@phim q You should listen to John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, and insaneintherainmusic(if you like jazz arrangements of video game music). There are many more artists out there but these are a good few. I personally listen to/play Brecker more than anybody else. We don't have a jazz band at my school, but I play with a teacher every and again. If need anymore advice just reply or join insaneintherainmusic's discord(there is a help section where people help you out like I did).
Clean, clear clarinet staccato is an art in itself! Articulation is part of our musical vocabulary. You provide a great explanation of the techniques involved; one source for in-depth explanation and exercises for the stop-tongue staccato technique is Reginald Kell's book "Clarinet Staccato from the Beginning". It has helped me and a ton of my students improve on this aspect of their playing. Thanks for all you continue to do for the clarinet community!
I'm not a clarinetist, rather a pianist. But I'm also an arranger and orchestrator, and this video has helped me in understanding better how the accents I use impact my scoring. Thank you!
Thank you for the video. It's cool that you can sing so well when you demonstrate. Many instrumental musicians cannot or will not attempt so sing, but it really helps in interpreting/explaining how the instrument should sound. :-D
I'm going through a Clarinet Methods book, and the lesson I'm on now is Stoccato. I didn't know about stop-tongue stoccato, I've always done the fade-out version. Looking forward to trying stop-tongue!
For the staccato tonguing I use the same method that you mentioned. I have been told by several people that I am doing it wrong although I can get a pretty mean staccato. I asked another coworker how he stopped the note and he said with his air. So I asked him if he breathed between each note and he said no. When I asked him to explain to me what his tongue was doing inside his mouth he could not say. All he could say was that staccato was a style. Basically, he was unable to to support his answer. I read on lone that one way for a sax player to stop the air was to put the tongue on the roof of the mouth. Only problem with that is I teach that the motion of tongue is up to the read and then down. Putting it on the rough of the roof of the mouth contradicts that.
There is no better way to spend Saturday morning pre-practice than watching one of your lessons! This is brilliant and hugely helpful, thank-you. I am just learning to play quavers followed immediately by a quaver rest, in sequence (off and on the beat) and inevitably end up playing staccato when there are no markings for me to do so. Please could you show how to play a quaver followed by a quaver rest with and without staccato? I know the difference must be a subtle one, but I want to discern that difference! Thanks again Michelle.
Thanks for the kind words Marc! I recommend practising those notes (only as a practise exercise) just by "huffing" your breath. No tonguing at all - see if you can start and end each note cleanly only by blowing, with the appropriate silence between notes. This helps to develop proper air support. Then, add your tongue back in to start the notes and let them end cleanly using just your air. This is a bit tricky, but a good skill to learn. I also recommend imagining that you never let your air pressure go back to zero between notes, but try and keep it in your body (as if you are holding back a sneeze),
Thank you for this demonstration. I am not a clarinet player but I am a composer and I just got myself a very nice sampled clarinet vst and wanted to better know how to use The various techniques it came loaded with…
Another Great video about Clarinet, I have only been playing Clarinet for about 2 months and I love your RUclips channel. The videos are really helping with the technique alongside my lessons. Keep up the great work.
Thank you, Michelle! Your explanations are highly useful! I just started learning how to play clarinet on my own, and your tips help me a lot! Right now I'm fighting with the difficulties of switching smoothly from A to B...,
Hi Carlos, That A to B transition is one of the trickiest fingerings on clarinet, and one that is very handy to master! These videos may give you some pointers on finger position: ruclips.net/video/85oHSM1LcFI/видео.html ruclips.net/video/-bItdikinm4/видео.html ruclips.net/video/ZPtr_S04pGg/видео.html
I'm still plugging away with my ten instyruments,thgis is a great help for me to be aware of and to fit in to my practice sessions. Brian H. Littleton I'll use this with my saxes too.
Thanks Michelle, never having had the benefit of formal music theory lessons I had wondered how to interpret these markings, and now I know. That was very useful! John Spira
Thank you for the video. I am developing a series of lessons for recorder and appreciate the explanation and demonstration of TENUTO in particular, since that term has some ambiguity.
I just started working in WWW.Noteflight.com, and needed to review the various articulations available there. This video was a good refresher course for me, explanation of 'tenuto' especially so.
