I used to play clarinet and sax in the band in high school but that was forty years ago! A friend just gave me a clarinet and I'm surprised I can get a sound out of it. It's all starting to come back to me and with your help I'm excited to play again. Wow! This is great.
That is so awesome Alick. I have a similar experience. I played in school and my husband just got me a nice Bundy Deluxe. I blew my first sound the other day and today played a simple so. I am full of joy. I can't wait to play like I use to and even better
I used to play cornet, but lost my front upper teeth so I can't control pitch anymore. So, for my 80th birthday I celebrated by buying a Conn Albert system E-flat clarinet, and a Rubanks Elementary Method by N.W.Hovey as it has a fingering chart for both systems. I have just started, and you have helped me a bunch. 'preciate it!
I haven't played my Clarinet for over 3 years. I am surprised how quickly it is coming back to me with your easy to follow lesson thank you. Now to practice. Lots.
Played clarinet in band starting in 6th grade, 1975. Continued through the end of freshman year of high school with marching band and symphonic band. So glad my parents bought me a REAL clarinet, not a plastic one. What a wonderful time in my life with music. So sorry to this day I sold it after I graduated high school. I'd love to have it back now. Learning electric and acoustic guitars with beat pedals and some keyboards now.
Thanx. It helped me as a parent with a sixyearold that just started taking lessons. He forgot the instructions, and since I wasn't the parent being with him in the lesson, I searched on youtube for someone to show very clearly the first notes. This video helped me so now I can also play the five notes! I love the clarinetsound. It is lovely!!!
I’ve been playing the clarinet for 2 months now and surprisingly it is not that hard to learn the notes,😊 just mesmerising the notes is the easiest way together the hang of the notes and you will see yourself playing more consistently.
Thank you, that was my first scale practice! I only got my clarinet last Tuesday, 3 days ago, never played one before, but I'm getting on with it! Cool!
Well, as my sixtieth birthday rapidly approaches (and having been through my mid-life crisis in my forties), I decided to do more with my life and "learn a new skill". So, I have picked up the clarinet for the first time. I like the way young James takes us simpletons slowly and patiently through these early stages and look forward to following him further as I progress - So far so good!
Ive had a clarinet for 5yrs now and still havent learned to play it even tho I can read music and used to be in a Championship Brass Band. Your Tutorial took me back to the earliest days... I'm gonna give it a go as it's such a lovely sound you get from a Clarinet.
Same here....I practically gave away my old clarinet from high school! I was good back in the day. I was able to purchase a brand new Clarinet and I find this video very helpful in getting my fingering skills back into this old brain of mine!
Enjoyed your lesson, I wonder if there is any hope for me? I am retired now and never played an instrument - short time in school on violin - dad couldn't stand the noise! I don't want to die with the music still in me! Since I love the clarinet so much I thought I would try to learn it - lots of time now... my first question is what should I look for when buying a used instrument?
They are all over e-bay. I just bought a Conn intermediate level Albert System for $78. When it got here, I was amazed that it plays as well as it does. It is 98 years old! I wanted an Albert System because all of my favorite clarinet players play them. Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Dorsey and almost every New Orleans clarinetist, until lately, played them.
Haven't played since high school but was able to get a new wooden clarinet with some equity on a rental my son had in high school. I am trying to remember the fingerings and this is so helpful! Thank you!
Thanks very much, your tutorials are amazing, without a clarinet, I've learnt the tongueing technique and some notes. Will get the instrument and learn how to play.
Thanks for the reminders. I haven't played since high school but wanted to refresh so I may be able to play in our church orchestra. Looking forward to practicing again. Great teaching. Patty
I finally learned A-A just in one simple lesson! I also thanks to you I corrected (not perfected yet of course) my embouchure! God bless you my friend.
5 YEARS on flute, now im learning my clarinet and my trumpet. This is gonna be fun xD Completely different breathing on all my instruments, and I thought the flute was bad at the beginning. Im breathless on the clarinet!
I am like learning some notes and then when i go to read them its different xD Something I will have to get used to. Also as of knowing the flute fingerings...I have been able to play some songs on my clarinet i learned on my flute. Such as: Eye of the Tiger, Charlie Brown, Centerfold, etc.
