Nice job. Retired chorus teacher now teaching foster kids beginning band instruments. I appreciate the sequencing and intentional simplicity without silliness. Thanks. Kam Malone Murphy Harpst Children's Center.
Thank you so much for the help!! I wasn't getting any sound out at all but after doing that thumb exercise I'm now trying to get through my first scale!
I'm a new band teacher (a brass player) and it's been a while since I took a methods class. I remembered the basics, but there was a lot of stuff I had forgotten. You have some really nice visualizations (especially blowing out the candle) that I liked a lot. This will be super helpful for starting some beginning clarinet players this week. Thank you so much!
It's been a long time since I played clarinet as well so I'm just going through the steps to get myself to where I used to be clarinets are beautiful instrument!
04/28/21… thank you for the lesson. I’m a guitar player and just acquired a clarinet (and a violin and two trumpets). This video helped me make my first sound
I’m a flutist in a high school band and my director recently told me to try the clarinet. This is a good lesson, considering it’s half the length of every other video I found. Thank you!
Thank you very much! What a good explanation. My mother in law gave me a clarinet for my birthday yesterday, so I'll have a go at learning some tunes. It's got a great sound!!
I needed to do something for me so I decided to buy a clarinet and get back in touch with my 6th grade self. I managed to put it together by myself (thanks for reinforcing that i did it right! 😁) and it is all coming back - 40+ years later. Great lesson. Thank you!
very informative, thank you; i haven't taken my instrument out of the case yet, i was looking for assembly instructions, i'll subscribe and watch your post a couple more times, and proceed with confidence, thanks again
Great video! Simple and concise. With regards to the ligature and screw: It seems as if screws always point to the right - regardless of whether it’s at the front or back /leather or metal, etc. Would love to know whether this is consistent with your experience?
I haven’t played clarinet since high school, but I recently had a baby girl and it inspired me to pick up the clarinet once again. What a beautiful sound it makes
I'm playing a bliss clarinet right now, it's my first time playing. Im kinda good at it but I still need practice. Can you make a video about how to play a bliss clarinet, please??? 😃😃😃😃
Hi, Thank you for the wonderful video, I followed your way to blow the clarinet, how come my sound was in high pitch sound, it was nothing like yours... Where did I go wrong?
My aunt found a Clarinet idk where but it’s from 1991 it says and gave it to me and this helped me build it and make a sound but the only thing wrong with the clarinet is that is missing the brown piece to hold everything you can make a sound but need to hold it from the bell
Technically, ancient reed instruments were NOT clarinets...as, by definition, the clarinet overblows at the 12th (not the octave). We look to Denner as inventing the first true clarinet. The word clarinet is actually derived from "clarino," which was a wooden Italian TRUMPET. So yes...far more interesting than "we had this in Ancient Greece."
This technically is not a history class. While the information is interesting it could have been delivered far more gracefully, thus possibly earning you more reputation and gratitude than received. Possibly.
Really important... right now Im missing one top front tooth. It will take a year to repair.. implant. Question... can I still learn to play the Clarinet? Can I just use upper and lower lips? Hope so. Or... does it really matter if I use just one tooth ... and still have a proper lip seal?
@El Rico - The remaining top front tooth will be enough to hold the mouthpiece steady in the correct position. Your upper and lower lips are what provide the airtight seal, so the lack of that tooth won't stop you playing. HTH
I new to clarinet (senior recorder player) and just got my first clarinet and I have surprised myself being able to play notes right out of the box. But I have a problem and don’t know if it me or the clarinet when I play a “G” I get a perfect “F” when I play a “F” I get a perfect “E” and so on this goes on through the scale. Plus I can’t get a note at all on the upper register which might be me but I have use a couple of tuning apps and they all show the Clarinet play one note out is it me? Or do I have a problem with the Clarinet? Oh and thanks for the courses they will help a lot.
i saw another lesson and it works. it is said you put your bottom lips slightly inside of your bottom teeth (this will automatically give you a flat chin) and tug it the upper teeth on the top. close your whole mouth and blow "Hoo~" it works for me.
Maybe your reed was not wetted sufficiently, or it was placed too high or too low, or was too high of hardness for a beginning student. Maybe a 1.5 or 2 would be good.
The video could have included some pointers about how to use the diaphragm for inhaling & blowing an adequate air-stream through the clarinet to produce a good sound.
It's intended to be the very first steps in playing. Yes, breath production and control is vital, but if you have no prior knowledge of clarinets or other wind instruments, this lesson alone provides a LOT of info to take on board.
