Clarinet

VIDEO #1: Tone is one of the most important aspects of clarinet playing. Here are three quick and easy tips to improve your clarinet tone (clarinet angle, head angle, enough mouthpiece, reed strength-play C major scale in high register and if those high notes won't speak get a thicker reed)


VIDEO #2: Day 1 - The Basics That You Need For Better Clarinet Tone: This is an introduction to things that can most help you improve your clarinet sound: Embouchure, Air Support, Gear and Your Concept Of Sound


VIDEO #3: Day 2 - Blow It! How Better Air Creates Better Tone On Clarinet: Players of almost every level can continue to improve their air support, which is key to creating a more beautiful, flowing sound on the clarinet. Learn three technics that you can try daily to consistently improve your clarinet tone this week.


VIDEO #4 : Day 3 - Clarinet Embouchure - What Should You Do With Your Mouth? The shape of our lips, tongue, teeth placement and use of facial muscles all have an impact on our clarinet sound. Do you know the best habits? Do you know how your tongue shape affects your sound? You can improve your sound a great deal by understanding the shapes you want to create, and using the training exercises in today’s lesson to get there.


VIDEO #5: Day 4 - Finally! You Can Blame Your Equipment... Although your knowledge, air support and embouchure have the biggest impact on the sound coming out of your clarinet, gear does influence it. In today’s session, you’ll get an overview of how your tone is affected by reeds, mouthpieces, barrels and clarinets. This may help you decide if you should upgrade any of your clarinet gear.


VIDEO #6: Clarinet: Tonguing, Staccato, Legato, Tenuto, Accents : an introduction to various articulation markings and how to play them on the clarinet. This includes staccato, tenuto, legato, staccato-slurred, and accents. In the video, the stop-tongue staccato technic is mentioned. You can find out more about this and learn this valuable technic by watching this YouTube video: http://youtu.be/26VnRcLNRSI. You will also hear a mention of working on clarinet breath support, which refers to this video: http://youtu.be/Eb4_HOwsEhE


VIDEO #7: Clarinet Lesson: Improve Staccato Tonguing and Tongue Faster: a step-by-step lesson on how to "stop-tongue". This is one style of staccato tonguing that can be useful in training your tongue to move much faster.