Thank you for this video! I've been playing for a while but i have noticed that i have picked up bad habits out of laziness. I needed this as a kick in the butt. Cant wait for tomorrow's video! Again, thank you!
Thank you. My clarinet just arrived last week and I just started playing it. I'm very thankful for this lesson. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills. 😊
Teacher, I put in my instrument a Dietz mouthpiece, an Steur reeds, a zoom barrel (P&A) e a Dietz ligature (like a cotton string) and my Patricola clarinet is amazing now, I have a Silverstein ligature and prefer my string, clarinet is crazy ... Thanks for your class, it is awesome.
Michelle, thanks so much for posting all these great videos. I came across a video of yours that talked about the shape or how to hold the tongue while playing. You mentioned saying a particular letter and how your tongue forms a shape, I just can not remember it or find the video again. Could you point me in the right direction to find it again? Thanks Ken
Hello, I have always watched your videos for tips and wondered if you would be able to help me with a couple of things. 1) Eb fingering - For a university audition one of my required pieces is Brahmd Clarinet Sonata (Op. 120 No. 1) Movement 1 and was having done trouble with some of the jumps. I use the schott edition sheet music and in bar 8 there is a jump from C (over the break) small left hand key) up to a high Eb in the altissimo range. I usually use left hand - bottom two holes and right hand first hole with small key but this jump is really awkward to do and I was wondering if there is an alternate fingering for that Eb and also if you knew an alternate fingering for the Eb an octave below. 2. In my other required piece (Alfred Uhl - Study no. 5) and there is a lot of tonguing and was wondering if you have a good way to improve tonguing of notes over the break and above? I can tongue them but the note almost always sounds like it won't come out and feel a bit resistant and also squeaks a bit too often and I'd like to improve my tone when tonguing to have a consistent sound without squeaks and be able to produce a good sound whether I'm slurring or tonguing. 3. When you are not used to playing a lot of tuplets. I'm talking more about quintuplet/pentuplet (5), sextuplet (6) and septuplet (7). I was just wondering are there any good exercises to practice the fast rhythm of them, I know it is good to slow them down and gradually speed them up but I'm not entirely sure how to do that on their own or can it also be subjective to where they appear in what pieces you're doing? I am sorry to bother you like this and I understand I'm asking a lot and sorry if I rambled in my questions. If you could provide any assistance, I would very much appreciate your input and I thank you for taking your time as I'm sure you are very busy. Thank you.
Hi Abbi - sorry for the delay. I took most of August off. 1. For the Brahms, keep the left hand the same, and use only the third finger on the right hand with the usual pinky key. This means using a left hand pinky key for the C. On most clarinets this is really elegant. 2. Staccato - for sure you can improve this. - there is an exercise here that can help: www.betterclarinetarticulation.com 3. Any new rhythm takes a while to feel automatic to our brain. Think of multi-syllable words that you can speak with a metronome "university" for 5'lets. Speaking it or singing it first can help.
@@ClarinetMentors Thank you so much! This will really help me to improve on these points so I really thank you for taking the time to answer me. :) I hope you had a wonderful summer and I hope everything goes well for you. I will try these methods out right away thank you! :)
Eunice Clark I would recommend a backun CG Crystal Mouthpiece it’s pricey but worth it another mouthpiece that is at a good price is the vandoren BD5 I recommend Légère signature series as well
hello there, i dont mean to force my religion on you at all. but Jesus is the messiah. he is the lord and savior of the world. please turn to him and repent from your sins! let's worship the Lord together!! Amen! Glory to the Lord almighty!
every channel i find for clarinet tips is dead, I'm so happy i finally found an amazing channel like this!
Thank you for this video! I've been playing for a while but i have noticed that i have picked up bad habits out of laziness. I needed this as a kick in the butt. Cant wait for tomorrow's video! Again, thank you!
Hi from Australia
Thank you so much for your fantastic lessons
I just noticed on my mouth cushion the indents from my teeth slowly are slipping to the tip now 😬 that helped thank you!
This video was really useful! I've been playing for a year and a lot of these tips where unknown to me.
