Good lesson. I am a teacher. I don't tend to explain to my students in too many details. My strategy is more to ask them to aim in different directions than it would be intuitive to them. As far as staccato I just tell my students to practice hours of tenuto articulation. The trick to staccato is to master tenuto first.
Hi Cally, You are doing great with Camille. Love to both of you. I can empathize because our feisty feral Lucky is old and has to take some med! Keep it up! Love, Richard
Very usefull exercise. I do daily the chromatic scale ( from E2 to G5) articulating 3 times ( methronomon 60 bpm- 2 times, 4 ti.es and 8 times). This took me to better level of articularion. Thanks for the tip. 👏👏👏
First two hours owning my clarinet and you really helped alot especially with the jaw and getting set up before we start Thank you P.S. I see you jaw and mouth do not move at all. haha glad I found out that from you really quick before I got a bad habit
Great exercise! There is a percussive sound in the clarion register part of it in this recording. Is that a recording artifact or could you hear it while playing? Perhaps it wouldn't be apparent from a greater distance if it was in the playing....
Great question. While I do this I like to challenge myself to touch the reed lighter and lighter as I go, like a taste bud as close to the tip as possible. As you heard, a little ‘buzz” upon contact happens if the reed doesn’t completely stop. Harder reeds can usually eliminate the issue. I try to warm up on softer reeds when I can as they are more of a challenge to work with and can help me practice greater control. Hope that helps. Have you tried this yet? Or do you have any ways you like to challenge yourself when working to improve articulation?
@@callyclarinet I like Fred Ormand's very simple quarter note exercise from his book. Do you know it? I find that when I take students through it slowly over the course of several months moving up one note per week they develop great legato. Takes just a couple of minutes of practice time and the same in lessons.
Please! Can you start playing with Bonade ligature again, It's the best on your ligatures video! I just rewatched It and my opinion hasn't changed to this day! It gives sound with core! bold sound!
Thank you - the things I dislike about the Bonade (cheap metal, inconsistent screws, breaks easily, slips when changing from Bb to A clarinet) outweigh the the two things I like about it (affordable and nice sound). I thought I had it figured out when I just tightened the heck out of it to keep it from slipping when changing from Bb to A, but the I found myself buying a new one every couple months because the metal would snap. It was a huge pain. I was spending more money replacing the Bonade than any other ligature I have ever had. Not worth the stress to me for minimal difference in sound quality.
@@callyclarinet Oh! I didn't know about those quality issues you had. I ordered one non inverted 24k gold Bonade from RDG woodwinds. I think these are better quality than the cheap nickel Bonades and they don't slip off the mouthpiece.I'll see when I get It... I watch Dale Fedele channel, on one video he says that changing the screws on ligatures can change the sound and response of them. After trying this myself on some stock metal ligatures I have(which play good) I can confirm that he's absolutely right! I can make them play and respond better by swapping the screws between them or even If putting some 3rd party screws (If I had..). So, If you ever have a good quality, more durable Bonade, or even anoter metal ligature with screws, I highly recommend you to experiment with changinng them until you find the ones play the best for you, I guarantee, you'll notice quite a difference.
When did you switch back to the BD5 from the B40Lyre ? In that previous comparison vid , you stated you liked the B40Lyre a bit better ... what changed ?
I’m catching up! Last video w sweet Camille! 💕🐱 Great video! Articulation separates the men from the boys, so very important topic! I’m taking your HOME idea. Excellent tips! Blowing through the articulation is something I find myself saying 10 times a week, lol. Sometimes my articulation part of the lesson sounds like air, air, air, air..... 😁 👏🎼
Good lesson.
I am a teacher.
I don't tend to explain to my students in too many details. My strategy is more to ask them to aim in different directions than it would be intuitive to them.
As far as staccato I just tell my students to practice hours of tenuto articulation.
The trick to staccato is to master tenuto first.
Hi Cally,
You are doing great with Camille.
Love to both of you. I can empathize because our feisty feral Lucky is old and has to take some med!
Keep it up!
