How to Teach Tonguing on the Clarinet | Backun Educator Series

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The Backun Educator Series presents Michelle Anderson, founder of Clarinet Mentors (www.clarinetmentors.com), in a series of videos designed specifically to help school band teachers to teach clarinet more easily and effectively. For many students, it feels challenging to learn how to tongue properly on the clarinet, and as a result many students create their own, problematic, systems for tonguing. This video will show you a reliable method to help your students learn properly, right from the start. This includes proper blowing, tongue position, and how to help students who have learned incorrectly to identify and fix their problems.
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Michelle Anderson, a Backun Musical Services Artist, is a professional clarinetist and teacher in Vancouver, BC. She specializes in creating resources to help people to play the clarinet more easily and beautifully. Her company, Clarinet Mentors (www.clarinetmentors.com), and KZread channel ( / clarinetmentors , have helped thousands of clarinetists to discover systems to quickly improve their clarinet playing, and to enjoy the instrument more.
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  • @KawaiiBunnyPyun
    @KawaiiBunnyPyun6 жыл бұрын

    *has been playing for five years but just realized I don't tongue right* thanks this helped

  • @Supremedalex

    @Supremedalex

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have been playing clarinet for the same length and I was never taught how to tongue as I basically was forced to learn clarinet myself as my band director taught me nothing, it is hard to get in a good habit of tonguing.

  • @karlbue8054

    @karlbue8054

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ditto

  • @pranavs2098

    @pranavs2098

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same I just realized my tongue wasn't touching the reed

  • @tauma_the_goat7156

    @tauma_the_goat7156

    4 жыл бұрын

    Supreme Dalex That is similar to me! I was never taught how to tongue and one day expected to do it!!

  • @drumminfro

    @drumminfro

    3 жыл бұрын

    I went through all of middle school and high school tonguing wrong. It wasn't until college that they tried to fix it and I think I was too far gone and ended up quitting band 😭 12 years later, I bought a clarinet and I'm gonna try to learn this properly because I miss playing so much

  • @candisfirchau3810
    @candisfirchau38103 жыл бұрын

    I am relearning my clarinet after 40 years, thank you so much! The breathing, tongue, etc!!

  • @hollyschrack5910
    @hollyschrack59103 жыл бұрын

    This is now my 6th year playing and in 4th grade I was told to tongue my reed but never understood how so I just didn't. Now I have to play faster in high school and can't because I huff. Hopefully this works. Thank you.

  • @mae15015
    @mae150154 жыл бұрын

    Oh, my God! My friend just recently pointed out to me that my tonguing isn’t correct and this helped a lot. Thank you so much!

  • @PolyphonicSeduction
    @PolyphonicSeduction5 жыл бұрын

    I've LOVED her videos for YEARS! I'm SO proud she's doing this now! So proud!

  • @parse4866
    @parse48663 жыл бұрын

    been playing for 7 years and was tounging wrong because my teacher didnt teach me shit thank you so much for this, it makes everything so easy

  • @liz4rd680
    @liz4rd6804 жыл бұрын

    this is very helpful! i have to tongue later today in my class my teacher has been really nice and understands that i was never taught how to tongue but this is helpful, thank you

  • @massiel6770
    @massiel6770 Жыл бұрын

    I just started getting back to playing clarinet after 10 years and this was very helpful!

  • @ElBirbo
    @ElBirbo Жыл бұрын

    This has helped me a lot! I'm a junior who's been playing for just short of 7 years now and I actually learned how to tongue like a brass player as opposed to using my tongue on the reed. I realized it about 6 months ago but could never find the resolve to fix my ways. Now i'm fully dedicating and your advice has helped me a ton! Thanks

  • @DaveMcKeownMusic
    @DaveMcKeownMusic4 жыл бұрын

    so important, I get so many students come to me who haven't been taught to tongue properly, or not at all

  • @James-cs2dz

    @James-cs2dz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey that's me! I started in 7th grade and I was never really taught anything because people played in 6th grade si they were better than me

  • @xthan1250
    @xthan12504 жыл бұрын

    I tongue and I don't huff but when I tongue the note keeps squeaking. What do I do?

  • @carlhopkinson
    @carlhopkinson5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent super-clear explanation and check-up! Outstanding pedagogy!!!!!

  • @litobakzcozykc7616
    @litobakzcozykc76166 жыл бұрын

    The best teacher ever

  • @michellesolis1766
    @michellesolis17666 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, thank you!

  • @shivalib
    @shivalib6 жыл бұрын

    this helped me sooooo much thanks

  • @irislindenmaier999
    @irislindenmaier9995 жыл бұрын

    exactly such a video I was searching, thank you! :-)

  • @dehatijatt
    @dehatijatt6 жыл бұрын

    Helped a lot

  • @tioliak
    @tioliak Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! You are a great teacher!