Thank you. My clarinet just arrived last week and I just started playing it. I'm very thankful for this lesson. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills. 😊
Thank you for helping me in this journey playing the clarinet. I'm really grateful
Teacher, I put in my instrument a Dietz mouthpiece, an Steur reeds, a zoom barrel (P&A) e a Dietz ligature (like a cotton string) and my Patricola clarinet is amazing now, I have a Silverstein ligature and prefer my string, clarinet is crazy ... Thanks for your class, it is awesome.
awsome
Thanks for the class ! I am a beginner and your methodology is the best I’ve seen!
Thanks again Dirlei from Brazil
Michelle, thanks so much for posting all these great videos. I came across a video of yours that talked about the shape or how to hold the tongue while playing. You mentioned saying a particular letter and how your tongue forms a shape, I just can not remember it or find the video again. Could you point me in the right direction to find it again? Thanks
Ken
love it and shared with my clarinet players thanks so much for the advice!
good video, look forwards to the series, thanks for all you do.
Hi Mike - the full series is now up. Sorry for the delay. There were some technical challenges.
The series is out!
Thank you for helping me in this journey, I have discovered my mistake . NORIVAL, FROM BRAZIL
Regards from Brazil!
Hi Michelle, am I on a loosing battle as I have lost the front two lower teeth?
Thank you so much!!!!
I really wanted to play tenor sax or bari and my band director had me do clarinet and I don’t sound too good on it but I hope this will help me
I love it!
Regards from kuwait
Hello, I have always watched your videos for tips and wondered if you would be able to help me with a couple of things.
1) Eb fingering - For a university audition one of my required pieces is Brahmd Clarinet Sonata (Op. 120 No. 1) Movement 1 and was having done trouble with some of the jumps. I use the schott edition sheet music and in bar 8 there is a jump from C (over the break) small left hand key) up to a high Eb in the altissimo range. I usually use left hand - bottom two holes and right hand first hole with small key but this jump is really awkward to do and I was wondering if there is an alternate fingering for that Eb and also if you knew an alternate fingering for the Eb an octave below.
2. In my other required piece (Alfred Uhl - Study no. 5) and there is a lot of tonguing and was wondering if you have a good way to improve tonguing of notes over the break and above? I can tongue them but the note almost always sounds like it won't come out and feel a bit resistant and also squeaks a bit too often and I'd like to improve my tone when tonguing to have a consistent sound without squeaks and be able to produce a good sound whether I'm slurring or tonguing.
3. When you are not used to playing a lot of tuplets. I'm talking more about quintuplet/pentuplet (5), sextuplet (6) and septuplet (7). I was just wondering are there any good exercises to practice the fast rhythm of them, I know it is good to slow them down and gradually speed them up but I'm not entirely sure how to do that on their own or can it also be subjective to where they appear in what pieces you're doing?
I am sorry to bother you like this and I understand I'm asking a lot and sorry if I rambled in my questions. If you could provide any assistance, I would very much appreciate your input and I thank you for taking your time as I'm sure you are very busy. Thank you.
Hi Abbi - sorry for the delay. I took most of August off. 1. For the Brahms, keep the left hand the same, and use only the third finger on the right hand with the usual pinky key. This means using a left hand pinky key for the C. On most clarinets this is really elegant. 2. Staccato - for sure you can improve this. - there is an exercise here that can help: www.betterclarinetarticulation.com 3. Any new rhythm takes a while to feel automatic to our brain. Think of multi-syllable words that you can speak with a metronome "university" for 5'lets. Speaking it or singing it first can help.
@@ClarinetMentors Thank you so much! This will really help me to improve on these points so I really thank you for taking the time to answer me. :) I hope you had a wonderful summer and I hope everything goes well for you. I will try these methods out right away thank you! :)
Hi I don't seem to have gotten your second third and fourth day's can you please send them thank you so much
I cannot find them either
Same.here...
So sorry - weird technical challenges. They are all up now.
I found them...
I have a B45 mouthpiece can you recommend the next one I should go to thank you
Eunice Clark I would recommend a backun CG Crystal Mouthpiece it’s pricey but worth it another mouthpiece that is at a good price is the vandoren BD5 I recommend Légère signature series as well
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hello there, i dont mean to force my religion on you at all. but Jesus is the messiah. he is the lord and savior of the world. please turn to him and repent from your sins! let's worship the Lord together!! Amen! Glory to the Lord almighty!
Not suppossed to post stuff like that here