I began to play clarinet 4 years ago after not playing since high school 0ver 50 years ago. I now have upper false teeth and wonder how it affects air flow. I enjoy your video's
(Hope this comment is in the right place) Excellent video; thank you. I need to refine my clarinet playing, and this video on accents was right up my alley. I would be interested to know of there are published exercise books which would give me structured practise with these. I've bookmarked this video, and I know I will return to it several times to make sure I've got it right!!
Very interesting video. Sometimes I have some difficulties trying to find the difference between legato/tenuto and 'also legato', because I think the position of the tongue its very similar. Watching this video I understand tenuto emphasizes more the length of the note, and 'also legato' is lighter than tenuto. I'm right?
Hi there, a super easy to listen to video. Great explanation. Can I ask you about tonguing the last note of a slur that ends with a staccato note: yes you tongue it Or No, you just slur off the last note with a staccato value of the note. Thanks Lynn
Hi Michelle...the mystery is solved! I did not know the difference between regular tonguing and staccato tonguing...now I know!!! Thanks! This will help me practice.
it really helps me a whole lot because now i like to play the clarinet now and it,s good to learn how to play the clarinet I like it but a first I didn't want to play the clarinet it,s cool and the videos help you and the websites its really cool
This is a bit off topic of this video but I'm in the upper altissimo register and I tend to over blow even those notes I'd like to have some tips on that. What is the best way to adjust to higher notes and also improve the passages between those notes
I will watch the video again, but did not find much of a difference between #3, the notes with the lines over them (legato/tenuto) and #4, the notes with the dots plus the slur over them (also legato). Are they pretty much the same or did I miss something that would distinguish each style? Great video though for all wind players, woodwind & brass. Thank you Michelle.
Hi Michelle, I recently began doubling on clarinet (saxophone is my main instrument) and I've found that when I tongue above the break, I'll often squeak, and my fingers will be come uncoordinated with my tongue. This isn't the case with below the break, because I can articulate with different methods quite quickly with no squeaks. If I play very slowly though, I'll usually be able to focus on getting no squeak. Do you recommend any way of learning to articulate more quickly above the break? Thanks!
I'm looking for portato on flute;;; My director said to just separate them, but it doesnt feel right. Especially when I listen to recordings-- its Menuet from L'arlésienne Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet
Question: no on tonguing. A friend of mine just moved in from the midwest. I was teaching the clarinet players chromatic F# ( first space using thumb and bottom 2 side keys on right side of clarinet). Where she came from which is a pretty well known university they were taught to always flip. All of my teachers never allowed me to flip. I used this fingering when I had an F-natural and an F# together. I used first finger F# when I did not have any F-naturals near. Have you ever heard of well known universities allowing their clarinetists to flip? I live in a state that has a gajillion clarinet players and many universities.
As always, great tips! I appreciate them very much! I've picked up the clarinet very recently and I think I'm improving in technique but I can't get a clean tonguing, though, no matter how hard I try. The best way I can describe it is it sounds like I'm spitting out the notes. Especially on open notes, like the open G. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? Thanks again!
Hi Mich I play sax but like how you explain can you tell me what make and type of clarinet you pay in this video pls I have always like to have a go at one.
You should put in a table of contents or separate each articulation into a separate video... I was looking for tenuto, and it took me 5 minutes just to scroll around and find it :)
How would one attack staccatissimo (point) as oppose to staccato? I believe the marking looks like a tiny dagger. For instance the first note shows the dagger and the next three notes are legato.
So can legato be played in different ways? For example: as a slur, or a tongued slur that uses dee rather than taa and is light on the reed? Thanks for yr videos they are clear and concise enough to apply quite quickly. I've actually bought the abrsm grade 1 music theory book for Clarinet as I enjoy learning(in theory), music principles, as I'm not yet good enough to play a classical piece. I'm only on lesson 7 of "a tune a day" by Ned Bennett(Amazon). My music teacher has asked me to play the "Skye boat song" on pg.29 legato by lightly tonguing but I'm having trouble with this. Wish me success after watching yr video above. MorgMoogie. P.S. I'll send you an extract to yr internet contact details.
