I bought a clarinet for no reason

In this video I challenge myself to learn an instrument i've never even picked up before... Not easy! Much less doing it in 2 hours.
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[@tagwier]

As a clarinet player myself, you should focus on embouchure and fingerings. Then you can go on and get high end equipment such as reeds, ligature, mouthpiece, etc.

[@becauseisaac]

Thanks!

[@Ahelping-hand]

As a fellow player I agree that this should be your goal

[@o.g2013savage]

@@becauseisaacyou know how it was hard to put together when you get a new clarinet you have to put cork grease in order to be easy to be together

[@jip521]

@@o.g2013savageas a clarinet player of 3 years, I’ve never used cork grease in my life, and it’s been fine to put together. Should I start using it?

[@o.g2013savage]

@@jip521 if it’s fine u don’t have to but if it’s hard to put together u will probably have to do it but I have been playing the clarinet like 4 months or 5 months

[@baileyinabucket]

I’m not sure if my clarinet teacher would be laughing or crying at this

[@kenziel7415]

You got this, Keep going!! I play the clarinet and the bass clarinet, i played the clarinet from 5th-8th grade, and now I play the bass clarinet, been playing it since freshman year…just keep practicing and you’ll get better! If you need any tips I can help as much as I can!

[@becauseisaac]

Thanks you!

[@christinal.meixsell9384]

I actively am a clarinet player

[@ainsleygilson6869]

I mean, the soprano sax and clarinet are both Bb instruments, so there's another similarity. As a clarinetist, I find it hilarious when people try to just pick it up and play it. The embouchure is probably the funniest thing to see people figure out. Very firm, air is blown forward, no puffing of the cheeks, etc. Otherwise, the clarinet is literally the easiest thing to learn lol.

[@becauseisaac]

Oh! You don't puff the cheeks out? That's fascinating. I've been doing it all wrong lol. I came from playing Duduk, which is the puffiest of cheeks as it's a double reed instrument.

[@ainsleygilson6869]

@@becauseisaac I mean, you can, but it really isn't preferred. It makes it harder to keep your face firm and may make it more difficult to play.

[@becauseisaac]

@@ainsleygilson6869 Thanks for the advice! I'll give that a try.

[@ainsleygilson6869]

@@becauseisaac Of course! Let me know if you ever need any other advice for the clarinet!

[@LegoCityFilms]

Covering the holes is Hella difficult

[@joshua_minus_the_ua]

You just showed up in my recommended, and I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers. The quality of this video was top tier!

[@becauseisaac]

Thank you! You sir, are equally top tier.

[@Ainsleyblume]

Real, the way he said it was hard to poor together 🥲

[@Ocean-rg8wm]

When you get a new clarinet make sure you use cork grease to grease the corks, it'll make it easier to put together. And if you didn't then make sure you soaked your reed, not soaking it can lead to squeaky or airy noise. Hope this helped

[@someperson_1089]

I can confirm as a clarinet player myself

[@cicholasnage]

soak the reed with what?

[@someperson_1089]

@@cicholasnage put it below your tunge

[@someperson_1089]

@@cicholasnage just put it under your tunge

[@aidanknox2430]

transpositions are very important to learning a family of instruments; I love transposition it makes things much easier down the line

[@FNBRVolts]

As a clarinet player of 8 years this was hilarious (I play alto sax and flute too, transpositions are hard haha)

[@MerryCat-qx8lz]

Cha'.... transition from clarinet to the oboe was a tickling nose, lips, tongue and cheeks I am happy to have perseverance on my mind. I FORGIVE ALL KELLY WALSH BAND MEMBERS WHO STOLE MY OBOE REEDS FOR DUCK CALLS. circa 1980-81.

[@FNBRVolts]

@@MerryCat-qx8lz oboe is next on my list to learn, I have to buy a soprano sax first though.

[@JayCee-hw4zc]

I hear ya. Went the wrong way went from flute to sax to clarinet. Should have started with clarinet 😂

[@picashlio3361]

They are a pain in the potacuss is what they are. I suck at them.

