Clarinet: Tonguing, Staccato, Legato, Tenuto, Accents! 

This was so helpful. I had forgotten how to play accents cause I had not seen them in my music in a while so this helped

2:00 Normal 3:28 Staccato 8:43 Tenuto 13:57 Accents

Tonguing always help me play better so thanks for the extra information!

Your channel is a great help to people like me. Thank you!

Thank you so much Michelle . Your explanations are always so clair and easy to understand, Bonne Année

Nice lesson now i know how to explain it to my beginners. Thanks!

I'm still plugging away with my ten instyruments,thgis is a great help for me to be aware of and to fit in to my practice sessions. Brian H. Littleton I'll use this with my saxes too.

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Thank you for the video. I am developing a series of lessons for recorder and appreciate the explanation and demonstration of TENUTO in particular, since that term has some ambiguity.

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it really helps me a whole lot because now i like to play the clarinet now and it,s good to learn how to play the clarinet I like it but a first I didn't want to play the clarinet it,s cool and the videos help you and the websites its really cool

Hi Michelle...the mystery is solved! I did not know the difference between regular tonguing and staccato tonguing...now I know!!! Thanks! This will help me practice.

As always, great tips! I appreciate them very much! I've picked up the clarinet very recently and I think I'm improving in technique but I can't get a clean tonguing, though, no matter how hard I try. The best way I can describe it is it sounds like I'm spitting out the notes. Especially on open notes, like the open G. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? Thanks again!

Question: no on tonguing. A friend of mine just moved in from the midwest. I was teaching the clarinet players chromatic F# ( first space using thumb and bottom 2 side keys on right side of clarinet). Where she came from which is a pretty well known university they were taught to always flip. All of my teachers never allowed me to flip. I used this fingering when I had an F-natural and an F# together. I used first finger F# when I did not have any F-naturals near. Have you ever heard of well known universities allowing their clarinetists to flip? I live in a state that has a gajillion clarinet players and many universities.

This is a bit off topic of this video but I'm in the upper altissimo register and I tend to over blow even those notes I'd like to have some tips on that. What is the best way to adjust to higher notes and also improve the passages between those notes

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have you ever heard of the clarinet book called measures of success?

8:12 - tenuto 9:40 - slur over dots

How would one attack staccatissimo (point) as oppose to staccato? I believe the marking looks like a tiny dagger. For instance the first note shows the dagger and the next three notes are legato.

Great Lesson,Thanks indeed

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thanks for the great video, but I would tell you to correct the first part. The first articulation is called Staccato and the second one is Staccato corto. It is a common mistake with italian language and it causes a lot of messy.

Hi, thanks for the video. I have one issue when my tongue leaves the reed. It makes noise and the note sounds terrible. How should I get rid of that?

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Could you make a video tutorial on how to play William Tell? Please :(

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Thanks!

2:20 staccato

This is incorrect. In classical music when we have slurred notes marked stacatto, it is usually portato.

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Hi Michelle - your video came up on the side of my screen when i was taking a look at one of my clarinet videos i posted last fall. I used to play a lot back in school, but now i only noodle around, maybe once or twice per year. I had a question about vibrato and i also invite you to take a look at my video, which is a composition for clarinet and piano in which I've tried to capture the essence of the fall season: So firstly, on your Brooklyn Bridge video, at 3 minutes and 20 or 22 seconds into the excerpt, it looks like you're creating a vibrato effect by repeatedly pressing the third finger of your left hand into its respective opening on the instrument. Is that what is happening? I couldn't tell for sure. Also, as I said, you or your students are welcome to take a look at a piece i wrote for clarinet and piano about the fall, called Wooded Walk Upon the Advancement of the Autumn Equinox. It's about 4 minutes long and not too terribly difficult. I approach writing from a Baxian point of view (early 20th century British school of composition) and keep it romantic. I left links to get the sheet music (for free) in the description. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X6AD1hN1Kag.html Best - Andrew Fez

12:16 accents

Saxophone player here, double on clarinet, etc. pretty frequently. Appreciate your videos very much.

Thank you for the video. It's cool that you can sing so well when you demonstrate. Many instrumental musicians cannot or will not attempt so sing, but it really helps in interpreting/explaining how the instrument should sound. :-D

Clean, clear clarinet staccato is an art in itself! Articulation is part of our musical vocabulary. You provide a great explanation of the techniques involved; one source for in-depth explanation and exercises for the stop-tongue staccato technique is Reginald Kell's book "Clarinet Staccato from the Beginning". It has helped me and a ton of my students improve on this aspect of their playing. Thanks for all you continue to do for the clarinet community!

I play brass, but this is by far the clearest explanation I've come across as to how to interpret those symbols - thank you, Michelle!

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Very interesting video. Sometimes I have some difficulties trying to find the difference between legato/tenuto and 'also legato', because I think the position of the tongue its very similar. Watching this video I understand tenuto emphasizes more the length of the note, and 'also legato' is lighter than tenuto. I'm right?

Please, can tou turn on automatics subs.? With automatic translation makes easier to understand you However is very usefull your channel! You are incredible! Congratulation and thanks! Love from spain!

Hi Michelle, I recently began doubling on clarinet (saxophone is my main instrument) and I've found that when I tongue above the break, I'll often squeak, and my fingers will be come uncoordinated with my tongue. This isn't the case with below the break, because I can articulate with different methods quite quickly with no squeaks. If I play very slowly though, I'll usually be able to focus on getting no squeak. Do you recommend any way of learning to articulate more quickly above the break? Thanks!

I am new and when I blow a G I get an F sound on 2 different makes of clarinet's, why do I get this sound? is it me or the Clarinet's?

