Well I thought that once I'd got my Multiple Myeloma diagnosis that it was all over when it comes to clarinet, because I was constantly short of breath with really sharp chest pain (fractured sternum)
But after 4 weeks of treatment I feel tons better and I hope to begin learning again. But I'm going to start again, from scratch. No big tunes recorded, no jumping ahead, focus on doing it right. Embouchure, long tones, exercises, practise the break.
But first...I need to buy some reeds.
See looking back đź”™ I pretty much gave up, and I donated my Windsor plastic clarinet to my niece's son Jesse who is learning clarinet at school but doesn't have his own instrument. Well he does now!
Thankfully I kept hold of the Pedler. All it needs is a tweak to the lowest notes and we're good to go. And it is a beautiful and historical instrument. Made in Elkhart Indiana in the 1940s.