[@GryphonMistake]

Hey! Been playing clarinet for awhile and just wanted to point some things out. 1. Get a reed size and or a more trusted reed company more accommodating to you. I would recommend Rico and. 2-2.5 for beginners. 2. Make sure ALL fingers at all times are covering holes that will severely benefit you. 3. Make sure you have enough mouthpiece in your mouth but not enough to the point where you can’t play or squeak. And I don’t wanna make this too long so I’ll just add one more 4. Embouchure is SO important tight corners, fast steady air, and lowering your toughness is really going to help with those high notes. Have fun 👋😊

[@GryphonMistake]

“Toughness” lol my auto correct got me I meant “tongue”

[@unidentifiedartist]

yessss!!! corners in and tall chin ^^ (it took me 2 years to get my embochure down pat 😭😭😭😭)

[@magicgamer5460]

As a clarinet player myself, and funnily enough someone named Isaac, this was a very entertaining video to watch. I would Recommend practicing to get a consistent embouchure thus getting you closer to a consistent tone.

[@becauseisaac]

Nice to meet you! Thanks for the advice

[@WiseChad]

Funny, I'm also a clarinet player named Isaac. I guess it just calls to us lol

[@Zoey5374]

3:12 sound like the first line of Autumn Leaves. I’m playing it in a jazz band, so I immediately recognized it.

[@dannyboy7237]

No way! We just played that piece in my jazz band last year as well!

[@th3j0t46]

Hey! Clarinet player for 15 years and tenor sax for 1 year now. Sax and clarinet are very similar but very different in so many ways. Sax embouchure is much easier to get a beautiful sound. Clarinet takes years to develop that. It's a very delicate instrument. Needs a lot of care and love. The fingering on the sax is also a bit easier (specially because you don't have to change the fingering when changing octaves), but it's very similar anyway. My advice is to focus on fingering first and get used to it so that you don't have to think about it. After that, train the embouchure. Try to think of having a ping pong ball on the mouth while saying "oooohhh" and throw warm/hot air if you want a more round sound or cold air if you want a more strident sound. Both have interesting uses, I'd recommend learning both (but this is later on). Ear as much good artists playing clarinet as you can so that you can understand how you want your sound to be and train that. Reeds, mouthpiece and ligature take a huge importance on this manner but you can find a lot of excellent information regarding that on the internet (that's what I did at least). Getting a legiere european cut can be nice option to study and learn as it lasts longer and you can focus only on fingering and embouchure. Good luck!!

[@jebstalp]

Was finished practice my clarinet and got on KZbin for some inspiration and you short showed up, and now I watched some of your videos and am surprised that you don't have a lot subscribers. But your style and quality is very good, I like it a lot. ^^ Especially the experimenting with instruments part, that the same thing I love about music. Looking forward to more of those videos ^^

[@becauseisaac]

Thank you!

[@Limeanimal67]

OMG SAME

[@Ivan_Imperator]

i really enjoy these kinds of videos and it amazes me that you haven’t pulled as much viewers as you should

[@becauseisaac]

Thanks! Hopefully in the future. I just make these videos cause I love doing it.

[@xx_cl0udcak3_xx]

I only saw this video now and my first thought was, “haha, you’re gonna suffer.” Great playing for only a few hours though!

[@Sunset_feels414]

As a marching band member who is the only clarinet for my band this season and has played clarinet for about 2-3 years almost 4 i think, this hirts me so much 😅 we all gotta start somewhere Also i know this video was 5 months ago, but here are some tips, dont puff your cheeks out, have them stay in, make sure you dont have too much mouthpeice or too little, as for high notes more air the better same for low notes, its not that hard to pick up once you get the basis.

[@Nonormalplayer]

Imagine the reed that was already on the mouth piece was sucked on 💀 Also make sure to make good sounds to improve and beginners should focus on notes and fingering. Eventually embochure and other stuff. Me as a clarinet player would recommend vandorien reeds and put cork grease on the cork if it’s hard. I’ve had a barrel stuck once 💀 Also Amazon instruments aren’t good choices besides some exceptions. East rock isn’t that good because my classmate had a saxophone from eastrock that is blue. It was trash and costed more to repair. I would just rent for three months and wait for a year to decide to buy a clarinet

[@Devy942]

As a clarinet player I would focus on fingering and notes 📝

[@donadams8345]

To any novice watching this, get a clarinet teacher as a first step. You'll develop some extremely bad habits and possible damage your clarinet by doing it this way. The most likely outcome will be giving up. You might consider this a comedy routine of things not to do though. (ps, there are instruction books also)

[@baileyinabucket]

You got a good sound out of it impressively fast

[@rockallmusic]

Looks like another instrument I'm going to have to postpone getting until I'm not living in a shared apartment...