  • @reinholdhubner8880
    @reinholdhubner8880 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent teaching!!!😊

  • @afsutton89
    @afsutton89 Жыл бұрын

    I like the whisper technique! Will try that with my new beginners this year I think! Though usually i find giving my students the challenge of a “tonguing record” they have to try to beat each week helps give them the motivation to practise tonguing and getting tonguing speed up. We practise this before we even learn to slur. Right after long notes. Then I get students to hold their long note and see how many times they can start and o the sound in one breath. I get students double and triple tonguing as beginners sometimes!

  • @The_girl_aaliyah
    @The_girl_aaliyah2 жыл бұрын

    Thank this helped a lot :)

  • @jan4052
    @jan4052 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Michelle. I have been playing for about 2 months now and I am very unhappy with my tonguing (I come from a flute background where tonguing is much easier). BTW, your clarinet is gorgeous!

  • @ameliabrumley520
    @ameliabrumley5203 жыл бұрын

    I DID IT!!! FINALLY

  • @cesarbustos8259
    @cesarbustos82599 ай бұрын

    Gracias.

  • @daniel30855
    @daniel308552 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. It’s my first year of band and I haven’t figured it out yet.

  • @screamsodagirl1752
    @screamsodagirl17524 жыл бұрын

    I try but my mouth always hurts :(

  • @MechanicalSpencer
    @MechanicalSpencer2 жыл бұрын

    I am trying to unlearn the bad habit of having the tip of my tongue anchored to my lower lip or teeth and it will take awhile to learn

  • @brendareed8412
    @brendareed84123 жыл бұрын

    Heck. I have been ramming the very top edge of the reed!

  • @kihue627
    @kihue6276 жыл бұрын

    Helped a lot thanks

  • @PinacoladaMatthew
    @PinacoladaMatthew8 ай бұрын

    We have a whole band here that has this "breath"/"throat" tonguing tradition that everybody does it this way over decades, I was one of them until I figured that was not the proper way. I don't know how they keep not being aware of the noisy tonguing, or they are aware but just choose to ignore it. It is still a mystery to me....

  • @cadenanderson01
    @cadenanderson013 жыл бұрын

    I played trumpet and i just switched to clarinet.. tonguing is veerry different

  • @backunmusical

    @backunmusical

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good call! :P

  • @cadenanderson01

    @cadenanderson01

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@backunmusical im actually playing sax, but I have to start clarinet. So far, clarinets amazing

  • @wesleylewis8237
    @wesleylewis82376 жыл бұрын

    what about tonguing where my tongue is tapping the roof of my mouth as though i was saying T without the clarinet? Any thoughts there as I've been doing that for the last 18 years and the tone and sound is just as good as anyone else using the original technique. I teach both methods to my students giving them the choice of which works better as all mouths and tongues are different shapes and sizes

  • @Ginger198

    @Ginger198

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've been playing lile that for like 5 years now, was recently told I should learn the proper tongue-touching-reed method in order to play staccato properly😞😞it's so easy many players to tongue the wrong way because it doesn't really sound different until you reached a higher level and then it's too late to correct.

  • @lolagiwa896

    @lolagiwa896

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Ginger198 yup just realized and now idk what to do lol

  • @slcurts

    @slcurts

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Ginger198 I do that too, and in trying to touch the reed, it sounds hugely different - like saliva getting sucked into the reed, which it is. How are we supposed to avoid that?

  • @NH-gz2kh

    @NH-gz2kh

    Жыл бұрын

    Nobody? I have the same q

  • @reynbow9841
    @reynbow98413 жыл бұрын

    I’m currently in high school and my lessons teacher how I would explain my embouchure to a younger me. She told me that you DONT constantly keep your tongue on the reed. I have auditions in a month-

  • @ehr8476
    @ehr84766 жыл бұрын

    So much

  • @scratchmaster45
    @scratchmaster456 жыл бұрын

    Thanks my cousin is good

  • @ehr8476
    @ehr84766 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @slcurts
    @slcurts3 жыл бұрын

    I've always tongued against the roof of my mouth; when I try to touch the reed, all kinds of saliva gets sucked off my tongue and into the reed gap. Not to mention that my tongue won't move the direction required to touch the reed; it jabs against the roof of my mouth fine, but not forward into the reed. I'm beginning to think I never should have been a woodwind player.

  • @AustPro

    @AustPro

    2 жыл бұрын

    For the first thing I suggest putting your reed a little higher up on your mouthpiece

  • @justsomeone8963
    @justsomeone89632 жыл бұрын

    Oops, ive been tonguing wrong for a while. At least, i say i have been because i would like to learn this way

  • @aposteriori1594
    @aposteriori15943 жыл бұрын

    I was a "guh guh guh" in band hehe trying to relearn after graduating 5 1/2 years ago

  • @romeo9358

    @romeo9358

    2 жыл бұрын

    i always do the "guh guh guh"😭😭

  • @colourfulbirb8359
    @colourfulbirb83593 жыл бұрын

    This is too harddd I’m getting sad ;(

  • @Jolo0316
    @Jolo03166 жыл бұрын

    this is not helping

  • @rizzingsince1969

    @rizzingsince1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Nancy Lee lmao nigga u replying to a year old comment about them having trouble with something

  • @romeo9358

    @romeo9358

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rizzingsince1969 LMAO

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