I want to learn to play the clarinet. How do I choose a clarinet to buy? I have no experience with wind instruments (I'm 26). While I've got no aspirations of becoming a jazz legend, I want a clarinet with reasonably good sound quality. Are more expensive ones generally easier to play? Are used as good as new, or do I have to worry about identifying and replacing worn out parts? What other supplies will I need right off the bat? Also, I live in Mexico so I think I will have to buy online and not try it out beforehand.
posted by lockestockbarrel on Sep 13, 2009 - 11 answers

What sheet music should my friend buy? She plays clarinet, grade 8. She's completely lost, looking for something jazz or classical.
posted by mooreeasyvibe on Aug 9, 2009 - 6 answers

What is the music in this video?I've had no success with Shazam, Melodyhound or Google.
posted by stereo on Jul 11, 2009 - 3 answers

What musical instrument looks like a clarinet but has a tiny thin reed? [more inside]
posted by Brodiggitty on May 28, 2009 - 8 answers

Help me identify this mystery track from my friends' mix CD, that he can't recall either. No sample available, yet! It's more than likely a movie score track. Cross between 1941, Elfman, Zimmer, Willow, and involves kazoos in places. [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Nov 26, 2007 - 12 answers

I was in Amsterdam this Monday and Tuesday. Early tuesday morning I walked past a group of buskers who were playing music which changed my life. I've never heard anything like it. They looked to me to be maybe Turkish, somewhere eurasian. Two guys were keeping up a simple 2 - chord rhythm on accordions, whilst the lead guy was blasting his soul into a clarinet, playing a kind of desperate, breathy, technical jazz / polka kind of sound. It was awesome. Anyone seen these guys? Anyone know what kind of music I might have heard? Thanks in advance...
posted by sann1657 on Jun 14, 2007 - 18 answers

How do I play my clarinet alongside guitar? [more inside]
posted by bmct on Sep 3, 2006 - 12 answers

Gift suggestions for: A clarinettist, a violist, and a cellist(who is also a composer). ~$50 each, I have 12 days to get these gifts. Prefer online ordering. [more inside]
posted by sirion on Mar 19, 2006 - 18 answers

I love the sound of the clarinet. I'm looking for quiet, pensive, possibly melancholic music featuring this instrument. Any genre; preferably instrumental. I'm not looking for happy big-band jazz or Poulenc's chaotic clarinet sonata, though I appreciate both. [more inside]
posted by gentle on Jul 16, 2005 - 28 answers