You can get a neck strap for a clarinet to support the weight of the instrument, making it easier to hold. I know this because I've got one, and it makes holding and playing the clarinet much easier for me! Great video though and thank you very much for sharing.
I'm playing a bliss clarinet right now, it's my first time playing. Im kinda good at it but I still need practice. Can you make a video about how to play a bliss clarinet, please??? 😃😃😃😃
Almost eight years later and still a good lesson.
The fundamentals are timeless.
Eight years in and you're still on this lesson?
Nice job. Retired chorus teacher now teaching foster kids beginning band instruments. I appreciate the sequencing and intentional simplicity without silliness.
Thanks.
Kam Malone
Murphy Harpst Children's Center.
Thank you so much for the help!! I wasn't getting any sound out at all but after doing that thumb exercise I'm now trying to get through my first scale!
I want to learn klarnt...
Thank you, Helen - that was a very clear and easy to follow intro to this instrument. I had no idea that even the placing of the reed was so critical.
0:00 thanks for helping I just started clarinet and you helped a lot 😊
I'm a new band teacher (a brass player) and it's been a while since I took a methods class. I remembered the basics, but there was a lot of stuff I had forgotten. You have some really nice visualizations (especially blowing out the candle) that I liked a lot. This will be super helpful for starting some beginning clarinet players this week. Thank you so much!
It's been a long time since I played clarinet as well so I'm just going through the steps to get myself to where I used to be clarinets are beautiful instrument!
I am very happy and sad and angry and nervous and chill and enjoy and joy and peace and quiet and peaceful and love and missand and loud.
Really awesome lesson thanks for your time and expertise!🙏🏻
04/28/21… thank you for the lesson. I’m a guitar player and just acquired a clarinet (and a violin and two trumpets). This video helped me make my first sound
I was 1st chair in jr hi in clarinet and Haven’t touched it since. I am now 67 and am starting over. Tks for your clear concise help!
Thanks for this. I just received my clarinet and was intimidated just putting it together!
I’m a flutist in a high school band and my director recently told me to try the clarinet. This is a good lesson, considering it’s half the length of every other video I found. Thank you!
Thank you very much! What a good explanation. My mother in law gave me a clarinet for my birthday yesterday, so I'll have a go at learning some tunes. It's got a great sound!!
Thanks so much. I watched few videos explaining how to make sound, finally I get it.
Thank you so much,i just made my first note on my first clarinet.
Thank you , you have now inspired me to start learning as soon as i find my clarinet which i have had for years?
I needed to do something for me so I decided to buy a clarinet and get back in touch with my 6th grade self. I managed to put it together by myself (thanks for reinforcing that i did it right! 😁) and it is all coming back - 40+ years later. Great lesson. Thank you!
Thank you very much for your instructive video.
very informative, thank you; i haven't taken my instrument out of the case yet, i was looking for assembly instructions, i'll subscribe and watch your post a couple more times, and proceed with confidence, thanks again
Thanks for the lesson. I'm getting my first clarinet tomorrow.
How is it?
Me to
Wow I’m staring my first clarinet lesson when I go back to school next week
Very helpful. Thanks!
Thank you Helen!
Thanks so much for the detailed guidance.
Great vid for a beginner! Subscribed!
Thank you so much!!!
i wish i had a teacher like you
Thank you nice training
Great video! Simple and concise.
With regards to the ligature and screw: It seems as if screws always point to the right - regardless of whether it’s at the front or back /leather or metal, etc.
Would love to know whether this is consistent with your experience?
Amazing lesson very informative I wish you were in UK so that I could takes lessons from you.thanks
Your awesome now I have to good one😎
I love hearing somebody practicing the middle part of Chopin's etude op. 10 №3 in the background around 3:15. ☕🔥
Love that you also noticed this
Thanks so much
I haven’t played clarinet since high school, but I recently had a baby girl and it inspired me to pick up the clarinet once again. What a beautiful sound it makes
Thank you
I'm playing a bliss clarinet right now, it's my first time playing. Im kinda good at it but I still need practice. Can you make a video about how to play a bliss clarinet, please??? 😃😃😃😃
спасибо!
What’s the music at the end of the video? Great lesson, thanks!
Hi,
Thank you for the wonderful video, I followed your way to blow the clarinet, how come my sound was in high pitch sound, it was nothing like yours... Where did I go wrong?
i have a reed that got split in the middle and it plays 2 notes or 2 octaves of one note at the same time.
Hello sister , I have bought new clairnet today ..I tried to fix the reed but it does not sound plz let me know how to produce sound ...
I luv it. Teaches you how to play correctly.