***** An E on the clarinet is a concert D on the piano..it is a transposing instrument...whatever note you play on the clarinet- the concert pitch is a whole step lower. jimdugal
Yes because it's not like i play the clarinet myself and look up sheet music that's way ahead of my class in terms of difficulty. By the way have you heard or martin frost? It's not like he plays music on the clarinet or anything and the best clarinet player right next to julian bliss. But please go on about me being a non-music lover moron. c:
Dear respected Sir, I'm really thankful to your first lesson of clarinet. I know how to play flute. I was searching for a long time how to play a clarinet. Now I learnt. Your lesson is useful to me. Thank you very much. Appreciate for your lesson.
Explained with much knowledge. But we ought to take a look at the videos as well, that show the northern german clarinet-player Martin Schmidt-Hahn. He is presenting a perfect play without any problems on an old German System, which you can discover by a look on his grips during his play. It must be very difficult !!
Bought an ex-high school clarinet about 10 years ago. It sat in its case all that time. "Clarinet" lit up like a bulb last night in my mind (tales from lockdown) and 30 minutes later I can play a to a in the key of c. I feel I've accomplished something. Now to drive the cat mad while I practice. - She's obviously more musical than me.
@@jimdugal I just read over my message above, and realised that the reason I was telling you that was to say thank you, yet strangely forgot to say it. So thank you Jim. I needed a wee shove to get me started. :)
This was a huge amount of help. :) I just happened to have a clarinet in my room. I just thought that I should learn how to play the clarinet. I originally play the saxophone.
thank you so much mr jimdugal wacthing you helped me alot iv been struggling in school in band with the notes this really helped me alot thank you so much
thank you keep showing people to make there lives better with music mr jimdugal have a nice life and once agin thank you btw i got sticky notes and wrote f and a d and the rest of the notes on my clarinet so i can remeber
I finally get to learn an instrument, but I was so distracted by how much you look like Nicholas Cage to follow along a 100% but still learned a lot ^^
im curious.. why clarinet instead of a flute, saxophone, or oboe?.. im looking for a woodwind but im not sure which.. why would someone choose the clarinet?
i will agree with a lot of those statements, especially about the sax having way too many keys, it is a very over-complicated instrument.. biggest issue i have with oboes is a low-end student model is still like $1,000 for one... the clarinet though, it can still play at least two full chromatic octaves?
because clarinet would be much easier actually oboe because calrinets have high notes wich are hard to change with i would at least go with oboe or flute but oboe would be best :) ive been playing clarinet since 2nd grade and im high school
First of all. For a beginning instrument it's almost guaranteed to be blown in a weird way. 2nd of all, then why does my sister, a 2 year flute player still get spit everywhere?
I'm determined I want to play a particular song, so I bought a nice Jupiter clarinet.. It only took a. 2 minutes to get used. To. The mouthpiece. I know a few notes now. However. I. Will. Take. Some. Basic. Lessons
Hi, just to pick up some basic lesson here, how maNY notes does a clarinet has. Do we have to change our blowing tone ? Especially the higher notes? thanks
+oceanyt8 I'm not sure what you mean by blowing tone, but you need the same amount of air for all the notes. I counted the notes in my book and there are 24 notes, not including flats or sharps or alternate fingerings.
I new to clarinet (senior recorder player) and just got my first clarinet and I have surprised myself being able to play notes right out of the box. But I have a problem and don’t know if it me or the clarinet when I play a “G” I get a perfect “F” when I play a “F” I get a perfect “E” and so on this goes on through the scale. Plus I can’t get a note at all on the upper register which might be me but I have use a couple of tuning apps and they all show the Clarinet play one note out is it me? Or do I have a problem with the Clarinet? Oh and thanks for the courses they will help a lot.
The clarinet is in Bb, so each note played on the clarinet sounds a whole step down. A clarinet C is a concert Bb, A clarinet B is a concert A, etc. You are fine.
Hi I don't play or own a clarinet but I have to learn about it for a composition. Can anybody tell me what kind of clarinet this is? I can hear it's playing a note lower than standard pitch but isn't it too high for a bass?
