Improve Clarinet Tone with this warm-up (and check equipment)
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- Michelle Anderson, founder of Clarinet Mentors (www.learnclarinetnow.com) presents a video to help you improve your clarinet tone. The main part of the video presents an exercise that you can do at home to improve tone. This is explained starting at 1'27", and is illustrated at 9'29". At 14'07" a brief discussion on how mouthpieces, and clarinets affect tone may help you find better gear. At 17'02", there are some reminders of good embouchure and posture habits to help your tone. Other videos to continue good tone include:
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You plan and execute your video lessons very carefully and present them with a warm sense of invitation. I thank you for all the effort you spend on helping the world enjoy playing a clarinet!
Hi Michelle,
I am in The UK not USA but have watched many of your great informative videos.I am now in my 70's but am a keen Clarinet student and I want to say how much these videos have helped me.
+Peter Healey I'm glad you enjoy these videos. I hope your clarinet playing is going well.
I just started to play the clarinet. I play the flute. I am having so much fun and I have learned so much from you. Thank you. Happy clarinet-ing🎼🎵🎵💃🏻
Been watching your advice videos since days before I even picked up my cheap plastic clarinet in February to start.(I switched to a wooden 50-yr-old one after a month) Love your videos! They have helped me so much on my journey.
I really recommend your explanations about breathing and embouchure, and I think that they are very helpful for many clarinet players. Thank you for this helpful lesson!
Michele legt immer grossen Wert auf den "AirStream". Was ich mich immer frage, wie erzeuge ich einen guten "AirStream" wenn ich ganz leise spielen will.
Robert Ottohall
Ja, das ist auch gut so, denn mit einem schönen Ton kann man auch mit einfachen Stücken schon Freude machen.
Ich denke, dass es wichtig ist im Piano die Luft noch stärker zu fokussieren. Keinesfalls die "Fließgeschwindigkeit" verringern.
Würde möglicherweise sagen ... noch besser "stützen" im Piano!
Aber da waren doch ein paar ganz gute Anweisungen dabei, die man auch prima mit leisen Tönen probieren sollte :-)
Lautes Spielen erschöpft, weil man sehr viel Luft umsetzt, leises Spielen dagegen, weil man mit mehr Spannung (Atemdruck?) arbeitet.
Leg nur nicht jedes Wort auf die Goldwaage ;-)
Hast du diese Frage schon mal im Forum auf K24 gestellt ;-)
Schönes WE - beste Grüße
Robert
***** , Nein diese Frage stelle ich nur hier. Mir ist das Google+ lieber als das Forum. Nur schade das die Community von ***** von Achim so wenig "aktiv" genutzt wird.
Google+ ist flexibler durch die Bilder, Videos,Dialoge, und das Forum ist noch im alten Still.
Clarinet Mentors (Michelle Anderson)
Noch mal zu Michelle. Ihre Tipps sind für mich immer nützlich und die Übungen sehr sinnvoll.
Again Michelle, her Tips are alway very usefull for me and the exercises make sense.
Robert Ottohall
Im Forum ist halt die Thematik gebündelt, außerdem bleiben die Threads besser im Blickfeld als hier.
Außerdem kostet es ja auch Zeit das Ganze zu pflegen.
Michelles Videos finde ich überwiegend hifreich und die Thematik ist gut aufgearbeitet - sie erklärt so viele wichtige Dinge sehr anschaulich!
*****
Wenn die Luft langsamer "fließt" dann ist es doch weniger Luft/Zeit ?
Excellent, as usual . Love the licorice stick.
Very informative, as always. You do a great job.
Thank you so much Michelle . I have only just got back into practise now. After a long break I have been practising but not very long . However I have definitely learnt something from today’s video so I really much appreciate it thank you so much.
Very informative and helpful. Thank you so much.
So happy for you with your new Bacjun. I'm still tempted to get a bass cal;inet, probably an e flat to start with, but when I can afford it at your past suggestion, God bless you Michele always
THIS LOVELY THANKS
Hi, Michelle. I play on a Gennusa Excellente mouthpiece GE, which is the close opening version. It costs about $125 and has improved my "projected" playing of concert solos, where I have to be heard against the background of the orchestra in a large concert hall--not miked. Colleagues noticed the difference right away and have told me that my playing has matured. No problem with soft playing. Your exercises are excellent.
smitty0200 Thanks for that detailed listing. A good mouthpiece can make a clear difference really quickly. It sounds like you found one that suits your playing very well.
I've complete noob to playing simple sheet music in about 3 weeks so must be good.
Thanks 😀
Do we breathe between huffs?
I've a Andino wooden clarinet
Hi Michelle. Do you think it would be helpful to sign up for your new clarinet course (intermediate level) or did we cover many points already? See you in a few weeks!
+Nathalie Charron Hi Nathalie - send me an email and I'll come up with a way for you to check it out.
I say I'm a noob, but I played both trumpet and descant recorder(remarkably similar) as a kid..
Thanks Michelle for that very useful advice. It's like having a second teacher!