I'm looking for portato on flute;;; My director said to just separate them, but it doesnt feel right. Especially when I listen to recordings-- its Menuet from L'arlésienne Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet

Really enjoyed that. very helpful. I’m away to practice

hey been watching your videos since quarentine began. you just helped me fix the bass keys on my bass clarinet. +100000 karma. thankx

I will watch the video again, but did not find much of a difference between #3, the notes with the lines over them (legato/tenuto) and #4, the notes with the dots plus the slur over them (also legato). Are they pretty much the same or did I miss something that would distinguish each style? Great video though for all wind players, woodwind & brass. Thank you Michelle.

Hi there, a super easy to listen to video. Great explanation. Can I ask you about tonguing the last note of a slur that ends with a staccato note: yes you tongue it Or No, you just slur off the last note with a staccato value of the note. Thanks Lynn

16 years of playing and I still can't do tounging...

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Many, many thanks from Czech Republic!

So can legato be played in different ways? For example: as a slur, or a tongued slur that uses dee rather than taa and is light on the reed? Thanks for yr videos they are clear and concise enough to apply quite quickly. I've actually bought the abrsm grade 1 music theory book for Clarinet as I enjoy learning(in theory), music principles, as I'm not yet good enough to play a classical piece. I'm only on lesson 7 of "a tune a day" by Ned Bennett(Amazon). My music teacher has asked me to play the "Skye boat song" on pg.29 legato by lightly tonguing but I'm having trouble with this. Wish me success after watching yr video above. MorgMoogie. P.S. I'll send you an extract to yr internet contact details.

Thank you very much! You helped me with my peice, Northpointe Fantasy by James Swearingen.

It is perfect that you modify this video with function of "Auto Generated Subtitles"

When you begin a piece? Do you tongue the first note right off hand? Or do you just simply blow through the horn and then tongue the next note? I’m always confused about this. Thanks

Hi may I ask u how I can stop make my clarinet squicking everytime I play staccato ?

I remember Ta and Tut from Tuba ……. less subtle to be sure…

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

Thanks for the wonderful lesson. I am new to clarinet and music theory. You are a good mentor and explain things very well. Peace!

Great explanation, thank you!

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There is no better way to spend Saturday morning pre-practice than watching one of your lessons! This is brilliant and hugely helpful, thank-you. I am just learning to play quavers followed immediately by a quaver rest, in sequence (off and on the beat) and inevitably end up playing staccato when there are no markings for me to do so. Please could you show how to play a quaver followed by a quaver rest with and without staccato? I know the difference must be a subtle one, but I want to discern that difference! Thanks again Michelle.

Very useful to me a new clarinet player

Appreciate all the videos!!! Thank you!!!

a composer here: thanks for the great insight. Very useful

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(Hope this comment is in the right place) Excellent video; thank you. I need to refine my clarinet playing, and this video on accents was right up my alley. I would be interested to know of there are published exercise books which would give me structured practise with these. I've bookmarked this video, and I know I will return to it several times to make sure I've got it right!!

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Thank you for this demonstration. I am not a clarinet player but I am a composer and I just got myself a very nice sampled clarinet vst and wanted to better know how to use The various techniques it came loaded with…

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Very Good video. I would greatly appreciate attaching subtitles in Spanish. Greetings from Colombia

Thank you, Michelle! I am very enjoying your lessons about clarinet. I am a amateur beginner, but I improved my clarinet technique from your lessons.

Hi I need help So in this song In 6|8 times I have a Eighth note with an Eighth rest in the middle and I don't know how to play it

I have jazz band auditions coming up and this was so helpful thank you so much 😭🙏

Hi Mich I play sax but like how you explain can you tell me what make and type of clarinet you pay in this video pls I have always like to have a go at one.

I began to play clarinet 4 years ago after not playing since high school 0ver 50 years ago. I now have upper false teeth and wonder how it affects air flow. I enjoy your video's

Very helpful stuff and a great job! Thx a lot! ❤️👌

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very nice explanation, thank you. I'm studying saxophone and was looking to understand the articulation. your video helps a lot! a million thanks

Lovely, Tanks!

Slur over dots: in the french tradition, the name is "louré". Thank you for your explanations.

For the staccato tonguing I use the same method that you mentioned. I have been told by several people that I am doing it wrong although I can get a pretty mean staccato. I asked another coworker how he stopped the note and he said with his air. So I asked him if he breathed between each note and he said no. When I asked him to explain to me what his tongue was doing inside his mouth he could not say. All he could say was that staccato was a style. Basically, he was unable to to support his answer. I read on lone that one way for a sax player to stop the air was to put the tongue on the roof of the mouth. Only problem with that is I teach that the motion of tongue is up to the read and then down. Putting it on the rough of the roof of the mouth contradicts that.

Très belles vidéos avec beaucoup d'explications .Bravo Michelle

I just got inspired to purchase a clarinet a few weeks ago and your videos are helping me tremendously! Thank you! :)

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Thanks Michelle, never having had the benefit of formal music theory lessons I had wondered how to interpret these markings, and now I know. That was very useful! John Spira

The Weissenborn Bassoon Method calls the slur with staccatos a "portamento."

Very good explanation! Thanks

Thank you. I find your videos to be most useful.

This was very helpful in my re0coonection with the clarinet.

I am self taught. I didn't know what tonguing meant. This video helped me to understand and perfect this technique.

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Thank you so much Michelle Anderson, for your time and teachings. I Look forward to see more videos.

What a great channel, wonderful teacher. Thank you!

Clear explanation great for beginners like me thank you

I'm going through a Clarinet Methods book, and the lesson I'm on now is Stoccato. I didn't know about stop-tongue stoccato, I've always done the fade-out version. Looking forward to trying stop-tongue!