Podcast 14 Adding The Bottom Joint

This is part of the series “Teaching Beginning Clarinet – Developing Good Habits from Day 1.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

  • Considerations about adding the bottom joint
  • Bridge key
  • Right hand position
  • Right thumb
  • Things to watch for

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Adding Bottom Joint (Outline Notes)
Clarinet Hacks – Thumb savers/mouthpiece patches (article)
Thumb photos:

Bridge Key

clarinet thumb rest

Assembly Photos:
Bridge Key

Bridge3
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Podcast 13 – Tonguing on Clarinet Day 2-5

This is part of the series “Teaching Beginning Clarinet – Developing Good Habits from Day 1.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

  • Tonguing on clarinet on days 2-5
  • Speed, lightness, release
  • Down the row
  • Other things to say

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Tonguing on clarinet (Outline Notes)
Photo:
Clarinet Tonguing
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Podcast 12 – Clarinet Tonguing (Day 1)

This is part of the series “Teaching Beginning Clarinet – Developing Good Habits from Day 1.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

  • Face your fears
  • Why we wait so long to start tonguing on clarinet
  • Teaching clarinet tonguing – day 1 – a system and words to use

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Clarinet Tonguing (Outline Notes)
Photo:Clarinet Tonguing (1)

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Podcast 11 Earning the Bottom Joint

This is part of the series “Teaching Beginning Clarinet – Developing Good Habits from Day 1.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

  • Reasons to stay on the upper joint
  • GFEDC (Waterfall)
  • How to earn the bottom joint
  • Making it a big deal

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Earning the Bottom Joint (Outline Notes)
Why Beginners Only Need 1/2 Their Instrument the First 6 Weeks of School (Article)
Right Hand Down (or Not) – article coming soon
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Podcast 10 First Note Reading & Note Name Games

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This is part of the series “Teaching Beginning Clarinet – Developing Good Habits from Day 1.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

  • Supplemental pages to start reading music
  • Note name games
  • Note name worksheet

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1st Reading & Note Names (Outline Notes)
Getting Started
More Lines to Play
Note Name Worksheet (C-B) (every line different objective)
MusicTheory.net (ideally kids do this one at home)
Link to Note Name Game 1 (2 line race) – I hope to post a video eventually
Link to Note Name Game 2 (colored staff – ideal for younger ages) – I hope to post this soon. Here’s a few pictures though – Call out “second line” or “G” and they put on a penny. Or have them spell “FACE.” etc.
Note Name games
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Podcast 9 Playing GFEDC

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This is part of the series “Teaching Beginning Clarinet – Developing Good Habits from Day 1.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

Podcast 08 Hand Position & Mouthpiece Only

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This is part of the series “Teaching Beginning Clarinet – Developing Good Habits from Day 1.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

  • Starting hand position (left hand only)
  • The thumb, fingers 12&3, the pinky
  • Finger drills
  • Mouthpiece only (pitch between C-C# concert)
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    Hand Position & Mouthpiece Only (Outline Notes)
    Thumb positions:

    Thumb1
    Thumb covers tone hole and pushes register key at the time
    Thumb2
    Thumb opens register but doesn’t cover tone hole (notice it’s so close it looks like it’s covering)
    Tone hole only (thumb barely touches register key)
    Tone hole only (thumb barely touches register key)

    Hand position from the front:
    Clarinet hand position

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Podcast 07 Keep it Fun & Open G

EPISODE 07  SHOW NOTES

This is part of the series “Teaching Beginning Clarinet – Developing Good Habits from Day 1.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

Podcast 06 Up to Pitch (Part 2)

EPISODE 06  SHOW NOTES

This episode of the Crossing The Break podcast covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

  • Helping clarinet students get up to pitch on mouthpiece & barrel
  • External embouchure problems and how to fix them

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Up to Pitch (Part 2) (Outline Notes)
Pictures of embouchure (Link to pictures)
These are the “muscles” I look for:Look for muslces1 (1)
This is how much mouthpiece I take:
Mouthpiece 1Mouthpiece Side
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Podcast 05 Up to Pitch (Part 1)

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EPISODE 05  SHOW NOTES

This episode of the Crossing The Break podcast covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:

  • Internal symptoms that can cause students to be flat on mouthpiece and barrel
  • Words to say and things to try to help them fix it

Free download of all outline notes for the entire 20 episodes (click here to ‘enroll’ in the free course which basically just allows you to download the full packet of Outline Notes. I hope to add more pictures/videos to this course at a later time, but for now it allows you to download all 20 episodes at once.)
Up to Pitch (Part 1)  (Outline Notes)
Up to Pitch (Part 2) (podcast)
Why Are My Clarinets Playing Flat? (article)
4 Clarinet Hacks (info about mouthpiece patches)
Photos:

Blow air across reed
Air across reed
Fast, cold air (like blowing out birthday candles)
Fast, cold air (like blowing out birthday candles)
Mirror edit
Keep Mirror Up High

 

 

Anchoring visualization
Anchoring visualization
Wiggle Check
We were focused on the wiggle check here and the chin is not flat enough. But this is how I do wiggle checks.

Pictures of embouchure can be found with Episode 4 here.
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