I really found this checklist helpful and have found myself improving almost every day ❤

I've just started playing clarinet having learned recorder. I found this video useful and will watch more.

@ClarinetMentors

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry. Your recorder skills will probably come in handy for clarinet as well.

Love these videos! After two years of lessons, the videos help me remember and help me refine technical details in a very practical way!

You have a lovely tone love watching your videos learning from you I am a beginner on clarinet.

Just watched this one during my lunch break at work. Can't wait to get home and start practicing! Thanks!

Thank you so much! Your lessons are helping me to improve so much! I was just practicing your "wrap the bottom lip around your finger" exercise yesterday in the car.

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Simple Bug Screen That's great - It is great practise for the mouth to make these shapes, even without your clarinet!

Thank you so much Michelle! You are such a blessing. I wouldn't be able to play the clarinet without your video's1

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Olga Jacobs Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks Michelle, love your videos. I'm a professional flutist & flute teacher. Decided to try the clarinet & I'm really enjoying delving into the world of clarinet with you. Thank you, Jane

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Orchid Thanks for the kind words. I imagine there is much in common as far as air support goes between flute and clarinet. You are a brave musician for delving into the unpredictable world of reeds! I hope you are enjoying your clarinet playing.

Great! Thank you very much!

Great video and very helpful! Thank you.

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Corri Vandestege I'm glad you enjoy this.

Thank you so much. I am a band director in NC and am directing my students to your stuff via our class page. As a brass specialist, I struggle with getting a nice, warm tone with my students. I'm making them download your checklist and watching your videos. Thanks again! ~ Eric

@ClarinetMentors

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric. I love hearing from band teachers. You are heroes that inspire the next generation of musicians!

Hello Michelle, I love the way you sound and was wondering what kind of barrel you are using?

very useful

thank you

Yay this is just what I was looking for! The only thing I don't do well on during my playing tests in band is tone quality

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Shirley Z That's great Shirley. I'll have a couple of more videos up soon, but if you do download the checklist, it also gives you some good other videos that you can watch now.

Lovely, thank you.

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Unity3DART Thanks for taking the time to write. I hope this helps you on your clarinet.

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing since january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this pleasev

Great video! :) Thanks

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Albin Myrin Thanks for the kind words. I hope it helps your clarinet playing.

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please

your videos deserve so many more views - pity more people aren't into classical/jazz music and instruments

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Qwerty It is nice to know that there are thousands of clarinetists in the world who do tune in. Probably very small compared to some genres of music, but there are quite a few us out!

Your advice in this video helped with my tone, but how do I get my bottom teeth off of my lip? My teeth are digging into right under my lip. I have played for 6 years and never had this problem until now.

Thanks for helping me

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Che I'm glad this helps. These are good basics for all clarinetists to learn.

@ChadChevalier

4 ай бұрын

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what type of tuner i can download???

Hi Michelle, i just got a clarinet and when I make a sound it sounds like a saxophone. Any tips?

I play saxophone but some of your tips still help me

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+trevinia turner Saxophone and clarinet are close cousins! I learn a lot from saxophone players too.

@treviniaturner3881

8 жыл бұрын

+Clarinet Mentors (Michelle Anderson) do you have tips on breaking in new reeds

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

I believe there are some breaking in tips on this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/lm2BrMWpiazPm9o.html

Hello Michelle,. First thank your for your videos they are always helpfull and motivating. I have been playing for about 3 years and as an eternal beguinner i am searching to improve my tone or my sound. i seem to bite too much or pinch the embouchure too much of fear of high notes and the dramatic passage of A or Bflat to B . Going up the scale the passage of the the registers at B is really something my fingers have problems with. Nevertheless here are my questions :1/assuming i use the high G notes to C to find the proper lenght my mouth"bites" the bec, should that mouth position be the same on all notes of the instrument ? Or is it natural it moves a bit ? 2/ i seem to find a better tone blowing a high G to very high E then blowing a middle D , E and F . It seems the air speed has to be forcefull on those notes or they come out ( i don't know how to describe really) a bit less clear i guess. Could it be an air speed problem ? 3/ am i correct to assume, i blow fresh air as to cool a hot meal when in the middle and upper register and more of hot air as to clean some lenses when in the chalumeau register ?4/ when i start a high note as very high E or F i manage to make it sound but if i practice an arpeggio scale for example, they rarely come out. I suppose i lack air speed then but i am already "speeding" all i can in the upper G to C register.Any idea what i might be doing wrong or not doing ?.the clarinet is really a hard instrument. It is so easy to make a poor sound when not a squeak. Although i like it, i find it so frustrating.

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+MichRom I use those high notes G-C as "tester notes", because they are more reactive. It is easy to discover if you are doing anything wrong. For most notes on the clarinet, I imagine keeping the air and tongue position virtually the same - which is a high tongue, and very fast air. When people are at a more advanced level, there are slight adjustments to be made, but for most people, thinking of keeping everything the same actually gets better results. If you have some notes on your right hand that feel more resistant than the higher notes, likely something is leaking air. Although this could be one of your fingers, it could be mechanical. Check out this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZISMsdh9j8zcoZc.html

@Remro88

8 жыл бұрын

+Clarinet Mentors (Michelle Anderson) thank you for your quick answer and for the link to the video.

Hello Michelle, this is really helpful. I've stopped to play clarinet during 10 years because of my job, and I quite don't know how to practise again : I've lost the basic notions of tone, posture, and so on. It's very difficult to recover my clarinet level. At this moment, I just play the scales, because am not self confident to play pieces anymore. If you have any advice to help me recover my former level, let me know. And thank you for your videos !

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Marie-Aude Grimont You will be amazed at how quickly your skills can come back. You may want to start with some simple music that can allow you to focus on tone and posture. I think the key is to do some simple warm-ups that have you focusing only on one important habit at a time (air support, or embouchure, or posture, or tonguing). Do one thing in a very focussed way for about 5 minutes, and then switch to a different focus. After a couple of these, you can switch to any music you want to play. The goal is to train the good physical habits into your body so that if feels easier to play.

@marie-audegrimont1929

8 жыл бұрын

+Clarinet Mentors (Michelle Anderson) Thank you very much Michelle, and keep on helping us to become better clarinet players :)

Noooooo. I disagree with your “o”. It seems a contradiction in tone production. I like some of the other points you teach.

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing since january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this pleasev

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please h

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please h

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please h

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please h

like your videos they are helping me a lot been playing sinc2e january and going along nicely l think my main problem is l find l am making a lot of salaver which is giving a gergling sound which l then have to remove my reed and clean the clarinet any sujestions or videos on this please

@ClarinetMentors

8 жыл бұрын

+Leslie Harris It is pretty common for saliva to collect under the reed. The simple solution is to "vacuum" by inhaling through the reed. It clears it out, and you can combine this with a breath if you in the middle of a song. Some days seem worse than other - I'm not sure why, but it is fairly easy to deal with once you are used to it. I hope you are enjoying your clarinet!