Tips for Crossing the Break on Clarinet with Denise Gainey

Crossing the break is one of the biggest challenges for new clarinet players, but it doesn't have to be! Demystify the break for you or your clarinet students with these helpful tips from Backun Artist Denise Gainey.
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[@redbullcb]

"One small step for music, a giant leap for clarinetkind" 💪🏼🔝

[@dkaik]

Teaching resonance fingerings is vital. Much better to teach them earlier on when possible. Helps keep fingers low to the clarinet, obvious tone improvements, and easier note transitions. Great lesson!

[@pcolmenaresg]

Great explanation, and what a calm and beautiful voice she has.

[@TheEvo01]

Excellent demonstration on how to do a proper way to cross the break 👌👌👌👌

[@jettyyyclarinet8126]

Thank you for these tips! It would be useful for someone like me who's having struggles on crossing the break.

[@vsuoxz]

Thank you so much! This has helped my cross the break for the first time!

[@creeperazul903]

Helpful for us! Thank you!

[@smackraw123]

Can you guys do a video on the Lumiere and Protege barrels?

[@bevtooth]

It's not just 'young' students who struggle with playing over the break. It's new 'players'! I'm 52 and have started learning the clarinet. I've just gotten to this stage and omg it is difficult

[@torityler758]

Whoever gave Dr. Gainey a thumbs down, I hope your reeds dry out

[@backunmusical]

LOL!

[@jonnobloggs1139]

I would make them play a trill from low c to middle b flat double fortissimo at a tempo of 330 without going out of time!

[@s0mep3rs0n-o8w]

@@jonnobloggs1139 oh dang they gonna have a bad time

[@Neuro_Spicy887]

😂

[@mr.l4770]

Do you have any tips for breaking bad fingering habits? I'm going to be in university soon, and I just learned recently, I've been playing the "wrong fingering" on the clarinet when I cross the break. In other words, I play B on the right hand and C on the left. I've been learning it this way the entire time I've been playing the clarinet, so it's hard to break this habit. If you have any tips, recommendations, anything, please do tell

[@maddiduplessis7748]

THANK YOU!! I needed this

[@cmiusui7428]

This helped so much as beginning band like SO MUCH because I was having so much trouble and no one even KNEW how to help me-

[@backunmusical]

Thanks for watching!

[@uriben-gal6620]

Excellent !

[@Liverpool27]

Great video, thanks so much. With regards to embouchure and air support changes needed to cross the break, is there another video that someone could link me to? Thanks so much

[@sandrahay9149]

Great tips,

[@MarcosLopez-cu6ui]

Good advice! Gracias 👍

[@jacklyncheung4993]

Excellent teaching!! Thank you

[@backunmusical]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mmmmkay4773]

Super excited to put these techniques to work this morning. But first, BREAKFAST! Lol

[@backunmusical]

It's the most important meal of the day!

[@backunmusical]

What's your favorite tip for crossing the break?

[@johnkotches8320]

Backun Musical Services practice, practice, practice 😀

[@smoke09able]

This was very helpful!

[@truths_]

Can you guys do a video on the Beta Clarinets?

[@Cornodebassetto]

reVize I’ve done one for Dawkes

[@diminuendo7525]

one of the best ways to make crossing the break is to play bass clarinet and then go back to Bb clarinet because omg its much harder on bass and if you can do it on that it makes it super easy on Bbh

[@nostalgiccartoons7385]

Good Day. How much cost for that clarinet?

[@son_of_ottie]

Lady, I don't know who you are, but I LOVE YOU as a teacher. You come across as caring and trustworthy and if a teacher has those two traits they can do no wrong in my book.

[@clelake7645]

Yes. She is FABULOUS!

[@friselectif]

The end of this video is something none of my 2 clarinet teachers told me in 7 years.. i can't believe it

[@maddiduplessis7748]

I appreciate the thumb tip btw

[@eylam9690]

A revelation!

[@kingivirus]

My problem is going from a to b

[@darrylbatchem8985]

Resonance fingering? Oh that makes sense now. Thanks very much for sharing.

[@christineprowse6328]

Interesting but too fast.