This really resonated with me. The mindset of playing that you shared in detail is something that makes a huge difference in my actual playing of the clarinet and my self-critique of where I think I should be in consistency and quality of sound as opposed to where I actually am (according to the recordings I make of me playing instead of what I hear in my head as I am playing). Thank you for all the insights, techniques, and reminder that this is a journey (for me, like a stream not a river).
I'm glad it helped! I also love that you record yourself so much. That will really help you to see how you have progressed over longer periods of time too!
I learned every single note in year 1.5. Honestly if you have a good Reed, you can sit in front of the fingerings chart and learn every note in a week.
Totally! Everybody moves at different rates, and hitting them in front of the fingering chart is different than in the context of music. But, I definitely work with my students to be comfortable with most of the notes as soon as possible.
Yep, thoroughly guilty of settling in the 8th and 9th year, but I knew it wasn't going to be my career. 40 years plus later, I'm back at the clarinet, having picked up guitar since retiring and now realizing just how much I skated through back in the day. Finally understanding music theory has somewhat offset the struggle of dealing with the physical challenges of playing. Just discovered your channel and look forward to exploring it.
Congrats on picking it back up! My mission is to help practice and learning to be as effortless as possible, so definitely let me know if you have any questions! You can also see my favorite videos from the channel in this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLR5AmyeNGn585pDJi5Uj6zFZE6acGWtwo
my tonging speed sucks....stagnant....now can do 16ths on 82bpm, but doesn't last more than 2 measures, just slowly pushing it everyday Wish I had started systematically trainning it sooner
Keep practicing, you got this! As an exercise, maybe experiment with really almost too legato of articulation. Focus on just keeping the air flowing and really simply bouncing the tongue of the reed. Like totally relax the tip of the tongue and just let it get near the reed and then bounce off. I think the key for you will be to figure out how to make the tongue motion more simple and relaxed. The harder you try to tongue fast the more tension there is. I think I will make a video on this in a few weeks, but I am exploring the idea that you can't strengthen speed. When you make a muscle stronger through repetition the muscle doesn't inherently get faster. Speed comes from more efficient coordination. So work on training coordination more than strength.
@@QuickStartClarinet Thanks so much for the tips, I will try doing more of the legato technique you mentioned; I remember Ms.Laughlin mentioning something similar...so this has to be it...
I started on a plastic Normandy then went to an Evette master model then an R13 and now a Buffet Tradition. All of the upgrades were upgrades, but none of them magically made me sound too drastically better.
This really resonated with me. The mindset of playing that you shared in detail is something that makes a huge difference in my actual playing of the clarinet and my self-critique of where I think I should be in consistency and quality of sound as opposed to where I actually am (according to the recordings I make of me playing instead of what I hear in my head as I am playing). Thank you for all the insights, techniques, and reminder that this is a journey (for me, like a stream not a river).
I'm glad it helped! I also love that you record yourself so much. That will really help you to see how you have progressed over longer periods of time too!
I learned every single note in year 1.5. Honestly if you have a good Reed, you can sit in front of the fingerings chart and learn every note in a week.
Totally! Everybody moves at different rates, and hitting them in front of the fingering chart is different than in the context of music. But, I definitely work with my students to be comfortable with most of the notes as soon as possible.
Yep, thoroughly guilty of settling in the 8th and 9th year, but I knew it wasn't going to be my career. 40 years plus later, I'm back at the clarinet, having picked up guitar since retiring and now realizing just how much I skated through back in the day. Finally understanding music theory has somewhat offset the struggle of dealing with the physical challenges of playing. Just discovered your channel and look forward to exploring it.
Congrats on picking it back up! My mission is to help practice and learning to be as effortless as possible, so definitely let me know if you have any questions! You can also see my favorite videos from the channel in this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLR5AmyeNGn585pDJi5Uj6zFZE6acGWtwo
my tonging speed sucks....stagnant....now can do 16ths on 82bpm, but doesn't last more than 2 measures,
just slowly pushing it everyday
Wish I had started systematically trainning it sooner
Keep practicing, you got this! As an exercise, maybe experiment with really almost too legato of articulation. Focus on just keeping the air flowing and really simply bouncing the tongue of the reed. Like totally relax the tip of the tongue and just let it get near the reed and then bounce off. I think the key for you will be to figure out how to make the tongue motion more simple and relaxed. The harder you try to tongue fast the more tension there is.
I think I will make a video on this in a few weeks, but I am exploring the idea that you can't strengthen speed. When you make a muscle stronger through repetition the muscle doesn't inherently get faster. Speed comes from more efficient coordination. So work on training coordination more than strength.
@@QuickStartClarinet Thanks so much for the tips, I will try doing more of the legato technique you mentioned; I remember Ms.Laughlin mentioning something similar...so this has to be it...
whar clarinet were you upgrading from ?
I started on a plastic Normandy then went to an Evette master model then an R13 and now a Buffet Tradition.
All of the upgrades were upgrades, but none of them magically made me sound too drastically better.
@@QuickStartClarinet So true...