With Ryan entering jr high and the option of band class, he has decided to learn how to play the clarinet. I was thinking what are we getting into, I had played the clarinet from sixth grade thru the end of eighth grade and I remember the practicing and all the fun it is to learn to play. I wasn't the best at playing the clarinet but I enjoyed it till our jr high band teacher left just before eighth grade and we got a new teacher. Class wasn't as much fun as it was before and I didn't feel I was learning anything new so I took the easy way out and switched to choir.
Well back to Ryan. He has been in band for 3 weeks and is loving it! The weirdest thing I think is they don't learn/play together as a full band, and in first period it's just the clarinets and the percussion. To me that is weird since I learned to play with the whole band.
He is getting a lot better, he doesn't squeak to much any more. One day all I could hear was note, note, squeak, squeak, squeak, so I peeked in on him and noticed he was holding the clarinet wrong, showed him the correct way and he is doing much better. I can help with the clarinet and I am not much help the piano.
They had their first concert Tuesday night, they did a great job for only having class for three weeks. I can't wait to hear more.
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