No.1 -- J.S. Bach

This is a duet, I was given last class in school, so that my teacher and I can play it. This duet is not hard at all, it is just tricky in the part of the changing from 16th notes to 8th notes to quarter notes. This is tricky in my opinion because you start the song fast because of the 16th notes, and suddenly decrease the speed because of the 8th notes, this part is ease because its just a little bit slower than the 16th notes. But then you get to a part were there is a note that I can never play, because I dont remember the rhythm, so everytime that I have to play it, I mess it up and have to restart again. For me the most challenging thing is counting when the other clarinet is playing the response, because I just dont count, and watch the notes as he plays them, so if I lose track of where I am I get lost and have to restart it again from the same place we started before. This is very frustrating, because I should be able to play it without stoping because it isnt a hard song, it is pretty simple, the notes are simple, and are all in my register, the only problem in the song for me is counting. I just dont count and get lost half the time. i really need to sit down with a pencil and write down marks so Im able to know where to start counting or playing again.