Tonguing High Notes on Clarinet

[@ianclarkson4002]

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

[@ClarinetHQ]

Thanks for the comment! The best advice is to take things slow and think of yourself as an athlete. You're developing muscles and muscle memory. That takes time, patience, and focus on relaxed hand position. Scales are a great way to work on that, but really you can focus on fingers with any music as long as it's easy enough for you to devote brain power to focusing on your fingers. Here's a video that might help if you want an example of hand position: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZikqZ1rpbydis0

[@mmmmkay4773]

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

[@ClarinetHQ]

That can be really frustrating, but hang in there! Have you tried the whistle trick? That's helpful for a lot of my students. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZWtk5J7hK1sh6c

[@Whostolemypants-r2t]

@@ClarinetHQHello, I have the same problem too but I can’t whistle, are they any other ways to fix it?

[@Whostolemypants-r2t]

Btw it appears mostly when I’m doing fast high notes tonguing, I used enough air support