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Recap of new products found at the trade show at the 2024 Midwest Clinic in Chicago. Revised Selmer Presence Backun Lumiere Buffet XXI Moe Custom clarinet Vandoren BD4 HD mouthpiece Gleichweit mouthpieces and barrels Lung trainer

A review of the Chedeville Canter Cinema, Chedeville Umbra, Fobes Virtuoso, Fobes San Francisco 10K, and Fobes Europa clarinet mouthpieces. In order of freest blowing to least: The Fobes Virtuoso, San Francisco 10K, Fobes Europa, Chedeville Umbra, and Chedeville Canter Cinema. Darkest sounding in order of darkest to brightest: Europa, Umbra, 10K, Cinema, and Virtuoso. The Umbra has a beautiful ...

Part 2 of an interview with Brian Stevenson of Rocky Mountain Music Repair. How to set up a new clarinet Adjustment screws www.rockymountainmusicrepair.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooaSzu0JRm_Ii4o9oGVYKkUoUuwdszvY1eLlnTdEaDv0J_FCePs

Review of 8 different clarinet reeds: Vandoren Traditional, Rue Lepic 56, V-12, V-21, Pilgerstorfer Dolce, Gonzalez FOF, Peter Leuthner, and Behn Brio. Best articulation: Vandoren V-12, Pilgerstorfer Dolce, Behn Brio. Best response: Vandoren 56, Vandoren V-21, Pilgerstorfer. Best harmonics: Vandoren V-12, Vandoren Traditional, Rue Lepic. Vote for your favorites in the comments.

Part I of an interview with technician Brian Stevenson of Rocky Mountain Music Repair in Broomfield, CO. Pad types Bore and key oil Maintenance tips for your clarinet www.rockymountainmusicrepair.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooaSzu0JRm_Ii4o9oGVYKkUoUuwdszvY1eLlnTdEaDv0J_FCePs

What to look for during your own practice and how to critique how well you've achieved your practice goals. How to break down a longer excerpt into manageable chunks How to set practice goals How the feedback loop should work to inform new practice sessions Another way to monitor your practice is to record the sessions.

Review of several different 3rd party clarinet barrels including the Buffet Chadash, Buffet Moennig, Buffet Tosca, Backun Lumiere, Reedworthy, Corbin-Hawley R1, Aidoni, and Silverstein Titanium. Resistance from low (freest blowing) to high (most resistant): Reedworthy, Corbin-Hawley R1, Lumiere, Chadash, Tosca, Moennig, Aidoni, Titanium. Sound from darkest to brightest: Aidoni, Moennig, Tosca, ...

Review of various clarinet ligatures including Vandoren Optimum, Vandoren M/O, Rovner Versa, Woodstone Ishimori, AK, JLV, and Silverstein Hexa. Volume of sound (freest blowing) biggest to smallest: Hexa, JLV, AK, Versa, M/O, Ishimori, Optimum Coloration brightest to darkest: Optimum, M/O, Ishimori, JLV, AK, Hexa, Versa. My favorites were the Silverstein Hexa and the JLV. Vote for your favorite ...

This is a trial of several clarinets provided courtesy of ginasflutes.com. The trial includes the Yamaha 450 and 650, Buffet E11, Buffet E11 C clarinet, Buffet preR13, and Buffet Festival. I have included my personal instrument, a Buffet Tosca for comparison. Put in the comments below which you like the sound of the best.

Tips about how to approach practice sessions and how to get the most out of them on clarinet. Includes descriptions of deliberate practice and how to set goals for practice and how to incorporate feedback in analyzing your practice sessions. Tips on how to maximize short, 45-hour long practice sessions.

Tips about how to form a good embouchure for clarinet and how to strengthen it for better endurance.