When you begin a piece? Do you tongue the first note right off hand? Or do you just simply blow through the horn and then tongue the next note? I’m always confused about this. Thanks
Hi Michelle, I have a grade 2 clarinet exam in a week and a half and I started playing clarinet only 3 and a half months ago. I am having trouble with the high notes especially the c (not the really high c the one before that) even though I can play up to A. One of my pieces (konte jeder brave mann) is all high and I am squeaking a lot. Also I can't play low f without squeaking which links to why I can't play the C without squeaking. Do you have any tips that will help me improve?
It sounds to me like when you stretch to the pinky keys that you would use for F and C, you are pulling another finger off of the hole a bit. This will cause resistance and squeaking. Usually it is the bottom hole that the 3rd finger of your right hand covers that is the problem. I recommend that you look in a mirror and pay special attention to this finger. You want to ensure that it remains anchored over the hole when you are moving your pinky finger onto those keys. This video may help as well. ruclips.net/video/vyVfMI5Na70/видео.html
Please, can tou turn on automatics subs.? With automatic translation makes easier to understand you However is very usefull your channel! You are incredible! Congratulation and thanks! Love from spain!
I am having trouble tonguing altissimo B. It seems fuzzy as if i can hear lower overtones or that the reed is starting out lower. This doesn't seem to happen on other notes, even higher or lower. What m I doing wrong?
Emile Lugosch Altissimo B is extremely high on clarinet (you are talking about the B that is two octaves above the staff?). If you can play a C above that, then you definitely have figured out the extreme altissimo. You likely just haven't found a fingering that works on your clarinet. Tom Ridenour's book, Clarinet Fingerings, give many alternatives for the extreme altissimo. If you are actually speaking about lower notes, it could be something else.
Thanks ! It really helped. I wanted to ask,how to get a rounder sound on the clarinet ? My conductor said that when we play (clarinet section ), we sounded like 'chicken'... it would be nice if you could make a video for it? Ill really appreciate that. ^^
Hello - some of these videos relate to tone. Please give them a try: ruclips.net/video/a2TUGyTslUM/видео.html - Embouchure Tester ruclips.net/video/X9nd2wLMBOA/видео.html - whisper technic ruclips.net/video/7tyKWTO0mqs/видео.html - long tones ruclips.net/video/Eb4_HOwsEhE/видео.html - activating blowing muscles
Hi Mauricio, When I was testing out ligatures, I also listened to other people test out ligatures and was amazed at the variety of sounds I heard from the same ligature with different players. I think you need to discover how it sounds with your clarinet and mouthpiece. I heard the same ligature sound really stuffy on one (excellent player) and than too bright on another (also excellent) player. The Klassik is not the optimum ligature for my setup, but I do have one student who LOVES his, and sounds great on it.
thanks for the great video, but I would tell you to correct the first part. The first articulation is called Staccato and the second one is Staccato corto. It is a common mistake with italian language and it causes a lot of messy.
Hi Michelle, I'm having problems with playing my clarinet. When I blow, air starts to leak out the sides of my mouth. Tightening the corners of my mouth does not help me. If you have any suggestions please repy back. Thanks!
Hey I know it's been 5 years since you posted this and you may have already solved the issue or you're not playing anymore but I've had this problem before and I've found that more embouchure strength and closing my jaw helps. I know some instructor tell you to not close you jaw but I've made it in to many honor bands and placed fairly high in the honor band and I still close my jaw off. I hope this helps if you're still playing.
2:00 Normal
3:28 Staccato
8:43 Tenuto
13:57 Accents
Thx
Saxophone player here, double on clarinet, etc. pretty frequently. Appreciate your videos very much.
Jeffery Hogan which sax, I double the same things but a tenor sax
@phim q
Are you into playing jazz with it?
@phim q You should listen to John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, and insaneintherainmusic(if you like jazz arrangements of video game music). There are many more artists out there but these are a good few. I personally listen to/play Brecker more than anybody else. We don't have a jazz band at my school, but I play with a teacher every and again. If need anymore advice just reply or join insaneintherainmusic's discord(there is a help section where people help you out like I did).
I play brass, but this is by far the clearest explanation I've come across as to how to interpret those symbols - thank you, Michelle!