Annette Harrison ..Hi Annette...I'm not knowledgeable about the clarinets that are out there...but I would say try to find a store that actually rents instruments as opposed to just selling them...they usually will be more inclined to sell you something they will stand behind....most new clarinets have cork joints that are way too tight making it hard to put together....make sure the vendor will make sure it's easy to assemble ( if it's made with real cork it would have to be manually shaved) ...so I would just ask them to make sure it's easy to assemble....put the instrument together at the store when you purchase...if you're not happy ask them to adjust it more! good luck!
judy mangan ...Hi Judy...I’m really not sure about what to buy...I recommend you get advice from Laconia Music in NY...516.352.4070..My school gets a lot of instruments from them...good luck!
I really dig the sound of the clarinet and have thought about learning to play one several times, but it looks much harder than guitar, so I'll just stick to watching you guys do it.
![[Clarinet]All~ 65 Fingerings 45 notes. All In One Guide. Chromatically[ENG]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6qT1Z1K854E/mqdefault.jpg)
I used to play clarinet and sax in the band in high school but that was forty years ago! A friend just gave me a clarinet and I'm surprised I can get a sound out of it. It's all starting to come back to me and with your help I'm excited to play again. Wow! This is great.
That is so awesome Alick. I have a similar experience. I played in school and my husband just got me a nice Bundy Deluxe. I blew my first sound the other day and today played a simple so. I am full of joy. I can't wait to play like I use to and even better
Hey Alick! It's been 4 years since you posted this comment. How is it going? Do you still play?
Same here! Just relearning from grade 6 in clarinet. It's been 15 years!
I used to play cornet, but lost my front upper teeth so I can't control pitch anymore. So, for my 80th birthday I celebrated by buying a Conn Albert system E-flat clarinet, and a Rubanks Elementary Method by N.W.Hovey as it has a fingering chart for both systems. I have just started, and you have helped me a bunch. 'preciate it!
It's been 5 years, how is it going?
I haven't played my Clarinet for over 3 years. I am surprised how quickly it is coming back to me with your easy to follow lesson thank you. Now to practice. Lots.
Played clarinet in band starting in 6th grade, 1975. Continued through the end of freshman year of high school with marching band and symphonic band. So glad my parents bought me a REAL clarinet, not a plastic one. What a wonderful time in my life with music. So sorry to this day I sold it after I graduated high school. I'd love to have it back now. Learning electric and acoustic guitars with beat pedals and some keyboards now.
Thanx. It helped me as a parent with a sixyearold that just started taking lessons. He forgot the instructions, and since I wasn't the parent being with him in the lesson, I searched on youtube for someone to show very clearly the first notes. This video helped me so now I can also play the five notes! I love the clarinetsound. It is lovely!!!
Very very good. Thank you. Helps me a lot as a beginner again after 50 years of being idle.
I’ve been playing the clarinet for 2 months now and surprisingly it is not that hard to learn the notes,😊
just mesmerising the notes is the easiest way together the hang of the notes and you will see yourself playing more consistently.
This gentleman is a very good teacher. I am glad I came across him.
Thank you, that was my first scale practice! I only got my clarinet last Tuesday, 3 days ago, never played one before, but I'm getting on with it! Cool!
Well, as my sixtieth birthday rapidly approaches (and having been through my mid-life crisis in my forties), I decided to do more with my life and "learn a new skill". So, I have picked up the clarinet for the first time.
I like the way young James takes us simpletons slowly and patiently through these early stages and look forward to following him further as I progress - So far so good!
how it going with the clarinet now ?
me: okay, step one. here we go
him: find your thumb rest
me, realizing i got a used clarinet that is missing the thumb rest: well shoot
I haven't played clarinet in 50 years in junior high. I pulled it out today and was shocked at how much I remember. Thanks for this tutorial!
Ive had a clarinet for 5yrs now and still havent learned to play it even tho I can read music and used to be in a Championship Brass Band. Your Tutorial took me back to the earliest days... I'm gonna give it a go as it's such a lovely sound you get from a Clarinet.
Same here....I practically gave away my old clarinet from high school! I was good back in the day. I was able to purchase a brand new Clarinet and I find this video very helpful in getting my fingering skills back into this old brain of mine!
This has been so helpful! Re-learning the clarinet and its like riding a bike. Thank you for refreshing my memory!
Enjoyed your lesson, I wonder if there is any hope for me? I am retired now and never played an instrument - short time in school on violin - dad couldn't stand the noise! I don't want to die with the music still in me! Since I love the clarinet so much I thought I would try to learn it - lots of time now... my first question is what should I look for when buying a used instrument?
