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I’m playing on a bass clarinet, the solo is titled with “Low Clarinet” to include the contras as well.

I haven’t heard of anyone ruining their mouthpiece from rinsing it with water before-what’s the basis for that?

@@pwemusic314 Sorry I was thinking about the rest of the clarinet. The mouthpiece is fine to wash, but not the rest of it! Sorry!!😃

Good luck with them!

@@pwemusic314 Thanks 😊

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Getting the fingers moving faster is something we all have to go through, stay focused on playing it to the best of your ability rather than comparing yourself to people who have more experience

Kmea?

Except for bass clarinet lol

I’ve got a video back in the archives of this one on bass clarinet too 👍

@@pwemusic314 pllsssss post it lol

that’s the idea, good luck!

@@pwemusic314 i just wish you had etude 17 for bass and bb

Thank you!

my mistake, good catch!

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will do 👊

thank you!

That’s alright! Embouchure/voicing position for soprano clarinet is generally “high,” as in our lips are firm and tongue is high in the back, leaving little room to tighten/raise the tongue compared to loosening/lowering, meaning it’s more difficult to make the pitch sharper. Doing so also adds tension, which we generally want to avoid. If you consistently need to raise your pitch it’s better to adjust the instrument rather than rely on physical adjustment.

Thank you 🤣 that’s the one every director says “We won’t take it quite this fast…” with their fingers crossed behind their back

As an old teacher told me, “practice, practice, practice.” Work on moving just the very tip of your tongue and being as light as possible

Thank you for the compliment, hope it helps bring you success!

thank you!

Some embouchure adjustments must be made to avoid the note becoming “bright.” The register key is not a true tone hole, but we use it to produce a B-flat due to efficiency and ergonomics, the downside being a slightly more resistant note. Side key 3 is a tone hole, and so if we approach producing B-flat in the same manner it will result in a “brighter” sound. Acoustically the tone hole of side key 3 is the correct placement to allow the bore to support B-flat; as I tell my students though, use whatever fingerings you like, just make it sound good! Nothing works 100% of the time, but it’s always good to have in your toolbox.

Thank you!

Unfortunately you’ll have to ask your band director for another copy, the solos aren’t available for general access online

you can find this readily online, just google, that’ll be easier

​@pwemusic314 Pretty sure i downloaded a virus or trojan on my phone trying to do just that. 😅 It's been acting weird, and I didn't get no sheet music.

@@yacabe why wouldn’t you just look up the pdf 😭 there are a lot of audition pdfs that have this from actual websites.

thank you!

been there, and yes 😵

Thank you! Glad you enjoy!

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Hello! That they are, best of luck in getting through them!