Clean, clear clarinet staccato is an art in itself! Articulation is part of our musical vocabulary. You provide a great explanation of the techniques involved; one source for in-depth explanation and exercises for the stop-tongue staccato technique is Reginald Kell's book "Clarinet Staccato from the Beginning". It has helped me and a ton of my students improve on this aspect of their playing.
Thanks for all you continue to do for the clarinet community!
This was so helpful. I had forgotten how to play accents cause I had not seen them in my music in a while so this helped
I'm not a clarinetist, rather a pianist. But I'm also an arranger and orchestrator, and this video has helped me in understanding better how the accents I use impact my scoring. Thank you!
Thanks Mac. It is great to see a composer who wants to speak "woodwind"!
12:16 accents
Thanks
Thanks
hey been watching your videos since quarentine began. you just helped me fix the bass keys on my bass clarinet. +100000 karma. thankx
Thank you for the video. It's cool that you can sing so well when you demonstrate. Many instrumental musicians cannot or will not attempt so sing, but it really helps in interpreting/explaining how the instrument should sound. :-D
Thank you, Michelle!!! So very helpful!!!! (Fayetteville, NC, USA)
Many, many thanks from Czech Republic!
Thank you, Michelle! I am very enjoying your lessons about clarinet.
I am a amateur beginner, but I improved my clarinet technique from your lessons.
I am glad that this is helping you! Good luck with your clarinet playing.
I'm going through a Clarinet Methods book, and the lesson I'm on now is Stoccato. I didn't know about stop-tongue stoccato, I've always done the fade-out version. Looking forward to trying stop-tongue!
Hello
I just got inspired to purchase a clarinet a few weeks ago and your videos are helping me tremendously! Thank you! :)
very nice explanation, thank you. I'm studying saxophone and was looking to understand the articulation. your video helps a lot! a million thanks
Thank you so much Michelle Anderson, for your time and teachings. I Look forward to see more videos.
For the staccato tonguing I use the same method that you mentioned. I have been told by several people that I am doing it wrong although I can get a pretty mean staccato. I asked another coworker how he stopped the note and he said with his air. So I asked him if he breathed between each note and he said no. When I asked him to explain to me what his tongue was doing inside his mouth he could not say. All he could say was that staccato was a style. Basically, he was unable to to support his answer. I read on lone that one way for a sax player to stop the air was to put the tongue on the roof of the mouth. Only problem with that is I teach that the motion of tongue is up to the read and then down. Putting it on the rough of the roof of the mouth contradicts that.
Thanks for the wonderful lesson. I am new to clarinet and music theory. You are a good mentor and explain things very well. Peace!
There is no better way to spend Saturday morning pre-practice than watching one of your lessons! This is brilliant and hugely helpful, thank-you. I am just learning to play quavers followed immediately by a quaver rest, in sequence (off and on the beat) and inevitably end up playing staccato when there are no markings for me to do so. Please could you show how to play a quaver followed by a quaver rest with and without staccato? I know the difference must be a subtle one, but I want to discern that difference! Thanks again Michelle.
Thanks for the kind words Marc! I recommend practising those notes (only as a practise exercise) just by "huffing" your breath. No tonguing at all - see if you can start and end each note cleanly only by blowing, with the appropriate silence between notes. This helps to develop proper air support. Then, add your tongue back in to start the notes and let them end cleanly using just your air. This is a bit tricky, but a good skill to learn. I also recommend imagining that you never let your air pressure go back to zero between notes, but try and keep it in your body (as if you are holding back a sneeze),
Brilliant, thanks!
Thank you for this demonstration. I am not a clarinet player but I am a composer and I just got myself a very nice sampled clarinet vst and wanted to better know how to use The various techniques it came loaded with…
Thank you so much Michelle . Your explanations are always so clair and easy to understand, Bonne Année
Thanks Ginette!
Tonguing always help me play better so thanks for the extra information!
+Joseph Austin Faircloth I'm glad this was useful. Good luck with your clarinet playing.
Your channel is a great help to people like me. Thank you!
Alexoid Thanks! I'm glad that you enjoy it.
Another Great video about Clarinet, I have only been playing Clarinet for about 2 months and I love your RUclips channel. The videos are really helping with the technique alongside my lessons.
Keep up the great work.
I love when you talk about tonguing!
