Baermann Etude for Smooth Legato Sound Over the Break

[@Jaujau933]

Cally sounds so awesome on the clarinet 👏👏👏❤

[@aspenx1304]

I love waking up to a Clarinet video on Sat morning with my coffee ☕ yes, my fuzzy cat 🐈

[@callyclarinet]

Your cat is so cute!

[@beth7467]

I like your idea of playing without fear. :)

[@Resgerr]

Thanks for the ‘Home’ tip!😊

[@danielpike3778]

For the moment I could only listen to a few seconds, but you know what? I think that your sound is way more warm and rich when you play Bärmann (hihi, german keyboard but in the time he lived there was no "ä", only "ae") than other composers. I REALLY like it :-) there must be anything going on when we play Bärmann, same happens to me I would say. Your tipps as usual both of my thumbs up - your students must be very proud of you!

[@callyclarinet]

Thank you 🙂 I really enjoy playing the "song-like" melodies in the Baermann method

[@danielpike3778]

@@callyclarinet yes, me too. They are made for us 😀🥰

[@katkita9123]

Alternative (adding extra closed tone holes) fingering for G# was the major change that I tried in my sophomore year. Took three months to be able to do (most of) scales with that extra closed holes. That was painful but I believe it is worth. Agreed with you, smooth legato first! Thank you so much for showing two examples. Your teaching is always so clear!

[@callyclarinet]

Thank you!!!

[@sumudukapuruge8576]

Thank you so much for 'home'

[@sumudukapuruge8576]

You are very welcome madem!!!!

[@nigelhaywood9753]

Thanks for some great tips. I loved what you said about clarinetists' idea of piano. It's actually a lovely Étude. By the way, don't look now, but there's a marimba behind you!

[@callyclarinet]

Hahahaha

[@aspenx1304]

Yaaaa, perfect 4 me Callie ❤🎶

[@TheTabwinner]

Very nice legato tonguing. Which Baermann book is this from ?

[@callyclarinet]

Page 43 in division 2

[@misi1979]

You started to learn to play on marimba, Cally?

[@callyclarinet]

Lol nope, but isn't it pretty? It belongs to my significant other :-)

[@emjay2045]

🖤

[@DJsilversax]

Hi Carly, have you got any advice about slurring over the break? I’m fine going up but I can’t get back down without tonguing the note. This doesn’t happen on sax, I just lower my tongue position and the note drops back down the octave.

[@callyclarinet]

Usually a slight adjustment in air pressure does the trick for me. I also have to make sure my throat isn't tense. And if my reeds are too soft it won't work well, either. I hope that helps!

[@DJsilversax]

@@callyclarinet thanks for the advice. I’ll try it out. :)

[@aspenx1304]

Wait Wait Wait, I did not know I could add other fingers when doing those throat tone notes. I actually still dont understand "Throat Tones" and I know that my Bb and B is awful. There is a airyness to those notes.

[@callyclarinet]

Throat tones are G, G#/Ab, A, and Bb. They are super gross, lol. Using resonance fingerings can improve tone of those notes as will using more air support.