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This is so helpful

This was so helpful. I had forgotten how to play accents cause I had not seen them in my music in a while so this helped

Hi again dear Michelle, just wanted to share some good news with you. Very excited to say that I'm now playing my clarinet and sometimes the oboe too without the neck strap, and on the clarinet there are far less squeaks!! My hand and therefore finger position is improving, and I'm getting on a little better with crossing the break. Thank you for all you are teaching here, cos you have really helped me loads!! I have also bought a Rovner ligature and a Yamaha 4C mouthpiece for my clarinet, and the difference in tone is absolutely incredible!! I'm thrilled to say that every time I get my clarinet out now, I'm able to really play more and enjoy it!! In fact after I've swabbed it out and put my clarinet away, I find myself pining for it and wanting to start playing again just minutes later!! Such a beautiful instrument the clarinet truly is, and I'm thoroughly looking forward to my practice again tomorrow. God bless you dear Michelle, and I would love to join your mentoring community, it would be lovely to play with other clarinettists, it would be the icing on the cake for me!! 🤩

THank you so much. SO helpful!!

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Great explanation, thank you!

Too much talking

Good instruction

A wonderfully clear explanation. Thanks so much, x

Where have I been?

Awesome

Thank you!

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Thank you, this really helped!

I thought you were gonna teach me how to sound like a clarinet with your voice, like the mouth trumpet trick but with a clarinet sound instead! XD

I was given a bass clarinet in grade 9 and no instructions in how to hold it. It also had a straighter neck so the mouth piece was almost at a tight angle to the body. I found it hard to blow into when holding ot vertically and the only way I could get comfortable was to play it off to my side like a sax. No one ever told me that this was incorrect. In grade 10 the other bass clarinet player and I were in the same class nd one of our 2 bass clarinets died and we needed and alto sax so I was given one of those to learn. In grade 11 they had too many altos and not enough tenor saxes so I learned it. I was asked to play a bass clarinet in one piece because we had 2 again but I didn't have reed for it, but my tenor reed worked, but not the other way around. IN grade 12 I stayed on the tenor but one song needed a soprano sax. Since I had done a bit of regular clarinet and knew the sax fingering they gave it to me to play. I loved the sound it made but there were more tenor parts. If you are going to double up I would not suggest bass clarinet and tenor sax, too damn heavy carrying 2. I only wish I had a reed player for a music teacher.

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Great tips thank you

Thank you Michelle. On a previous video regarding the sizing of your reed you mentioned that in the upper register if your reed is too soft it could actually cut off the sound. I've been experiencing a similar problem but with the right hand notes (d,e with the octave key and g,a in the lower register). This generally happens after about a half hour of practice. Could this be a result of poor reed choice as well?

I dropped my clarinet and now it plays 1octave higher than what I’m trying to play

Bonade studied at the Paris Conservatory but taught at Curtis, Cleveland Institute, and Juilliard.

You might have just helped me figure out why I'm killing my bari sax reeds very quickly. I notice some vertical splits on a couple that laid flat side down, which were not there when I took them off the mouthpiece. Do you think this could be the cause, and if I were to face the back upwards could it fix this very expensive problem?

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This has been extremely helpful.

I'm about to learn bass clarinet coming from saxophones, excited but anxious about the fingering differences 😢

My high notes came out instantly without so much squeaking or struggle, thanks so much God Bless you, repent of your sins and turn to him because he is the Father of all things pure and Good and he Loves you, also Jesus is coming back Soon, judgement day, All Love to everyone!❤❤❤

Is double lip embouchre good when you have no top teeth? Im having problems keeping tune and upper octives. Havent played in a long time

It is not easy to play high notes while fingering

Thanks very much for your helpful tips, Michelle! Much appreciated!

The optimum ligature is not an inverted ligature. The screw is on the reed side.

Why are there so many mouthpieces that are not perfect?? by now we should be able to plot 3d exactly and to remould mass production od consistent tuned mouthpieces?? Why?

Thank you Michelle, I solve the proplem with my B key, as you said. Very efficient, without help of my repairman. Very useful clip!

Great Video! Watching from Brazil!

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Dear Michelle, so many great lessons you let us be a part of it. You demonstrated that the high c will not speak well with a soft read. Is the same true for bass clarinet or are there other rules?

Informative video. If I am playing on a Juno reed number three and want to go to a synthetic reed what reed should I choose? 12:07

"testing the side furthest away from me." THANK YOU! I've been looking for this answer

Why did she make me mew?! 12:54

FINALLY

You must have been teaching since around the age of two?

There's an orb in the room at 00.34 on the right of the screen.

Thanks, motivating stuff!

Is it true that not all reeds #3 are the same depends on the make? i found the Vandoren 56 #3 is slightly softer than the Vandoren V21.

I hope you are well, still playing. I enjoy every video of yours that I find. Re-learning clarinet after not playing for about 3 decades.

Do you know where we can get the score from?

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

Very nice work ! Is there any chance to get the score arrangment ?

What about the super altísimo that IS really a challenge specially linking notes not togheter

I hace problems linking f super altísimo and above to other notes when tthey are not the following It IS just a question off practice

Hello, Thank you so much for this altissimo exercise. I have always had issues with my altissimo register and am eager to work on this exercise. I think in the video you played 5 notes (including low C)? Right out of the gate, I am only able to get 3 notes: • low C of course • I can’t get the clarion G • I can get the altissimo G • then the one above that - whatever that is Why, oh, why can’t I get that clarion G overtone!?!?!? Ideas?