Year: 2023
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TPTV – Arnold Jacobs: Activate the Brain
in Musicalityn this episode, Arnold Jacobs discusses the importance of being actively involved in story-telling while playing, rather than investigating what one is doing physically. Play by sound rather than feel. Read more
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TPTV – Arnold Jacobs: Breathing
In this episode, Arnold Jacobs describes his views on breathing within the art form of music. He urged his students to think about the psychology of wind at the lips, and he encouraged shape change to allow for quantitative amounts of air to enter and leave the body (rather than the old school “tight gut”… Read more
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TPTV – Arnold Jacobs: Using Too Little Air & Development of Habits
Mr. Jacobs discusses the perils of playing with too little air. When playing in the negative portion of the respiratory curve, it becomes increasingly difficult to expel the air; the air velocity decreases while the work effort increases. The respiratory system’s muscular contraction effort begins to increase as the amount of air in the lungs… Read more
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Turn Original Sound ON before playing clarinet in a Zoom meeting
in RecordingThis is what happens if you try to play clarinet in a Zoom meeting with the wrong Original Sound setting: Read more
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Use Your Camera to Improve Your Embouchure
in EmbouchureMichelle Anderson of Clarinet Mentors presents a clarinet lesson on how to improve tone by focusing on one important embouchure correction. Real-life before and after photos. Read more
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Using overtones to create your most beautiful clarinet sound.
in ToneIntroduction to hearing and intensifying overtones in clarinet sound. Clarinetist Ralph McLane’s sound is used to demonstrate how learning to hear and intensify overtones in clarinet playing can improve sound. Video from Russell Harlow. This is a playlist of two videos. Use the menu icon in the upper right corner of the video to navigate. Read more
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Variable Practice vs Fixed Practice – What’s the difference? Which is best?
Are exact repetitions the best way to practice? This 3-part series explains why doing exact repetitions may not be the best way to practice (but also why doing variable practice isn’t always the best either!). It gives practical ideas for incorporating this into your practice. Read more
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Welcome to My Blog: A Guide to What’s Here and How to Find It
in # WelcomeThank you for visiting my blog! I’m thrilled to have you here. In this post, I will provide you with a brief tutorial on how to navigate and explore the blog content. Whether you prefer using the search function or the table of contents, I’ve got you covered. Let’s dive in! Using Search My blog… Read more