Fast Finger Technique Tip - It starts paying off IMMEDIATELY. I promise!

[@evanericksonmusic]

That Martin Fröst joke was peak

[@shritan0]

the tom and jerry insert so valid

[@rogergarrett5637]

"Depressing village of Uhl" LOL! Love that!

[@MissTEO1]

Just wait until you get lost in Uhl, take a wrong turn and find yourself in the township of Jettel.

[@andersnelson3655]

The bit with the video of the pond has been a really effective teaching tool this last week. I use similar metaphors often but actually SEEING the pond and hearing someone else say it seems to make a significant difference for some students. Thank you, Michael!

[@earspasm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Forestier1]

I lived in the depressing suburb of Uhl for many years because that’s where my teachers lived. Later, I was naive enough to ask my students to live there. It’s only a few decades later that I’ve retired and divide my time between my holiday homes in Rose and the delightful village of Demnitz. I like to pop into JeanJean’s department store occasionally: you can find a few treats if you dig around amongst the discount items.

[@cindyl586]

Awesome! I might make this video required viewing for my students. They don’t always listen to me but I bet that they will listen to you!

[@jcherokee]

Wish I could take this video and send it to my past self… This is exactly what I needed to hear about 35 years ago…

[@rashakor]

Same here

[@alecsaeva]

Haha! I knew it was a trap! A video about finger technique only? Never! Love the phrasing and tonguing ideas and analogies!! :)

[@joenremmer]

It works! Thank you!

[@nickmartorano6766]

GREAT suggestion. I go practice now...:)

[@medusa210562]

I am a clarinet player. This video didn't go where I thought. Keep in mind that some musical savant s can play with incredible technique in a short time. Applying to all instruments (all instruments), speed and virtuosity is linked to rhythm (in your mind) more than anything else. I could write pages on this.

[@QuickStartClarinet]

Yes! The most important part of faster fingers isn't the fingers, it's the brain! (and close runner up to the air!)

[@clarinetninja]

Brilliant word! Beautifully constructed video as well

[@ninopascale3748]

Great advice. And Yes, survey the music before you start. Advice to put on the must do list. Thank you

[@ranatlas]

Love your videos - your playing, teaching and sense of humor are much appreciated l! 🙂👍

[@bobwas4066]

Another Great Lesson!! Just marked my music! Thank You

[@perfectcelery]

Really great advice, and entertaining - have missed these videos!

[@birdxiee]

Ty! I’ll try, I have an audition in couple months and I’m trying hard. My fingers just can process like following sometimes.

[@JRBecraftMPH]

Fantastic teacher. Bravo.

[@daveboydmusic744]

Hands down, the BEST teacher, entertainer on KZbin. Thanks for the tips, technics, and all the feels! Bass clarinet ain't nearly as scary as it used to be!

[@claribaixos]

Great video and and great advice’s. 😅

[@brekedekdang39]

Thanks for the awesome video! I have been practicing and trying to get my chops back after not playing a lot for a while, and this helps a lot. Me being the kind of guy who just slows things down and increases the speed little by little, I actually thought you still sounded really great when you played it "wrong" at 5:45. I guess it just sounded kind of robotic and not very musical. I guess I wouldn't have slowed down or dragged the time as you did sometimes at 6:12. It did sound better. Do you think it's appropriate to slow down the tempo at parts? Anyways, you are a great musician and I love your content. Sax player here, and I am trying to improve my clarinet and flute skills.

[@bgclarinet]

"Musical solutions to technical problems." Also, you stole my rock-skipping analogy for articulation! (jk)

[@aidangrivas7060]

Love this etude

[@Clarinet.dommy1]

If only I saw this before TMEA Area Auditions, then I wouldn’t have wasted my senior year 😢

[@deborahshaw2212]

I can usually work out fingers. I am just working at faster tonguing. I struggle with repeated 16th notes.

[@xmorgan1123x]

Another thing about air support is apart from creating tension, weak air isn't going to let your notes speak as quickly & clearly, no matter how fast your fingers move. I'm very guilty of this.

[@lyndafoster9437]

Fabulous

[@laurenaliferis5443]

Can you do a video on how to slap tongue?

[@evertbirgersson6194]

As far as i remember, there is one made several years ago.

[@evanspsp]

What piece do you play at the beginning? Thank you:))

[@finnsclarinet]

Rose Etude #8

[@evertbirgersson6194]

Great

[@lazer8106]

I’ve been playing for 3 years I’m working on all state music right now and I’ve noticed that when I tongue above the break it gives me a lower Semitone for a brief second. Do you know how to fix that?

[@dk7472]

So is what you are playing a rearrangement of a Ferling etude...? Edit: I think it is from the 4th Ferling etude (Fast A minor). There is a measure in that piece that is a staccato, 16th note, two-octave, upper pedal-point thingy that is the bane of my existence...

[@markalanpalmer7787]

Yes, the Rose 32 Etudes are from the Ferling 48 etudes. The Ferling Etudes were shorter, so Rose starts each of his Etudes by transcribing Ferling, then creates a new middle section, and then finishes with Ferling.

[@normalizedaudio2481]

Go for a better ear over fast fingers. I work on all fingers and should have been working on my ears.

[@radicalpaddyo]

My wife's been telling me this for years, but she doesn't even play clarinet 🤷

[@1LHMDA]

😉

[@whoitisnot]

The second example at the end sounded better because there was shaping and directionality, not because of the super-imposed tenutos. Some of those tenutos worked musically, some didn't. It sounds gimmicky if you make a gimmick out of it.