I hear a huge difference in the tone for each one (acknowledging that I am incredibly picky). Each clarinet sounded about what I would expect having listened to them but with a jazz flare that I would not usually hear. Tosca is very unique in its sound to my ear when using a classical mouthpiece and reed combination, and I always prefer an R13 to Tosca. Tosca has a different combination of overtones.

I play a Selmer Signet Special clarinet. After a 47 year break.

Hello Greg, I've just met you on the web. You made my day. I found your video a paramount master class. Thank you very much. I'm going to follow you on KZbin

I can't imagine the practice you put in. I practice every day

Do you have any experience with Silverstein synthetic reeds, do they require a Silverstein mouthpiece? Yours is softer and not as sharp. Overall I like yours now but maybe Bechet in a night club with more noise.

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I first played classical flute. Now playing the clarinet. And learning to think of the notes as numbers is a challenge but I’m getting it and not always using sheet music. Practicing memorizing a song. A lot of brain work. Your amazing. Great video. Thank you ❤

Thanks!

... another wonderful video ...

🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wish I played like this 😢

this explains me as a jazz pianist trying to learn a bach prelude by analyzing the scales and harmony and my father as a classical pianist saying "why dont you just play the notes written on the pages.." I would like to see both sides unite and see the advantages of both approaches to music, having both skills of understandying and analyzing and on the other hand being good at executing notes accuratly + dynamics seems ideal from that point of view.

Practise slowly -- yes! I was surprised to learn about reeds: placement on the mouthpiece (what?!!!) , rotating them, and strength. Thank you!

well put, makes so much sense this way

What do you think of the Clarimate?

😂😂😂love it

finding sugarman or some shit. whatever that movie is.

This is so nice. Your content is amazing!

Chapters are great. Specific titles, even better. Less likely to come back for a specific chapter if I have to hunt for it each time. Love your vids. Keep the awesomeness coming!

Skip to 5:40 to get to the actual content.

No but how do you... "pull"? Those notes? Like, how do you drag them? What's the technique? Is it breath control? Finger placements? Tell me your secret please I want to be able to do this so bad 🥹

Well we hope the person who has hired you to do the gig will pay enough you can’t go into THE RED to do a gig Right. Or. Maybe if your going to get some great exposure 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ok ‘I’ll have a Crack at this. Not twisting when assembling. Not applying cork grease. Not cleaning inside after use. Not wetting reed before assembly, not using mouthpiece cover when not in use. Not cleaning outer body. Not lining up various parts on assembly, blowing too hard, using incorrect reed for skill level. Wrong mouth shape.

Between Silverstein and the Rovner platinum

Do you play jazz in orchestra with the clarinet or do you switch to a more jazzy instrument like the tenor sax?

Long tones to set embouchure and tongue position, register change exercises, upper register break exercise, repeat register change exercise but as a tonguing exercise, double tonguing, then Marcel Moyse flute exercises revised for fingers.

Hey there. Learning the clarinet. For the 1 and the 4th degree, would it be better to play the 6th instead of the maj7 if learning trad jazz?

Suddenly I have a whole new understanding of...Sesame Street. Thank you this is fun and manageable

The Tosca sounds better to my ears.

Wait first beautiful but why is it tagged saxophone unless I’m dumb and this is a transcribed sax solo

Hey Gregory! Great content! You've been my inspiration to start playing the clarinet! Greetings from Costa Rica 👋

super tasteful!

Hell yeah brother

Superb

I'm watching this because I can't play high notes and my band class will roast me. The notes are so high I'm convinced to not go to the concert.

yes !!!!

All perfect sound , professional super player !

Smooth as butter!

My teacher said to me on our last lesson ... If you can make the MD's life easier, you'll have a job for life. Be nice, know how to hang, have a pencil in rehearsals, only needing to say it once when a change needs to be made to the music, be punctual, don't noodle or chat loudly in rehearsals, be okay with criticism and change, smile when on stage.

Loved this video thanks 🙏

1973 R13, Kaspar mpc.

Absolutely agree. Superb explained, especially "practice slow"

Talent. I love flutes

1) staying motivated to continually mold my practice routine so that it brings me forward. 2) finding stable relationships with fellow musicians where we can play and evolve together 3) tampering performance anxiety

good vid

Yeah Greg!

Outstanding message! I’m not a professional musician but I am a professional sculpture and so many of the things your shared are the same things I share with young artists when they ask me for advice. A lot overlap in the artistic mindset regardless of instrument. I would add that you can only succeed if you would still be creating your art even if you never make a dime from it. You might not be able to be a professional but you will still be an artist if you show up every day and do the work, and no one can take that away from you.

Another interesting video. Thanks. Professional musician? That boat has sailed for me decades ago, but I think some of your points could apply to many other fields. For example, after 40 years in the legal business (lawyer, judge, and professor), I can say that competency in law and success in the legal business are two different things. In my experience, often the lawyers who are the most successful in their business are not the best lawyers; instead, they are the best salesman/saleswomen or the best showmen/show women. Now, that rule breaks down at the very highest levels, but for the vast majority of markets, I think it is true. This rule also comes to mind whenever I think of Kenny G versus Kenny Garrett. I'm guessing that the musician with the better agent is the one with more money/opportunities.

Sounds good. Dogs face cracks me up 😂❤

Isfahan!