They are all over e-bay. I just bought a Conn intermediate level Albert System for $78. When it got here, I was amazed that it plays as well as it does. It is 98 years old! I wanted an Albert System because all of my favorite clarinet players play them. Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Dorsey and almost every New Orleans clarinetist, until lately, played them.
Time relearn stuff I already knew from school band. I wish I wouldn't have quit
It's like riding a bike
Tell me about it! It's been 15 years since I last played. I used to be pretty good...now I can't even get a sound!
LITERALLY ME AFTER BUYING A CLARINET AT THE FLEE MARKET
I'm learning to play again. haven't played in 45 years. one of the more helpful videos.
Haven't played since high school but was able to get a new wooden clarinet with some equity on a rental my son had in high school. I am trying to remember the fingerings and this is so helpful! Thank you!
Laurie Siegmund ...that's great! Get back into it!
Thanks very much, your tutorials are amazing, without a clarinet, I've learnt the tongueing technique and some notes. Will get the instrument and learn how to play.
You are so good at clarinet I just started
Playing it
You are so help full
Thanks so much. Really enjoying step by step. A bucket list thing and its taking shape!
Cool! Good luck😎
Very good introduction. I've been playing german system for years, but I want to learn Boehm. I prefer the light tone.
I play saxophone, but now I need to play clarinet
Thanks for the reminders. I haven't played since high school but wanted to refresh so I may be able to play in our church orchestra. Looking forward to practicing again. Great teaching. Patty
I am so drunk right now but this is happening
Thanks u soo much, I've played the clarinet when I was young, now, it's very different, hehe , I'm a beginner again
I finally learned A-A just in one simple lesson! I also thanks to you I corrected (not perfected yet of course) my embouchure!
God bless you my friend.
5 YEARS on flute, now im learning my clarinet and my trumpet. This is gonna be fun xD Completely different breathing on all my instruments, and I thought the flute was bad at the beginning. Im breathless on the clarinet!
I am like learning some notes and then when i go to read them its different xD Something I will have to get used to. Also as of knowing the flute fingerings...I have been able to play some songs on my clarinet i learned on my flute. Such as: Eye of the Tiger, Charlie Brown, Centerfold, etc.
***** An E on the clarinet is a concert D on the piano..it is a transposing instrument...whatever note you play on the clarinet- the concert pitch is a whole step lower. jimdugal
I might be a beginner on the clarinet but i thought you would be really good as a clarinet player in a orchestra and it helped me a lot Thank you!
This sack of shit in an orchestra?
Lol
alex Riva stfu u non-music lover moron
Yes because it's not like i play the clarinet myself and look up sheet music that's way ahead of my class in terms of difficulty.
By the way have you heard or martin frost?
It's not like he plays music on the clarinet or anything and the best clarinet player right next to julian bliss.
But please go on about me being a non-music lover moron.
c:
*of
bro this helped so much i just got a clarinet yesterday and i didn't know the notes but now i do thank you
Dear respected Sir, I'm really thankful to your first lesson of clarinet. I know how to play flute. I was searching for a long time how to play a clarinet. Now I learnt. Your lesson is useful to me. Thank you very much. Appreciate for your lesson.
This is interesting... Be been on a search for something like this for a while now. It's nice
Explained with much knowledge. But we ought to take a look at the videos as well, that show the northern german clarinet-player Martin Schmidt-Hahn. He is presenting a perfect play without any problems on an old German System, which you can discover by a look on his grips during his play. It must be very difficult !!
Your description of how to form the embrochure was really clear and helpful :) Thanks
Bought an ex-high school clarinet about 10 years ago. It sat in its case all that time. "Clarinet" lit up like a bulb last night in my mind (tales from lockdown) and 30 minutes later I can play a to a in the key of c.
I feel I've accomplished something. Now to drive the cat mad while I practice. - She's obviously more musical than me.
Wow that’s great! Have fun!
@@jimdugal I just read over my message above, and realised that the reason I was telling you that was to say thank you, yet strangely forgot to say it.
So thank you Jim. I needed a wee shove to get me started. :)
This was a huge amount of help. :) I just happened to have a clarinet in my room. I just thought that I should learn how to play the clarinet. I originally play the saxophone.
