I loved the first woman clarinet soloist; I wish I could've played that well. She has a clear command of improvisation and key, and her embouchure is firm enough that it neither sounds pinched nor loose. Her playing really brings out the mellowness of a wooden clarinet, and I feel she was the best of the bunch. (Then again, even someone as good as Benny Goodman himself could squeak now and then... lol) I'm proud of that woman because she reminds me of the way I wanted to be when I used to play clarinet. Unfortunately, after high school, I had to stop and focus on my college work, and neither college I attended had a band for their teams. And now my embouchure strength is weakened significantly, and I can't play as well as I used to. I used to be able to do vibrato, but even when I was evaluated in school on my playing, my teacher tried to mark my vibrato as excellent, but she then found out that clarinets' vibrato was non-applicable, so she unwillingly had to cross it out. For some reason, clarinets are technically incapable of vibrato, but that's a load of BS. You can either do vibrato with gentle lip manipulation, or do it from the gut in which your airflow vibrates from gentle manipulation before it comes out of your mouth. I used the lip method; it was easier and my embouchure strength was great. But it was disappointing to me that clarinets "can't do vibrato" because if my clarinet teacher thought my vibrato was good when I was 12 or 13, then clarinets can sure as hell do vibrato 'technically'. :rolls eyes: Oh, well; all's hell that ends well. (a 'Two Steps from Hell' reference).
No no no no no no way! Put on a Benny goodman record and you'll know why. You don't understand anything about his music. On the other hand, the drummer out.
I loved the first woman clarinet soloist; I wish I could've played that well. She has a clear command of improvisation and key, and her embouchure is firm enough that it neither sounds pinched nor loose. Her playing really brings out the mellowness of a wooden clarinet, and I feel she was the best of the bunch. (Then again, even someone as good as Benny Goodman himself could squeak now and then... lol)
I'm proud of that woman because she reminds me of the way I wanted to be when I used to play clarinet. Unfortunately, after high school, I had to stop and focus on my college work, and neither college I attended had a band for their teams. And now my embouchure strength is weakened significantly, and I can't play as well as I used to. I used to be able to do vibrato, but even when I was evaluated in school on my playing, my teacher tried to mark my vibrato as excellent, but she then found out that clarinets' vibrato was non-applicable, so she unwillingly had to cross it out. For some reason, clarinets are technically incapable of vibrato, but that's a load of BS. You can either do vibrato with gentle lip manipulation, or do it from the gut in which your airflow vibrates from gentle manipulation before it comes out of your mouth. I used the lip method; it was easier and my embouchure strength was great. But it was disappointing to me that clarinets "can't do vibrato" because if my clarinet teacher thought my vibrato was good when I was 12 or 13, then clarinets can sure as hell do vibrato 'technically'. :rolls eyes:
Oh, well; all's hell that ends well. (a 'Two Steps from Hell' reference).
Wow... Seriously? Less than 1k views... What's wrong people. This is one of the best Tribute to the Holy Masterpiece. Excellent work. That was amazing
No no no no no no way!
Put on a Benny goodman record and you'll know why.
You don't understand anything about his music.
On the other hand, the drummer out.
The drums are not really very motivating and even less the rhythm....