Assignment 21- Sam Ederington

Problems are really annoying. When you can't figure out how to solve an issue, regardless of how insignificant it really is, you get frustrated. And when you finally find a way around the problem, it is altogether too often just irritating how much time you wasted figuring out a solution for it. But when the solution is rewarding, it is one of the best feelings in the world. When you break down a wall, and unlock an entire world lying behind it, just waiting for you to explore. For me, one of those walls has been passing the "break" on my clarinet. In terms of what you actually need to do, its actually very simple and easy. But doing it for the first time, requires you to entirely shift your perspective on how to play the instrument. This requires a lot of practice, and thinking. After playing it for even a couple years, its surprisingly hard to pull off the first few times. But when you do, your range quickly doubles, and you can play actual music for the instrument. Breaking through that break opens up so many fun things for me to do with my instrument, and the clarinet has another break for me to do it again with! The break helped me learn that the clarinet is the best instrument!