Origin: CT
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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
People/Orgs: Molly Gebrian -
Zoom settings for clarinet performance (2023)
in RecordingThis video discusses configuring zoom for best quality clarinet recording, including Valid in February, 2023; subject to change going forward. Read more