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Also, as a bass clarinetist, the Bach cello suites are pretty important repertoire for us and many of them are almost impossible to play tastefully without some circular breathing. If you play in a concert band, there is a bunch of transcription repertoire where the clarinets are playing violin parts and this can be quite helpful.

İt's good to watch some real good advice where is full with stupid people who's thinking they are Klarinettist

I have a hard time hearing the "buzz" or even differentiating if my note is sharp or flat. I don't seem to have a good ear. Any suggestions?

This is a really helpful tutorial. I can't believe I've been playing clarinet since 1971 and have never given a thought to the iffy tuning of altissimo F#. That 'long fingering' really is the solution, at least it is on my clarinet. Thank you.

I came here to put up fists on behalf of Lowenstern. But now I get your argument. Loved the pic of you and Mike too. Very appropriate.

I learnt a lot. Tx

Fantastic ! Thanks

Love the video, and the background.

I remember when I was a freshman in high school, I was in marching band and I played a piece that made me go from C#, D#, E, G# in the clarion register. Muscle memory had me switch between C# and D# using the bottom side key on the right hand. Unfortunately, the spring under that key snapped moments prior, and I panicked. Now, I use the same D# as left thumb-1, right 2 since that’s considerably easier.

Is that an Opperman barrel? Did you study with him? I did years ago and your barrel looks like the ones he made.

Great video! You do deserve more and more subscribers. Great content and clever idea to follow the alphabet. Talking about balancing: have you check Ridenour’s ATG system? It really helps me use every reed of the box.

So don’t close the reed tip against the mpiece! ???

I want to see michael lowenstern in concert new york city this year!

Thanks Phillip for immortalising me as a pedant! 😂 I oiled my clarinet only last week! I had recently changed strings on a guitar and lemon-oiled its fretboard, and it made me think about my clarinet. Its wood was looking dry and thirsty so I ignored the advice of my repair tech (who thinks grenadilla is too dense to take on oil). I'm glad your vid supported my decision to oil 😊

Michael lowenstern is my favorite bass clarinet and composer in Brooklyn!

Heck I thought oiling was about oiling the hinges of the keys (my clarinet was plastic) because I DID have an issue with a key not bouncing up properly 😂 Later the technician revealed it was one screw being tightened (over normal use) too much. As it is a maintenance video here, I wanna know if there'll be any videos about maintenance of mechanical parts (the keys specifically)?

Nota dez mestre.

I live in the northern hemisphere (Canada) and my music room has a wood burning stove, so hey I should probably think about oiling my clarinets. Good explanation and rationale provided. Thanks.

What kind of oil? Special for instruments?

And before you say anything - the one and only Michael Lowenstern pointed out that for my second point, the header still read “#1” 😂 He’ll never stop being my teacher… ❤

This is fantastic content! I have always heard almond oil is the best. Is that what you would recommend using?

The caps lock was a perfect way to sell that skit. 😂

Hi Philip, your channel is great. I am both clarinettist and woodwind technician, I agree with you. Once, a Backun's artist said to me that doesn't need oiling wooden instrument while I was talking about oiling on wooden instrument to a fellow musician (a piccolo player with a wooden piccolo. I don't want to argue/discuss with him in front of other musicians and also because I felt he has very strong opinion on this matter and wouldn't taking on other's opinion. Recently, I was chatting to a friend who is a flutist, while she was visiting Japan, she gave her wooden piccolo for service by a flute specialist and maker, due to the limited days she stayed in Japan, the Japanese master had to wrap up the piccolo (head-joint) in cling film when still have lots of oil on it and instructed her to unwrap the head-joint when she was back home and let the oil absorb the oil naturally for one/two days then wipe off the excess. Afterward, my friend found out the piccolo tone become warmer.

I'm absolutely loving this series so far! Not only am I inspired to pull the clarinet out again, but also weirdly want to get into ironing now?? 🤔

Hi Phillip, I have a nice old Selmer Bass and the F sharp key has a hole in it and a small platform below to place the index finger. I don't know what the hole is for or how to play this key. I suspect it is to make certain notes easier to play but I haven't found them yet. Thanks for the video, it helped me to understand that I wasn't playing so badly after all.

Excellent techniques! I just used all 3 and love them! The ironing one is great for Beethoven 4 mvt 4, getting to the grace note is my crease!

Glad you had a good break- Zelda FTW! Thank you for sharing these techniques- I'm going to share them with my students as well! Great video as always! 👍🏻

Glad you had an enjoyable break. We all need that time to refresh once in a while. And don’t ever apologize for Dad jokes. I just started back with a community band and a lot of the music is difficult for me after taking an extended break. I was actually doing your beat by beat method not realizing it was an actual technique. I have a feeling I’ll be incorporating the other two as well. Excellent stuff as always.

Thank you sir!

I am a former professional bassoonist who is now a hobbiest clarinetist. Since I don’t have to please anyone but myself I don’t worry about changing my setup to achieve any kind of standard, but I do sometimes wish I could justify spending a little more especially on a nicer set of instruments. I’m tired of the low F on my A clarinet being 20 cents flat when I can get every other note pretty much bang on.

I’ve always called the “banana” keys, SLIVER keys. Maybe it’s an American thing?

this is so helpful!!

This is such a great idea for a series. I love it!

That intro- pure brilliance! I love these ideas about different ways to use the metronome. Great video as always!

Nota dez mestre.

Does these techniques work for a B-flat clarinet too? Those high notes are hard for me especially going over the bridge…

Greta video. It would be great to see: O for overtone

I was wondering about some good warm up/long tone exercises recently. I don't know how my recommendations knew, but I'm glad I found this channel :)

I certainly will bring this to the test. Actually it is quite bizarre no one ever told me this technique in all those years studying the clarinet in my early years. Thanks a lot for bringing it up. 👍😃🎶

kill that obnoxious background music..,

What a lovely video. I'm also a clarinet player, and guilty of getting too much gear in the past. Mainly mouth pieces! I did recently start recording myself to get ready for the holidays concert season. It's a fantastic tool. And to answer you questions at the end, I love my warm even tone at the lower end, but I do need to improve my colder tones at the higher end of the break.

This goes for old beginners too.

I sympathize over the gear lust, which I share. (It also ruined my credit when I was a college student…. Thankfully I was able to dig myself out.) You are absolutely correct that companies are trying to separate us from our hard earned dollars by flooding us with ad copy that is very appealing, but often full of impossible promises or even misleading or nonsensical BS. The wonderful affirmation about individual sounds is wonderful. As I’ve grown older (51), my concept steers more and more towards players of the 40’s through the 70’s. I’m not saying that I don’t appreciate all sounds, but when someone told me ‘we play really different, but you’re a lot older than me… just sayin’ really threw me into a black hole of self doubt, imposter syndrome, etc…. The end of your video is a beautiful sentiment. Our sound is as personal as our smile, which this video definitely made me do. Happy Holidays my friend! Thanks for all the great content.

Great video as always Phillip! Love the emphasis on long tones, especially since I'm an obsessive noodler. 🤣

Just bought myself a second hand Buffet Crampon E&S Bb clarinet. I still have a lot of practice to do after not having touched the clarinet for more than three decades and your tips will certainly come in handy. So thank you for the very informative videos.

Who knew the tools I use to sharpen my pocket knives and straight razors would find a new use helping to keep my reeds in good order. I have a pocket knife with a sheep’s foot blade that looks much like your knife. I tried to flatten the back of a reed and made it unplayable. Couldn’t produce a note. I think I used too much pressure when scraping. Great video as always.

why do you have 300 subscribers?😢 you deserve much more