Really nice way to learn. Thanks
I would like to see the corresponding notes on the staff - that would be very helpful!
I appreciate this video so much! I recently inherited a clarinet, and wanted to learn some basics of the notes. This helped a lot.
you are a great teacher! thanks, this helped me heaps
Very use for learner,continue further new lesson
thank you so much mr jimdugal wacthing you helped me alot iv been struggling in school in band with the notes this really helped me alot thank you so much
Valorie Rogan Sure..good luck!
thank you keep showing people to make there lives better with music mr jimdugal have a nice life and once agin thank you btw i got sticky notes and wrote f and a d and the rest of the notes on my clarinet so i can remeber
Thank you very much! I only started the clarinet yesterday and I already know most notes. You are a legend :D
Thanks! This video really helped me out!
you play the clarinet??!!
yeah... school band...
you are amazing I have subscribed to your Channel. You should write a book on clarinets
My ten year old said that your video was very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to post this!
I finally get to learn an instrument, but I was so distracted by how much you look like Nicholas Cage to follow along a 100% but still learned a lot ^^
Ha!
Same
+Fabulous Kia He Looks Pretty Similar
Thx!
Fabulous Kia au. Clair delà ljjlaine a gamm'jk
Truly inspiring. 10/10 would reccomend
you are a good clarinet player now i know how to do a few notes.
Denis Denisov that's great! My main instrument is trombone but I teach middle school band...
Good tutorial I learned something today! Awesome thank you😍
Cool! Good luck!
Going to teach myself clarinet after nearly ten years of playing cornet :-) this video is helping so much! Thank you!!
I am going to save up and buy a clarinet for myself.
You can get a cheap one off amazon for $90
@@HerrSchmidt42 if you're lucky, you'll get one that only needs one thing fixed, amazon instruments are trash.
Yeah
Pawn shop
Aim for a nice buffet clarinet
Did you know that if you use the beat from Jaws intro, and play B natural to c, you play the Jaws theme :3
Nice. But take a look at Martin Schmidt-Hahn s clarinet !!
Mega i would choose a clarinet because i like low sounds and it is tricky to learn but its worth it belive me its worth learning
I like the way you slow things down
Oh wow,. that was difficult but thanks very much for my very first Clarinet Tutorial!
im curious.. why clarinet instead of a flute, saxophone, or oboe?.. im looking for a woodwind but im not sure which.. why would someone choose the clarinet?
i will agree with a lot of those statements, especially about the sax having way too many keys, it is a very over-complicated instrument.. biggest issue i have with oboes is a low-end student model is still like $1,000 for one... the clarinet though, it can still play at least two full chromatic octaves?
because clarinet would be much easier actually oboe because calrinets have high notes wich are hard to change with i would at least go with oboe or flute but oboe would be best :) ive been playing clarinet since 2nd grade and im high school
well im playing it and i just like how its not too
high and not too low
Haha and you always should stay 10 feet away from someone who is playing a flute because then you'll get rained on by their spit
First of all. For a beginning instrument it's almost guaranteed to be blown in a weird way. 2nd of all, then why does my sister, a 2 year flute player still get spit everywhere?
Hi...try a 1.5 reed...a higher number reed will initially be harder to blow on for a beginner...also get some help from a local teacher! good luck!
I play the clarinet at school it is one wicked instrument
THANKS SO MUCH!😃
I'm only learning this because I'm going from tenor and bari sax. to the contra, and contra alto clarinet
what´s the name of the note you play at 6:42 between two C´s? thank you!
thanks I learned so much from you
I'm determined I want to play a particular song, so I bought a nice Jupiter clarinet.. It only took a. 2 minutes to get used. To. The mouthpiece. I know a few notes now. However. I. Will. Take. Some. Basic. Lessons
LAwrence Scott That’s great Lawrence! Go to www.mrdugal.weebly.com and look at the Band tab...there is a lot of music there and a book..good luck!
Thank you 🌺
awesome, Just what I needed! Thank you.