[@becauseisaac]

Seriously 😄

[@Cow.cool.]

the way i recoiled when i saw the reed on the mouthpiece in the case 😭

[@TheodoreWalkerRobinson-de4dn]

The transposition threw me off so much too! You were not alone in your frustration.

[@Preppysadie.83]

"This weird register key... and then things get confusing" had me dying 😂😂😂😂

[@damiaffiliate]

I love the learning Process ❤

[@nathantibbitts6415]

Im a percussionist, why am i watching this?

[@MiaNguyen-m8m]

Issac the high f sharp note on clarinet is A

[@lovelylych7643]

Why didn't you look up the sheet music for the soprano sax and play it with your clarinet? They are both Bflat instruments. Also, as a clarinet player this cracked me up! Love your enthousiasm for the instrument! I hope you learn some basics first like embouchure and fingering. It's a really fun instrument! The upper register is reached by pressing the little key above your left thumb, while also covering that thumbhole. It takes some practice, but you'll get the hang of it. Have fun!

[@thatsdepressing]

make sure to wet your reed before playing and it will be a lot easier to play

[@Ratty_theclown]

Yea I could play pink panther on clarinet after 5 lessons including band :o) good luck! ❤😊

[@MerryCat-qx8lz]

Thats my fave when on bass clarinet, until I understand I need an E flat saxophone

[@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410]

If you like Clarinet by the way, there's some lovely klezmer music for that instrument as well. Absolutely lovely sound

[@MiaNguyen-m8m]

Also there is this plastic thing called a reed and it is very fragile and you can bend it easily and break it so be careful!

[@Aoikyatto]

im a clarinet player and i think that you should make your bottom lip not as soft so it sounds better. Also make sure your using the correct reed size to fit your embouchure and stuff. But your doing amazing keep working on it! Also for the high notes say "eeee" or "tiii/teee" it helps get them out and dont put in too much mouthpiece.

[@cesarherrera-d1x]

as clarinet player this was hilarious e is the back button and front so two keys for e d is basically the same 3 fingerings and c is just for figerings and you don't really need the bottom buttons.

[@GrannyGeo]

You have to show us your next step with the clarinet! 😄 Don't leave us here 😯

[@becauseisaac]

Working on it now ;)

[@shadowjeremy5141]

As a clairinet player this hurt to watch but good for you man, keep going

[@nickwarr9620]

Hey I enjoyed this! I play clarinet and sax. Clarinet is ‘the unforgiving horn’ lol. You know that Englishman in New York actually features Branford Marsalis on soprano sax right? I hope you keep it up. Best wishes, an Englishman in England.

[@becauseisaac]

YES! as I mention in the video, I know it's a soprano, but I wanted to learn clarinet because of the tonal qualities of it. Great for the middle eastern music I make :)

[@guidocornet]

1:59 Brandford Morales? Its brandford Marsalis who played the Englishmen in New York saxophone solo. World famous jazz player!

[@soupnou1]

Bro this quality of video is amazing

[@becauseisaac]

Thanks!!

[@gerrymanuel7640]

Bb clarinet is in the same key as soprano and tenor saxophone, but starts in concert D and not so straightforward fingerings. Surely would take weeks to get used to.

[@gerrymanuel7640]

I wanted mellow low tones that was why I bought a clarinet 2 months ago

[@BreonToliverandfriends]

I’m not thinking “ Why a Clarinet Isaac?” I am thinking “WHY ARE YOU NOT USING CORK GREESE, DID YOU BUY IT FROM A MUSIC SHOP and last but not least WHY ARE YOU THROWING IT AND SLAMMING IT?!?”

[@willmosher1373]

I teach privately, so I have a thought about equipment. Something that might help, is trying out different mouthpieces and reeds. For people starting out who lean more towards jazz and color, I would recommend a Vandoren or D’addario mouthpiece that is fairly open like the D’addario x10E or X15E or the Vandoren M30, and I would match the reed brands with the mouthpiece. For ligature, I would probably start with the Bonade Inverted ligature or the Rovner Dark. I find it is better to switch off the original mouthpiece and ligature right away. You can mess around with other equipment over time. You can also Google “Clarinet Mouthpiece Comparison Chart” to weight different mouthpieces against each other. Vandoren and D’addario also make charts for reed strength suggestions for their mouthpieces.

