Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Your ideas are taking my playing to another level. You always give us something to think about. You have a great SOUND. (& the sound is what keeps me going). In my scene Saxophone makes the money. Playing in the pit for a Musical is the closest I've got to the Orchestral, but when I'm on Clarinet it feels right. You really help me. Thank ypu.
I love taking the time to figure out these fingerings on my own. They're especially useful in the third and fourth register ("altissimo"). I personally find that slurring is easiest when the two notes are in the same register, as long as you aren't playing a passage that's too fast to move all your fingers evenly. Also, it's useful to be able to search for anti-nodes (like the side Eb key in this case) on your own. For example, the register key is an ideal anti-node for (approximately) the note Bb overblowing to F.
This is actually how bassoon fingerings work in the third register, to which the fingering shown here belong. On the bassoon, all these upper register notes are all 3rd/4th/5th partials of right hand fundamental notes (F, G, A and Bb). Short fingerings are avoided because too weak.
This might just help me get un-stuck...! I am a next-to-absolute beginner (~1 month; I have a buffet b10, standard mouthpiece, n.2 vandoren reeds) now getting into the clarion register. I'd love to be confortable up to C above staff, but currently A/B/C are really resonating a lot with undertones (up to F no special problem). also, I suppose my reed is too soft... Great videos, btw ! Keep'em up ! And I hope I will be able to buy one of your C-clarinets soon...
@alex10396 This is a really good question. I'll address this in an upcoming video. I really haven't spoken of this as a specific topic in the past and I'm sure a lot of players would like to hear about it. thanks, tom
I llove your tone and skill in playing the high notes so softly. Do you have a finger chart showing the alternative fingerings for the altissimo register that I could buy?
I like the sound of the notes, but I find it very difficult to get the fingerings for the high B and C without squeaking. Any tips from anyone out there? Thanks!
hi, i was wondering if you could make a video on tips for playing the third octave on the clarinet. I'm not sure if you already have one or not, but i might have missed it when scrolling through your videos. I have an audition soon, and im having some trouble playing my scales 3 octaves. The highest note i can play comfortably is up to the third octave E. If you could give me some tips on how to get to the third octave G that would be very appreciated!