Thank you, Michelle! Your explanations are highly useful! I just started learning how to play clarinet on my own, and your tips help me a lot! Right now I'm fighting with the difficulties of switching smoothly from A to B...,
Hi Carlos, That A to B transition is one of the trickiest fingerings on clarinet, and one that is very handy to master! These videos may give you some pointers on finger position: ruclips.net/video/85oHSM1LcFI/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/-bItdikinm4/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/ZPtr_S04pGg/видео.html
a composer here: thanks for the great insight. Very useful
I have jazz band auditions coming up and this was so helpful thank you so much 😭🙏
I am self taught. I didn't know what tonguing meant. This video helped me to understand and perfect this technique.
I'm still plugging away with my ten instyruments,thgis is a great help for me to be aware of and to fit in to my practice sessions. Brian H. Littleton
I'll use this with my saxes too.
Très belles vidéos avec beaucoup d'explications .Bravo Michelle
What a great channel, wonderful teacher. Thank you!
Thank you very much! You helped me with my peice, Northpointe Fantasy by James Swearingen.
Nice lesson now i know how to explain it to my beginners. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words. Your students are lucky to have such a conscientious teacher!
Thank you. I find your videos to be most useful.
Another sax player saying thanks for your work! 👍🏼
Hi Michelle,Thank you for your lesson today.Can you sometime explain how to figure out the key signature of a particular piece? Than you Cheshire,UK
It would be great to see videos of some of your performances. Any chance of that? Your lessons are wonderful and greatly appreciated. Brackett
Hi Brackett, I will try and get the recorder out more often when I am performing. Stay tuned… Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
this lady is legit.. many thanks for imparting this info!
Thanks Michelle, never having had the benefit of formal music theory lessons I had wondered how to interpret these markings, and now I know. That was very useful! John Spira
I'm glad this is helpful. Any musician can certainly add their own personal interpretation, but this gives you some guidelines.
Thank you for the video. I am developing a series of lessons for recorder and appreciate the explanation and demonstration of TENUTO in particular, since that term has some ambiguity.
I just started working in WWW.Noteflight.com, and needed to review the various articulations available there. This video was a good refresher course for me, explanation of 'tenuto' especially so.
I'm glad this helped. I haven't tried Noteflight, but I am hearing some good things about it.
I began to play clarinet 4 years ago after not playing since high school 0ver 50 years ago. I now have upper false teeth and wonder how it affects air flow. I enjoy your video's
(Hope this comment is in the right place) Excellent video; thank you. I need to refine my clarinet playing, and this video on accents was right up my alley. I would be interested to know of there are published exercise books which would give me structured practise with these. I've bookmarked this video, and I know I will return to it several times to make sure I've got it right!!
Very interesting video. Sometimes I have some difficulties trying to find the difference between legato/tenuto and 'also legato', because I think the position of the tongue its very similar. Watching this video I understand tenuto emphasizes more the length of the note, and 'also legato' is lighter than tenuto. I'm right?
Hi there, a super easy to listen to video. Great explanation. Can I ask you about tonguing the last note of a slur that ends with a staccato note: yes you tongue it Or No, you just slur off the last note with a staccato value of the note. Thanks Lynn
This was very helpful in my re0coonection with the clarinet.
Hi Michelle...the mystery is solved! I did not know the difference between regular tonguing and staccato tonguing...now I know!!! Thanks! This will help me practice.
Nathalie Charron I'm so glad this helped. It is useful to have a variety of tonguing styles that you can use.
it really helps me a whole lot because now i like to play the clarinet now and it,s good to learn how to play the clarinet I like it but a first I didn't want to play the clarinet it,s cool and the videos help you and the websites its really cool
This is a bit off topic of this video but I'm in the upper altissimo register and I tend to over blow even those notes I'd like to have some tips on that. What is the best way to adjust to higher notes and also improve the passages between those notes
I will watch the video again, but did not find much of a difference between #3, the notes with the lines over them (legato/tenuto) and #4, the notes with the dots plus the slur over them (also legato). Are they pretty much the same or did I miss something that would distinguish each style? Great video though for all wind players, woodwind & brass. Thank you Michelle.
Love your videos, very informative. Thanks.
