Loved your video! I'm trying to build my skills up more and this gives me a new direction to try. I had a real chuckle when you mentioned Dan Baker. I went to West High but played in All-City at St. John's and really respected his work as music supervisor for CPS. Thanks again.
I have come to realize how lucky I was to have had Dan Baker as a teacher. At the time I thought everyone had it this good. Dr. McGinnis told me that Dan Baker was the best first-chair trombone to play in the OSU concert band. Good luck on building your chops. I hope my warm=up helps.
@@eugenemarquis4855 I was at Heisey Wind Ensemble last night and mentioned you to Ruth Isenhart. She said you had played with her husband Bill at Cap, and played a solo at David Hite's memorial along with the clarinet choir.
@@tomshook I remember Ruth and Bill fondly, Bill has a great sense of humor. Both of them are strong clarinetists. I played the Cavillini Adagio and Tarantella, a bit nervously since Dan Baker, Val Vore, and Dr. McGinnis were there. The whole concert was a wonderful tribute to David Hite.
Interesting. I'm a beginner on the clarinet, and was searching for good habits which will help me to build a beautiful tone. I'll incorporate your warm up in my own practice schedule, thanks for showing and explaining
I don't know at what stage of 'beginner' you are, but my guess would be to start out doing the scales and arpeggios only one octave up and down and staying mostly or only in the low register. Same for the chromatic scale. Always start with low E, gradually extending how high you go. Start slow and gradually go faster and add more octaves as you can. Besides refining your equipment, doing low register long tones at a full mf or f is the best way to start improving your tone. Concentrate on correct breathing, relaxed throat muscles and position, refining embouchure influences, and muscle memory.
I do this warm-up only on Bb clarinet. Since the parameters of a good tone are much narrower on clarinet, by comparison it makes most other horns easier to control. My tongue can move just as fast on larger instruments. It's possible to tongue faster than the instrument can respond. Contrabass clarinet is a real slow-poke.
Off the shelf R13 Bb, no additional undercutting. The best one of over 50 new ones that I tried. Clark Fobes barrel. Hite D model mouthpiece, old enough that David and Jean did the facing and finish work. One of a few from the last time I saw him. Bonade inverted nickel-plated ligature. Ligatures can vary a lot in how they play. Try several of the same model, if you can. There can be a big difference from top to bottom. Well worth the time.
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Loved your video! I'm trying to build my skills up more and this gives me a new direction to try. I had a real chuckle when you mentioned Dan Baker. I went to West High but played in All-City at St. John's and really respected his work as music supervisor for CPS. Thanks again.
I have come to realize how lucky I was to have had Dan Baker as a teacher. At the time I thought everyone had it this good. Dr. McGinnis told me that Dan Baker was the best first-chair trombone to play in the OSU concert band. Good luck on building your chops. I hope my warm=up helps.
@@eugenemarquis4855 I was at Heisey Wind Ensemble last night and mentioned you to Ruth Isenhart. She said you had played with her husband Bill at Cap, and played a solo at David Hite's memorial along with the clarinet choir.
@@tomshook I remember Ruth and Bill fondly, Bill has a great sense of humor. Both of them are strong clarinetists. I played the Cavillini Adagio and Tarantella, a bit nervously since Dan Baker, Val Vore, and Dr. McGinnis were there. The whole concert was a wonderful tribute to David Hite.
Interesting. I'm a beginner on the clarinet, and was searching for good habits which will help me to build a beautiful tone. I'll incorporate your warm up in my own practice schedule, thanks for showing and explaining
I don't know at what stage of 'beginner' you are, but my guess would be to start out doing the scales and arpeggios only one octave up and down and staying mostly or only in the low register. Same for the chromatic scale. Always start with low E, gradually extending how high you go. Start slow and gradually go faster and add more octaves as you can. Besides refining your equipment, doing low register long tones at a full mf or f is the best way to start improving your tone. Concentrate on correct breathing, relaxed throat muscles and position, refining embouchure influences, and muscle memory.
Thank you for sharing your warm up approach with us!
Do you do this same warm up with every one of your doubles, every day? Can you tongue as fast on baritone sax as with clarinet?
I do this warm-up only on Bb clarinet. Since the parameters of a good tone are much narrower on clarinet, by comparison it makes most other horns easier to control. My tongue can move just as fast on larger instruments. It's possible to tongue faster than the instrument can respond. Contrabass clarinet is a real slow-poke.
Can you enlighten me with your mouthpiece, ligature , and clarinet setup please?
Off the shelf R13 Bb, no additional undercutting. The best one of over 50 new ones that I tried. Clark Fobes barrel. Hite D model mouthpiece, old enough that David and Jean did the facing and finish work. One of a few from the last time I saw him. Bonade inverted nickel-plated ligature. Ligatures can vary a lot in how they play. Try several of the same model, if you can. There can be a big difference from top to bottom. Well worth the time.