Love,
Richard
Thanks for the great video .
this is again a great exercise!
Very usefull exercise. I do daily the chromatic scale ( from E2 to G5) articulating 3 times ( methronomon 60 bpm- 2 times, 4 ti.es and 8 times). This took me to better level of articularion. Thanks for the tip. 👏👏👏
Thank you for adding your routine to the comments here - dedication to fundamentals is so important!
First two hours owning my clarinet and you really helped alot especially with the jaw and getting set up before we start Thank you P.S. I see you jaw and mouth do not move at all. haha glad I found out that from you really quick before I got a bad habit
I'm so glad my video helped! Thanks for watching!
Sending love Cally! Always lovely video too
Thanks, Lara 🎶❤️🐈
Thanks for the informative video! I appreciate it!
Glad it was helpful!
big things have small beginnings
Great exercise! There is a percussive sound in the clarion register part of it in this recording. Is that a recording artifact or could you hear it while playing? Perhaps it wouldn't be apparent from a greater distance if it was in the playing....
Great question. While I do this I like to challenge myself to touch the reed lighter and lighter as I go, like a taste bud as close to the tip as possible. As you heard, a little ‘buzz” upon contact happens if the reed doesn’t completely stop. Harder reeds can usually eliminate the issue. I try to warm up on softer reeds when I can as they are more of a challenge to work with and can help me practice greater control. Hope that helps. Have you tried this yet? Or do you have any ways you like to challenge yourself when working to improve articulation?
@@callyclarinet I like Fred Ormand's very simple quarter note exercise from his book. Do you know it? I find that when I take students through it slowly over the course of several months moving up one note per week they develop great legato. Takes just a couple of minutes of practice time and the same in lessons.
No, but I will check it out. Thanks for sharing 🎶🎶🎶
Please! Can you start playing with Bonade ligature again, It's the best on your ligatures video! I just rewatched It and my opinion hasn't changed to this day! It gives sound with core! bold sound!
Thank you - the things I dislike about the Bonade (cheap metal, inconsistent screws, breaks easily, slips when changing from Bb to A clarinet) outweigh the the two things I like about it (affordable and nice sound). I thought I had it figured out when I just tightened the heck out of it to keep it from slipping when changing from Bb to A, but the I found myself buying a new one every couple months because the metal would snap. It was a huge pain. I was spending more money replacing the Bonade than any other ligature I have ever had. Not worth the stress to me for minimal difference in sound quality.
So, I do like the sound but really hate everything else
@@callyclarinet Oh! I didn't know about those quality issues you had. I ordered one non inverted 24k gold Bonade from RDG woodwinds. I think these are better quality than the cheap nickel Bonades and they don't slip off the mouthpiece.I'll see when I get It... I watch Dale Fedele channel, on one video he says that changing the screws on ligatures can change the sound and response of them. After trying this myself on some stock metal ligatures I have(which play good) I can confirm that he's absolutely right! I can make them play and respond better by swapping the screws between them or even If putting some 3rd party screws (If I had..). So, If you ever have a good quality, more durable Bonade, or even anoter metal ligature with screws, I highly recommend you to experiment with changinng them until you find the ones play the best for you, I guarantee, you'll notice quite a difference.
Great advice - thank you for the tip! I was actually thinking about changing out the screw in my BG ligature anyway...
@@callyclarinet You will put same stock screw or another one??
When did you switch back to the BD5 from the B40Lyre ? In that previous comparison vid , you stated you liked the B40Lyre a bit better ... what changed ?
Yeah, I go back and forth... Just get tired of the same thing for too long. Maybe the BD5 will stick this time :-)
Sorry to hear that Camille is not very well. 🐱x
I’m catching up! Last video w sweet Camille! 💕🐱
Great video! Articulation separates the men from the boys, so very important topic!
I’m taking your HOME idea.
Excellent tips! Blowing through the articulation is something I find myself saying 10 times a week, lol. Sometimes my articulation part of the lesson sounds like air, air, air, air..... 😁
👏🎼