Really enjoyed that. very helpful. I’m away to practice
Hi Michelle,
I recently began doubling on clarinet (saxophone is my main instrument) and I've found that when I tongue above the break, I'll often squeak, and my fingers will be come uncoordinated with my tongue. This isn't the case with below the break, because I can articulate with different methods quite quickly with no squeaks. If I play very slowly though, I'll usually be able to focus on getting no squeak. Do you recommend any way of learning to articulate more quickly above the break?
Thanks!
it's been 6 years, did you figure it out yet?
Clear explanation great for beginners like me thank you
I'm looking for portato on flute;;;
My director said to just separate them, but it doesnt feel right. Especially when I listen to recordings-- its Menuet from L'arlésienne Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet
Amazing amazing amazing just started my first lesson in clarinet.
Can you please suggest some beginner books.thanks.
2logj Standard of Excellence books they’re are really good and used very frequently in beginning bands.
Essential elements clarinet
Question: no on tonguing. A friend of mine just moved in from the midwest. I was teaching the clarinet players chromatic F# ( first space using thumb and bottom 2 side keys on right side of clarinet). Where she came from which is a pretty well known university they were taught to always flip. All of my teachers never allowed me to flip. I used this fingering when I had an F-natural and an F# together. I used first finger F# when I did not have any F-naturals near. Have you ever heard of well known universities allowing their clarinetists to flip? I live in a state that has a gajillion clarinet players and many universities.
As always, great tips! I appreciate them very much! I've picked up the clarinet very recently and I think I'm improving in technique but I can't get a clean tonguing, though, no matter how hard I try. The best way I can describe it is it sounds like I'm spitting out the notes. Especially on open notes, like the open G. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? Thanks again!
8:12 - tenuto
9:40 - slur over dots
Very good explanation! Thanks
great Michelle .... thank you
Thanx a lot! Aaaaand... How about detashe?
Love all of the lessons! Ty so much!
Thanks again Bob!
Hi Mich I play sax but like how you explain can you tell me what make and type of clarinet you pay in this video pls I have always like to have a go at one.
You should put in a table of contents or separate each articulation into a separate video... I was looking for tenuto, and it took me 5 minutes just to scroll around and find it :)
Kc Daugirdas, film composer Great idea. I think I need an assistant to index everything. It would be helpful.
Very useful to me a new clarinet player
Thank you! Michelle...
Hi may I ask u how I can stop make my clarinet squicking everytime I play staccato ?
Very helpful stuff and a great job! Thx a lot! ❤️👌
have you ever heard of the clarinet book called measures of success?
Thank you for your guide!!I'm beginner in korea
Thanks for the kind words. I hope you enjoy your clarinet playing.
How would one attack staccatissimo (point) as oppose to staccato? I believe the marking looks like a tiny dagger. For instance the first note shows the dagger and the next three notes are legato.
So can legato be played in different ways? For example: as a slur, or a tongued slur that uses dee rather than taa and is light on the reed? Thanks for yr videos they are clear and concise enough to apply quite quickly. I've actually bought the abrsm grade 1 music theory book for Clarinet as I enjoy learning(in theory), music principles, as I'm not yet good enough to play a classical piece. I'm only on lesson 7 of "a tune a day" by Ned Bennett(Amazon). My music teacher has asked me to play the "Skye boat song" on pg.29 legato by lightly tonguing but I'm having trouble with this. Wish me success after watching yr video above. MorgMoogie.
P.S. I'll send you an extract to yr internet contact details.
Sucks there's no answer
🤔
Very well explained . Thank you
Hi, thanks for the video. I have one issue when my tongue leaves the reed. It makes noise and the note sounds terrible. How should I get rid of that?
When you begin a piece? Do you tongue the first note right off hand? Or do you just simply blow through the horn and then tongue the next note? I’m always confused about this. Thanks
Tongue the first note
Excellent explanation!
great help for a beginner like me. thanks a lot
Very Good video.
I would greatly appreciate attaching subtitles in Spanish.
Greetings from Colombia
Slur over dots: in the french tradition, the name is "louré". Thank you for your explanations.
Muito bom excelente professora.
Could you make a video tutorial on how to play William Tell? Please :(
Very useful as always thank you.