[@FrostbearPlushies]

The fact I actually did this myself

[@MainEventMaxwell]

with this one, try and focus on embourchure (aka band face) and learning the first 6 notes (G, A, F, C, D, E) that can get you to almost play any song, then you can kinda move on to side trill keys and the register key, been a clarinetist since 6th grade right here, and these are my tips (don't forget to learn hot cross buns, that song is amazing for beginners, its just three notes)

[@BlakelyPhillips]

Found this video because I also bought a clarinet for no reason.

[@Something-_]

Ay, im a clarinetists and I just wanna make sure that your tounging insted of blowing air and then stopping. Its hard tell but it'll help a huge bunch.

[@shygrammer]

Its interesting to see how musicians learn new instruments. we can be pretty arrogant!

[@iaorty9406]

You are só good! You learned all that on like 2 hours!

[@becauseisaac]

It’s definitely not as easy as it looks!

[@aidanoconnor1504]

Pretty sure you mean Branford Marsalis and also he plays that solo on the soprano saxophone, not the clarinet. But good on you for picking up the clarinet, it's a beast

[@FarsansTorraOrdvitsar]

Fun fact of the day: First five notes in the minor scale is used in the song "I was made for lovin' you" by Kiss.

[@LexiTaylor-s1k]

I play the clarinet in a marching band, and I found the best way to learn how to play. The instrument was the first get down my fingerings and learn easy pieces like get like a beginner, clarinet book and it teaches you all the fingerings and it has you work on articulation and stuff like thatand I have gotten so much better and my sexual leader showed me how to do all that stuff so very thankful for her

[@LexiTaylor-s1k]

I meant section leader

[@LexiTaylor-s1k]

So sorry I meant section leader

[@Thetinycritic]

As a clarinetist i would say technique is the first thing to learn

[@Enthusiast2K23]

Imagine if squidward came to his house and started playing the clarinet 😂

[@mambokadzem4892]

What type of clarinet is it; A,Bb Eb? This is important to know before you start transposing.

[@MerryCat-qx8lz]

Thank you, dear man, for this. Clarinet took me to Bass Clarinet, ContraBass clarinet to the oboe. O Thank you for the high notes ....love the ligature. You must be aware of the ligature

[@lylek8933]

Register key goes up 12 notes not just octave (8 notes). Still, that makes the clarinet have one of the largest ranges of all instruments in an a band. Good luck on your quest. Been playing Clarinet since 1976 (grade school band and now in my community college) and it's been a blast to say the least. All I can say is, you can do it. :)

[@ELEMMONZ]

Buy some cork grease, that makes it easier to put together cause if you keep putting stress on the keys it could bend them

[@davidsnead7728]

Very nice, brother! I made the udu happy! :D

[@xxjennaxx]

Im sorry but I was dying laughing when his notes weren’t matching because the Bb clarinet is in a different key than everything else 😂😭

[@Rizkiduwinanto]

"we understand you have a dying animal on the premises.."

[@infintystorm]

As being a clarinet player for almost 3 years. Focus on fingering and put grease on the brown part of the clarinet to make it easier to put together.

[@christopherlindsay83]

I'm surprised no one corrected him. It's Branford Marsalis- not Morales.

[@SardineGate]

I looked at this video and was about to ask if you wet the reed, or was able to find out to fix your embouchure. Or ya know, bought some cork grease so it’s easier to put together, but then I realized I’ve seen your channel before for Ateez reactions 😂

[@MiaNguyen-m8m]

And if you put your mouth too high on your clarinet it squeaks and that is not how you play it

[@pharlock]

ack, don't leave the reed on the mouthpiece.

[@he.roblox.n00b]

Wow, I play clarinet and all I can tell you is that you are very advanced for a starter, the average starter would only be able to get horrible squeaks.

[@magicpaul24]

Someone tells him about Eflat instrument? Personally I'm a sax player and I have a clarinet at home. The clarinet embouchure is way stricter than the sax one and part of pitch is new to learn and bit confusing at first but it's feaseable.

[@cotashort1323]

I use to play this back in mid or high school I'm trying to save up for one again it's been years

[@tattsbyg3251]

I just did the same thing for no reason.... As a student drummer my first clarinet on the way lol 😂

[@PleiadesStarChild]

I’m currently in the process of wanting to learn the clarinet. But my parents won’t let me join band because they say I should’ve joined in middle school to get the fundamentals of it. But in my middle school you hardly learn anything. Now that I’m a high school junior my parents are telling me that. But my girlfriend and the band teacher say that they’ll teach me the fundamentals but my parents won’t listen and I’d really like to learn how to play the clarinet so I made it my mission for when I get out of high school I’m going to learn to play clarinet. My main thing is trying to find where I can get a clarinet. Idk where I can do that

[@sbretush]

So fun to watch!