My aunt found a Clarinet idk where but it’s from 1991 it says and gave it to me and this helped me build it and make a sound but the only thing wrong with the clarinet is that is missing the brown piece to hold everything you can make a sound but need to hold it from the bell
Most helpful video for me to learn how to make first notes
Technically, ancient reed instruments were NOT clarinets...as, by definition, the clarinet overblows at the 12th (not the octave). We look to Denner as inventing the first true clarinet. The word clarinet is actually derived from "clarino," which was a wooden Italian TRUMPET. So yes...far more interesting than "we had this in Ancient Greece."
My, my, we are all so impressed by your huge brain. Why don't you make some clarinet lesson videos?
@@sherrybirchall8677 I have.
@@sherrybirchall8677 Lol.......
@@DaleFedele - so why don't you provide links?
This technically is not a history class. While the information is interesting it could have been delivered far more gracefully, thus possibly earning you more reputation and gratitude than received. Possibly.
Good video for beginners. I like it
More lesson are going to come or not regularly?
Really important... right now Im missing one top front tooth. It will take a year to repair.. implant. Question... can I still learn to play the Clarinet? Can I just use upper and lower lips? Hope so. Or... does it really matter if I use just one tooth ... and still have a proper lip seal?
@El Rico - The remaining top front tooth will be enough to hold the mouthpiece steady in the correct position. Your upper and lower lips are what provide the airtight seal, so the lack of that tooth won't stop you playing.
HTH
Namaste ji
I want to learn clarinet please give me some lessons basic material
I like this
May i know…what type of clarinet should i to buy as a beginner?
We offer Jupiter and Vito models, among others. We have a rent-to-own program if you're in the Washington, DC area.
I new to clarinet (senior recorder player) and just got my first clarinet and I have surprised myself being able to play notes right out of the box. But I have a problem and don’t know if it me or the clarinet when I play a “G” I get a perfect “F” when I play a “F” I get a perfect “E” and so on this goes on through the scale. Plus I can’t get a note at all on the upper register which might be me but I have use a couple of tuning apps and they all show the Clarinet play one note out is it me? Or do I have a problem with the Clarinet? Oh and thanks for the courses they will help a lot.
Dido K she explained it at 13:15
Tim Nell so I was doing right anyway? Lol
The clarinet is a Bb instrument, so a written C will sound as a Bb.
I wish YT existed when I was starting to learn the sax
Add in a reed and the piece that holds it on.
it didn't work with me but i'll keep practising and it should work. good video by the way!
This is the 1st time Im playing. Thin sound comin
Thanks for this. I thougjt the clarinet was in Bb.
i cant get any sound out
Good demo. Background music was distracting.
Unfortunately I can't blow, Ive tried over and over, no sound and other tips. I followed your instructions as well, I'm just not getting sound.
i saw another lesson and it works. it is said you put your bottom lips slightly inside of your bottom teeth (this will automatically give you a flat chin) and tug it the upper teeth on the top. close your whole mouth and blow "Hoo~" it works for me.
Maybe your reed was not wetted sufficiently, or it was placed too high or too low, or was too high of hardness for a beginning student. Maybe a 1.5 or 2 would be good.
"it's like a recorder but better" Lisa Simpson
The video could have included some pointers about how to use the diaphragm for inhaling & blowing an adequate air-stream through the clarinet to produce a good sound.
It's intended to be the very first steps in playing. Yes, breath production and control is vital, but if you have no prior knowledge of clarinets or other wind instruments, this lesson alone provides a LOT of info to take on board.
You can get a neck strap for a clarinet to support the weight of the instrument, making it easier to hold. I know this because I've got one, and it makes holding and playing the clarinet much easier for me! Great video though and thank you very much for sharing.
i didn't get a sound.
Then watch the video again, follow the instructions, step by step - because you've missed doing at least one of them.
Very detailed teaching. Thanks.
I still can’t make a sound and I’ve been in band for 4 months 2 days a week😀😀😀😀
Your video should have been zoomed in to see clearly.
One of my friends used it because he thought it was chap stick.
если набираешь воздух носом, это значит изначальная не правильная постановка амбушюра
12:36 "other thumb in the back, by the hole"
I feel you, lady
I still sound really bad I keep squeaking
More air, it needs to come from your belly and you won't squeak so much. Deep breath before you play your first note.
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Is this video for people hard of hearing?
The clairinet is a stinky instrument
Thank you
I'm playing a bliss clarinet right now, it's my first time playing. Im kinda good at it but I still need practice. Can you make a video about how to play a bliss clarinet, please??? 😃😃😃😃