Soon I'm getting a blue Alto Saxophone 🎷 But I still will play Clarinet too
Very well presented
HI SIR ,THIS IS BALAJI FROM MUMBAI...THANKS WITH REGARDS
Hi, just to pick up some basic lesson here, how maNY notes does a clarinet has. Do we have to change our blowing tone ? Especially the higher notes? thanks
+oceanyt8 I'm not sure what you mean by blowing tone, but you need the same amount of air for all the notes. I counted the notes in my book and there are 24 notes, not including flats or sharps or alternate fingerings.
Thank you for your post it really is instrumental teaching ...
you didn't mention the last finger on our right hand which im talking our right ring finger what's the note for that one,
Thank you I've been struggling to play my clarinet in my school band this really helps thank you very much
Wow! Great lesson!
For the notes C and D do you still keep your thumb on F?
I new to clarinet (senior recorder player) and just got my first clarinet and I have surprised myself being able to play notes right out of the box. But I have a problem and don’t know if it me or the clarinet when I play a “G” I get a perfect “F” when I play a “F” I get a perfect “E” and so on this goes on through the scale. Plus I can’t get a note at all on the upper register which might be me but I have use a couple of tuning apps and they all show the Clarinet play one note out is it me? Or do I have a problem with the Clarinet? Oh and thanks for the courses they will help a lot.
The clarinet is in Bb, so each note played on the clarinet sounds a whole step down. A clarinet C is a concert Bb, A clarinet B is a concert A, etc. You are fine.
may i know the brand of that clarinet you're using in this video sir?
I think this was an old Bundy. Good luck!
why they show E but sounds D according to tuner?
Gregory Gluck , because the clarinet is one of the "transposing" instruments.
make sure your Reed is ok...try a 1.5!
I know how to play the saxophone but I want to know another instrument. I heard that clarinet is the way to go and flute also which is better?
Clarinet
Christos Georgoulopoulos #greed
Is it clarinet si bemol or what please help me i want to get same this ....
I'm still wondering how to play an E flat please help someone
Hi I don't play or own a clarinet but I have to learn about it for a composition. Can anybody tell me what kind of clarinet this is? I can hear it's playing a note lower than standard pitch but isn't it too high for a bass?
its a b flat clarinet, the most common type.
I have a B flat Clarinet. Sometimes I use 2.0 Reeds and 2.5 reeds. Maybe I could try 1.5
I would like to learn the clarinet but living in a flat makes it difficult because of the noise - is there any efficient mute available ?
I always sound raspy and can never get C, what should I do?
Hi Jim, so pelased to have found your amazing chanel. Please could you recommend a good starter clarinet? thank you
Annette Harrison ..Hi Annette...I'm not knowledgeable about the clarinets that are out there...but I would say try to find a store that actually rents instruments as opposed to just selling them...they usually will be more inclined to sell you something they will stand behind....most new clarinets have cork joints that are way too tight making it hard to put together....make sure the vendor will make sure it's easy to assemble ( if it's made with real cork it would have to be manually shaved) ...so I would just ask them to make sure it's easy to assemble....put the instrument together at the store when you purchase...if you're not happy ask them to adjust it more! good luck!
Thank you so much for your reply Jim, very much appreciated.
I have a longer barrel and a shorter one which one should I use? This there a difference?
A longer barrel would make the clarinet sound deeper and the shorter one will make it sound higher
Would please tell me which clarinet should I buy as a beginner?
judy mangan ...Hi Judy...I’m really not sure about what to buy...I recommend you get advice from Laconia Music in NY...516.352.4070..My school gets a lot of instruments from them...good luck!
I need help because for some reason I can't play B , or F and it was good when I first got it but now it not. Please help
How can I learn this E,D,G sessions? Please help.
Thanks for your help!
Simply super
I really dig the sound of the clarinet and have thought about learning to play one several times, but it looks much harder than guitar, so I'll just stick to watching you guys do it.
Very nice. Have you ever heard of Amore Music clarinet instruments?
try a 1.5 reed...that should work!
jimdugal Thats way to soft beginners should try a 2 reed
Big Black Chicken yea that’s what I had but I now use a 3 reed
make sure the Reed is ok...change it anyway...if that doesn't help have a teacher look at it...make sure the joints are lined up properly!
❤️ Thanks!!! Really helpful
Saludos ¿Yamaha es buena marca de clarinetes?
ERNESTO ENRIQUE CERVANTES ALVAREZ si yo uso una yamaha