[@becauseisaac]

Thanks!

[@jakoobers]

You should put cork grease to make it easier to put together

[@smoothvelvetsinger]

Branford Moralisis🤣🤣🤣 Cool video👍👍👍

[@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so]

I wrestled with the clarinet for 8 years in elementary and high school. Now do it in a smelly, itchy, sweaty wool uniform ...that doesn't fit.

[@RoarinRoots]

Btw, Just FYI , The Big Push (Rens old band) does a nice version of English man in New York live

[@sooh6299]

Oh my god I just found this video! I'm all in! This is hilarious!

[@sooh6299]

Dangit! You're making me want to play again, and it has been years! I used to teach beginners when I was a teenager myself. The memories :D

[@joeblackman9684]

The fact that a D rather than C# sounded like a B makes me think you’ve probably got an A clarinet not Bb

[@tomlavelle8340]

I think the clarinet sounds cool

[@arnarting]

Hahaha love the frustration. I also play the clarinet, but I have a flute and I can’t play it. I feel like we’re the opposite with our instruments 😂❤

[@sandrafee5783]

#1 .... cork grease #2 .... then put together

[@LM13directionerswifty]

It kind of sounded like you needed to soak your reed and also it takes a long time to get able to go up the register, I have been playing for 1 1/2 years and I still can't get to some notes. It just takes a lot of work and practice.

[@picashlio3361]

Can you image the look and size of a clarinet if it could play the full range of pitches in an orchestra. I mean one instrument playing the whole range from base notes up to soprano? It'd be a nightmare.😂

[@eleAbnormal]

Learning clarinet was so weird for me LOL

[@aaronjoyce6349]

Bought a clarinet today for no reason (apart from the fact it was £30 from a charity shop and have always wanted a woodwind instrument) so this has been fun to watch Although im not playing it until i get myself an unsucked reed...

[@ViniestFern4996]

i would say start in the Bb scale then learn more scales

[@poisondartfrogplayz251]

Sounds like a dry reed to me..!

[@jackcrawford304]

All I can say is Eddie Daniels

[@becauseisaac]

lol, not even close.

[@shard1103]

"Transposed instruments shouldn't exist"... until you have to play more than one clarinet in different keys and the fingering system is not consistent and you have to relearn all of your fingerings on every clarinet instead of just having the same fingering system with transposed music So you can either relearn the instrument every time... or just deal with transposition and learn only one fingering system. One of these is easier than the other :)

[@clumbus894]

As a clarinet player this eas beyond painful lol

[@JoVeda_xo]

I went from guitar piano to clarinet because im shy but sensitive

[@xenonyx]

Watching this before impulse buying a clarinet (guitar player)

[@becauseisaac]

Go for it :)

[@skylermoonbeam8140]

the high notes are hard to play as a beginner it took me like almost 2 years to completely master them….

[@arendaindian]

Why a clarinet? SQUIDWARD

[@Toast_Burnt]

Yeah no he forgot to put cork grease

[@SleepTimeRL]

I don’t know why, but I’m so angry at the fact that he didn’t put cork grease

[@isaacamaning4288]

Regards to the Academy

[@Themusiccomposer1639]

Just a quick tip c sharp is d flat Just like a high c is b sharp

[@Poydetm]

He plays, and it hurts me

[@etrmusic23]

Bass clarinet next ‼️

[@becauseisaac]

Maybe I’ll try bass clarinet at 10,000 subs ;)

[@Zoey5374]

@@becauseisaac just a heads up a new student bass clarinet, at least from a music store, is roughly 3k. For a Yamaha I think 211 (I forget exactly but something like that) it costs 3k (cad) plus taxes. I play bass clarinet and plan on buying on in the next year or so before I graduate high school. Some savings towards post secondary some towards a bass clarinet. It’s the same model I play in school, and I can reach the altissimo G (sometimes, I’m working on reaching it easier but I can hit up to the D or so with ease for the most part). It was painful watching you not knowing any of the fingerings even though it’s to be expected. I wanted to just reach through the screen and show you the fingerings… I have all fingerings from the low Eb to the altissimo D memorized.

[@Shaeshiah]

Is it ever to late to learn how to play an instrument or learn how to read music?