it but in retrospect if i had taken that route i probably would have dropped it for something easier since it takes weeks of mind numbing practice just to learn how to produce a nice sound however i stuck it out and now it sounds awesome particularly enjoy playing with an accoustic guitar

also whoever was interested in purchasing one should be constantly shecking craigs list i recently upgraded to an intermediate level flute and got a beautiful solid silver yamaha that goes for no less then 1700 for 800 and it sounds amazing

baal kishron-

what is craigslist?

what do you mean “weeks of mind numbing practice”? How much time does that translate to? (an hour a day, two hours a day…)

Do you know anything about clarinets? As you can see from reading my earlier posts, I am debating between clarinet and flute, and I wanted to know how they rate in terms of difficulty.

to answer your questions craigslist is a place online where ppl can post personal ads for just about anything and then you set up a meeting with them

you should be careful of scams and fraud be very skeptical and if anything looks a tiny bit fishy then move on and like i said make sure you bring someone who is an expert in the field so they can give you an objective opinion

as for the practice i was kind of obsessed so i would pick it up and practiced several times a day in order to speed up the process but if you put in a solid hour each day which is not too hard but you have to be dedicated for like 2 weeks should do the trick but it is different for everybody and im sure your future teacher would tell you it takes a load of patience and concentration on improving your sound or tone so you have to make a firm decision and stick with it through the frustration

i have no experience with clarinet sorry flute was definately more than enough to keep me busy i think its a matter of preference i used to get wierd looks when i told ppl i played the flute but i just loved the sound so i stuck with it

good luck with your decision and if you have any more questions feel free to post and il try to help you out as best i can

am i the only one i play the trumpet

i think the keabord is the easiest and can make more money then most other instruments

But it’s harder to set a keyboard up on a street corner and make money.

craiglist is like E’bay, but alot of scams are there and you aren’t secured.

For those of you who play the keyboard, how long did it take you to become fairly good?

(not necessarily professional but comfortable enough to perform for the public, at least informally)

Why does every body (in other threads ) complain that jewish music isnt very jewish if the only instruments people play are the drum and the electic guitar

koma: I love the sax! If you want to trade up for another instrument, I would suggest the flute. The piccolo is pretty limited in terms of types of music it is best for… Also, the flute is pretty similar in fingering and slightly similar in mood/tone. I was able to learn saxaphone very easily and pretty quickly after I had the flute down pat.

1.any tips to motivate oneself to practice playing an instrument?

I took piano and guitar and started enthusiastically with both but quickly lost patience to practice… I love music & I’m thinking of going for voice/singing but I’m afraid history will repeat itself. so…

2.Anybody here professionally trained in voice??

I play the piano, im also play some acoustic guitar. I compose songs, but more as a hobby than for profit. Oh I also sing. music is a very important part of my life.

I cannot imagine being without it.