Hi Michelle, I have a grade 2 clarinet exam in a week and a half and I started playing clarinet only 3 and a half months ago. I am having trouble with the high notes especially the c (not the really high c the one before that) even though I can play up to A. One of my pieces (konte jeder brave mann) is all high and I am squeaking a lot. Also I can't play low f without squeaking which links to why I can't play the C without squeaking. Do you have any tips that will help me improve?
It sounds to me like when you stretch to the pinky keys that you would use for F and C, you are pulling another finger off of the hole a bit. This will cause resistance and squeaking. Usually it is the bottom hole that the 3rd finger of your right hand covers that is the problem. I recommend that you look in a mirror and pay special attention to this finger. You want to ensure that it remains anchored over the hole when you are moving your pinky finger onto those keys. This video may help as well. ruclips.net/video/vyVfMI5Na70/видео.html
Pleasant singing voice
Where have I been?
I am new and when I blow a G I get an F sound on 2 different makes of clarinet's, why do I get this sound? is it me or the Clarinet's?
Hi I need help So in this song In 6|8 times I have a Eighth note with an Eighth rest in the middle and I don't know how to play it
Shea Broom :3 (super late) the eight note is one beat because of the time signature
Hi um I'm a beginner and is there a different way to play a slur like without touching at all just switching the notes?
it really helps me a lot I like It because it can help you.
Please, can tou turn on automatics subs.? With automatic translation makes easier to understand you However is very usefull your channel! You are incredible! Congratulation and thanks! Love from spain!
I am having trouble tonguing altissimo B. It seems fuzzy as if i can hear lower overtones or that the reed is starting out lower. This doesn't seem to happen on other notes, even higher or lower. What m I doing wrong?
Emile Lugosch Altissimo B is extremely high on clarinet (you are talking about the B that is two octaves above the staff?). If you can play a C above that, then you definitely have figured out the extreme altissimo. You likely just haven't found a fingering that works on your clarinet. Tom Ridenour's book, Clarinet Fingerings, give many alternatives for the extreme altissimo. If you are actually speaking about lower notes, it could be something else.
Thanks ! It really helped. I wanted to ask,how to get a rounder sound on the clarinet ? My conductor said that when we play (clarinet section ), we sounded like 'chicken'... it would be nice if you could make a video for it? Ill really appreciate that. ^^
Hello - some of these videos relate to tone. Please give them a try:
ruclips.net/video/a2TUGyTslUM/видео.html - Embouchure Tester
ruclips.net/video/X9nd2wLMBOA/видео.html - whisper technic
ruclips.net/video/7tyKWTO0mqs/видео.html - long tones
ruclips.net/video/Eb4_HOwsEhE/видео.html - activating blowing muscles
Clarinet Mentors (Michelle Anderson) thanks! :)
+Clarinet Mentors (Michelle Anderson) Thanks for the extra links!
Thank you, it's been a great help.
Appreciate all the videos!!! Thank you!!!
Could you perform a piece or etude with a Vandoren Klassik ligature and review the product to help my choice about investing in it.
Hi Mauricio, When I was testing out ligatures, I also listened to other people test out ligatures and was amazed at the variety of sounds I heard from the same ligature with different players. I think you need to discover how it sounds with your clarinet and mouthpiece. I heard the same ligature sound really stuffy on one (excellent player) and than too bright on another (also excellent) player. The Klassik is not the optimum ligature for my setup, but I do have one student who LOVES his, and sounds great on it.
Thank you so much 💖
thanks for the great video, but I would tell you to correct the first part. The first articulation is called Staccato and the second one is Staccato corto. It is a common mistake with italian language and it causes a lot of messy.
Hi Michelle, I'm having problems with playing my clarinet. When I blow, air starts to leak out the sides of my mouth. Tightening the corners of my mouth does not help me. If you have any suggestions please repy back. Thanks!
Hey I know it's been 5 years since you posted this and you may have already solved the issue or you're not playing anymore but I've had this problem before and I've found that more embouchure strength and closing my jaw helps. I know some instructor tell you to not close you jaw but I've made it in to many honor bands and placed fairly high in the honor band and I still close my jaw off. I hope this helps if you're still playing.
ruclips.net/video/B4d2gpRysZY/видео.html this is the video that helped me strengthen my embouchure a lot