I recently bought a Vandoren B40 mouthpiece for my student grade clarinet, and it's made a huge difference to the tone. However, it now plays quite sharp, and I always have to pull the barrel out at least 1/8" when I'm accompanied or in an orchestra. It's the same whatever reed type or strength I use. I wonder, do I just live with that?
Clare Laurence That sharpness is probably partly caused by the mouthpiece. Most people will find a longer barrel to help tune down. That may be worth looking at. If you can control it by pulling your current barrel, that may be workable. It is nice to have the better tone that a good mouthpiece provides.
hello michelle i have a tricky question to ask you i am in the uk and have just taken my grade 3 exam and all your videos and encouraging tips have made all the difference. how can i make sure that my teacher is less negative and adopt a true teaching approach (ie show me how to do it right rather than telling me what is wrong all the time !).
+Martine Guest Every teacher has a different style. If your teacher mentions something that you are not doing correctly, you can just ask how you can improve/do it differently. If they are not able to explain it well to you, you may want to find a different teacher who fits your learning style better.
Can you do circular breathing?
I`m greatly confused. I have been a singer in different choirs for decades. Had 4 different singing teachers - opera- who have taught me how to breathe.
I have been taught to breathe in, letting my stomach fall out so I looked like a barrel and then slowly let the air stream out while singing - consequently becoming slimmer. What you have said is what I did when I started years ago. Actually quite the opposite.
Please explain. I practice the clarinet in my spare time.
Hello..I bought a used clarinet...and I can't explain to the music store that when I play a low g and then break to a high b...it wants to squeak and not really come out...can you explain if it's bc it's a used one or is it me??? The store re padded keys but it's starting to do that when I play those notes. Helllpppp
Are these exercise for bass clarinet as well?
What would you rate a Nilo Hovey A3 Bb clarinet mouthpiece- I’ve had it for a few years and haven’t ever used a different one before so I’m not sure if I should try getting a new one or not.
If I may ask, is that a Backun clarinet? If so, which one?
JustAnotherTenorClarinetist I am using a Backun grenadilla clarinet with a MoBa cocobolo barrel and bell. I love the tone colours, and ease of intonation on this instrument.
Clarinet Mentors (Michelle Anderson) Am I mistaken, or does it have an extra lever for the left pinky to play the Ab/Eb? I've rarely seen a clarinet with the extra lever (and never tried one); how useful do you find it? And will most new clarinets have these as a standard feature?
You are correct that there is left pinky Ab/Eb key. This is becoming more standard on higher end clarinets. At times, this is really useful. I do have years of training without it, so most of the time I don't use it. However, there are definitely passages where I would have needed to do some pretty fancy pinky gymnastics that I can now avoid, and I do appreciate that!
I'm considering getting one with a brushed resin body - would I get a decent tone out of that material?
Abbey Hewitt I believe that will be a plastic clarinet with a finish that makes it look more like wood. The quality of sound may depend somewhat on the brand. In general, plastic clarinets make good beginner to intermediate instruments, and can sound good, especially with an upgrade of a professional mouthpiece. There is a limit to how warm plastic can sound however. Most step-up instruments are made of wood for the warmer tone quality.
Ah right, thanks for the detailed reply :)
Would you recommend a b45 dot traditional?
Hi Michelle! If you don't mind me asking, which clarinet did you get? I am thinking about getting the Alpha clarinet with the Backun barrel and bell.
Sal P. S. I bet you got the Cocobolla Protoge didn't you?
kyotosal Hi - I am playing on the Backun Bb Grenadilla, with cocobolo barrels and bells. The Protege does play very well as well, and is definitely worth checking out.
Clarinet Mentors (Michelle Anderson) Thanks Michelle. I think I will go with Backun for my next clarinet. And thank you for the wonderful newsletter. Take care.
Sal
Michelle,
I am confused with the breathing exercise to improve tone. All my training in athletics, choral singing, etc. indicates that diaphragm breathing requires moving the stomach out so that the diaphragm is allowed move down...thus allowing in more air. Pushing the stomach out seems contradictory to body normal breathing system.
Ed Schmidt Hi Ed, I think this exercise is confusing from a logical point of view. I don't know why it works so well when this seems backwards, but in my experience, it usually works very well on the clarinet. I recommend you try it and see what happens. If it doesn't work, you already have some good training to pull upon using other methods.
Ed Schmidt Hi Ed. It's the diaphragm moving down which pushes the abdomen out. Michelle is just saying to move the diaphragm down quickly in order to help strengthen the diaphragmatic muscles. As a Respiratory Therapist, I teach diaphragmatic breathing to patients all the time.
Could you do a video on how to play the clarinet Equus solo from Equus by Eric Whitacre or could you give me tips on how to play it? I've been having some trouble with making a clear articulation when I start the notes I hear a sort of thump song and i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong. Your tonguing video helped me quite a bit though so thank you :)
I'm playing this piece this year!
Backun, there I got it
I'm working on mine more like a clarinet & less like a fog horn.
+jenny bailey That is a good goal! I hope this video helps. You might also try: czcams.com/video/X9nd2wLMBOA/video.html - whisper technic and czcams.com/video/Eb4_HOwsEhE/video.html - activating blowing muscles
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so loud i hate this