haha why haven't i come across this channel sooner

Thanks!

Very helpful, thanks!🙏

im a little late to the video but if you haven't can you do a video on proper bass clarinet embouchure?

My right hand is filled gout and my tumb can't carry the clarinet. Is there a way for me not to put my tumb below my other fingers? When my hand is relaxed my tumb is higher than yours seem and it hurts to try and get it down to where you show..

My band teacher gave me the bass clarinet cause I just stopped showing up for practice and I can’t lie at the beginner stage it was easier.

Nice to hear this whistling trick. I was able to whistle very well ten years ago. But now, I can’t whistle a tone. What could be the reason that I lost the ability to whistle?

1:08 oh crap 😂

I'm enjoying your videos, great. I am returning to playing the clarinet after a 27 year absence. Can you give any advice/exercises to help with finger coordination. Thank you

Thank you 😊

Hello, I'm sorry when you curl your lower lip over your teeth, the dentures or the chin come out unintentionally, so the dentures and chin should stay in their normal position, just raise the dentures or the dentures and chin so they don't stick.

I’m a blow in whistler-but my tongue is in the position you illustrated

Thank you for this video!

Useless..your not showing your fingers 🤷🙄🖕

I know a lighthouse that needsca fog horn 😂

Hi, I’m still having trouble with tongue positioning. I’ve been playing with my band for so long I didn’t know I had a hard articulation. No matter how much I try, I can’t seem to arch my tongue high and make the tip of the tongue touch the tip of the reed. When I do, it makes a squeaky sound. What would you suggest?

You forgot to mention the Bass Clarinet has a reed twice the size, the length is twice as long, the bore is twice as wide and it has a curved bell at the bottom. All of that translates to TWICE the air! 😂

Oh my gosh!!! Thank you soo very much, I always notices for years that my sound quality was always nasally and I never know that I was using too much tongue.

An interesting video. However, it sounds a bit funny to refer to the smaller instrument as "the Bb clarinet" because BOTH instruments you're playing are pitched in Bb. "Soprano clarinet" would make much more sense. Of course I realize the soprano instruments are available in different pitches, but Bb is essentially the "default" pitch and most common.

Ty man! I needed to clean my swabs for my clarinet and Alto Sax!

Bass clarinet just sounds BETTER! (Sorry, not sorry.)

Hello, I'm sorry, can you tell me the position of a person's mouth?

Hello, I'm sorry, can you tell me the position of a person's mouth?

Look for more accurate non-alarmist information at professional clarinet makers and repairers such as Backun.

Should I oil the bore on a new clarinet and where do I purchase Pure sweet Almond oil.

My ligature keeps loosening and shifting around, no matter how much I tighten it. The mouthpiece is slightly conical, so the more you tighten the ligature, the more the ligature moves up the mouthpiece. What should I do?

Like a month ago I used a napkin and it’s too thick and I can’t get it out😢 it’s just stuck, should I go turn it in to the repair shop?

Most sax players like myself who take up the clarinet later find probs. After searching for a clary with sax fingering (cop out!) There isn't one....so with your instruction will persist....thanks..

Its not working for me 😢 as soon as i blow air, my tongue lowers to help air flow 😮

What if I can’t whisle

Thanks for the helpful tips. I have a probably very silly question though. What kind of 'C' did you call it? A 'shymo' C? What's a 'shymo' C?

Thank you so much, I got after a few times. Great video!

Great info thanks! What swabs do you recommend?

When I play soprano clarinet usually the notes are much busier, that's what makes B.Clt easier ! THE MUSIC ITSELF ! 🙂🙂🙂

I love the sound of the Bass clarinet. The best bass clarinet solo ive heard is from Toby the Tram Engine Season 1 Theme Also it looks like a Saxaphone but sounds like a Bassoon

That’s a nice tree 🌲

The misconception that the bass clarinet is easier to play has to do with the fact that in band music the bass clarinet mostly plays simpler parts. that teh Ssoprano clarinet. A professional bass clarinetist should master a few additional skills : het/she must be able to read bass clef and G clef equally proficient . For band music it is sometimes required to be able to read bass clef and transpose it up a tone . This makes it possible to read (2nd) bassoon parts and bari sax parts. In the symphony orchestra one should be able to read bass clef parts a semitone lower in order to be able to play ass clar in A parts: e.g. ravel, La Valse, Piano concerto for the left hand and in Mahler symphonies this might appear.

So this was my first year on bass. I made tmea region on soprano freshman and sophomore year and my lesson teacher wanted me to switch to bass to try and make all state. At the start it was a slightly jarring switch but now that I’m more comfortable switching between the two I wouldn’t call bass easier. It has its challenges like playing fast passages which can be slightly unruly on leaps and breaks and low register stuff past Eb but having played on soprano for 5 years prior I would say having that experience has made certain aspects like high range much easier on bass

Nice clarinet sound 😎👍🏼

don't know how I got Bass Clarinet video lol, but this might explain my issues moving from the Bari Sax to the Soprano.

As a person that was a clarinet for around 1 month I can say that (in my opinion) bass is much easier. Also I am in 7th grade but I started as a clarinet but I was going to be a saxophone but I hated the clarinet because of the open holes. The open holes always was super hard and eventually I gave up the clarinet and was the first bass clarinet in 6th grade (covid had stopped band for 2-3 years). I now love the bass clarinet and I eventually want to join jazz band (as a clarinet) but I have to wait a year to tryout.

Which brand and mouthpiece and gap is best for a beginner wanting to get the high notes easily? One that blows easily, too. I won't mind spending $125 if it works.

Loved when you added the dog and the plant 😂❤️

Good lesson. Thanks

I played clarinet for years. Then in my 30's I started playing tenor sax. I can tell you first hand, the lower instrument is WAY easier on the mouth. My mouth burns out with the clarinet, it never burns out with the tenor. And while these are two different instruments, the embouchure is very similar between tenor and bass. So no, I would disagree.

Very helpful. Thanks.

Silly goose

Hi, I see that you respond to many comments and questions. I have a question too. I am really flat whenever I play my clarinet. When I try to tune it (I tune to the note G) I always sound incredibly flat. I’ve tried to work on this a lot and found it it was mostly my embochure. I’ve gotten better now but I am still a little bit flat. Not to the point where I’m playing G# though. How can I play at a perfect pitch and not sound too flat or too sharp? Is it my embochure? If so, how do I fix it?

thank you so much lol i had no idea what a turn was

This is a really nice comprehensive video for beginners! Subbed, been playing for 15 years but it's awesome to see good education on a wide range of clarinet aspects. For a good affordability to quality ratio, I've had a lot of success with my Yamaha 2016 CSVR, I'm not sure if you've played it but it's a great horn! Have you considered doing a video on comprehensive reed care? I know many beginners (and even later years players like myself until recently 😅) who struggle with getting good reeds and keeping them playing well.