How to Read Tenor Clef with Ease

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This video teaches you how to read tenor clef just as easily as you read bass clef.
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00:00 Intro
00:48 What is Tenor Clef?
02:21 How to Read Tenor Clef
03:27 Tips to Become Comfortable Reading Tenor Clef
🙎🏼‍♀️ About Natalie:
Dr. Natalie Law is an active bassoonist and educator based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As an orchestral musician, she has most recently performed with the the Lansing Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and West Michigan Symphony. Natalie is a founding member of the Lansing-based woodwind quintet, Pure Winds, which was recently named a finalist for The American Prize and released an album under the Orpheus Classical music label. She has toured the United States as a performing artist and clinician at numerous institutions and conferences such as the Midwest Clinic and the International Double Reed Society Conference. Natalie received her DMA from Michigan State University, where she also obtained her Master's degree in bassoon performance. She completed her Bachelor's degrees in both bassoon performance and music education at the University of Montana. Her primary teachers have included Michael Kroth, Dorian Antipa, Elizabeth Crawford, and Jennifer Cavanaugh.
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23 июл 2024

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@lando_kxng4148 Год назад

I’m Soo glad this was made because I have to audition for my school wind ensemble with has half of the piece in tenor clef 🙏

@michaelschonauer7238 Год назад

When I was in junior high school I was fascinated with the bassoon. I was playing bass clarinet, and my band director at the time was open to giving me bassoon lessons during the summer. So, I took lessons just before I went into high school. Once in high school I was given an instrument that was in such terrible condition, that it literally took two people to assemble and disassemble it because of the condition of the corks. I gave it up... I ended up becoming a professional flutist instead. I still love the bassoon. It is a beautiful and noble instrument.

@peoplecallmepony4737 Год назад

Hello! I am an 8th grader and I am playing the Waltz with some of my band friends for a concert, this Video has helped me so much that you so much

@BuildingaBassoonist Год назад

Glad I could help!

@wibled4162 Год назад

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring😄

@BuildingaBassoonist Год назад

Bingo!

@MusicLover7545 Год назад

I've finally reached the point where it's easier to read tenor clef than leger lines above the bass! Now I just occasionally write in a note name when there's lots of clef switching to help anchor the shifts back and forth. Low tenor clef isn't automatic yet, I'll try your tip about writing melodies out! ALSO no one has understood my confusing tenor and treble clefs!!! Nice to know that's not just a me thing XD

@BuildingaBassoonist Год назад

Love that tip! Having “anchor” points can be a really great way to get more comfortable.

@quimiorlando Год назад

This was so good, thank you so much. Tenor clef has been very complicated, as a saxophone player, I play in treble clef and in the bassoon, I usually play in bass clef. But in our orchestra it has become more and more common to play in tenor clef.

@bb_blogs 2 месяца назад

after getting used to tenor clef, sometimes i look at passages and wonder "why didnt they make this in tenor clef" just because of how high it is

@aafrophonee Год назад

Going from high school concert band to university orchestra, I had to learn tenor clef FAST. But honestly, the more I practiced reading tenor clef the more I became "fluent". Many years later, I'm now in grad school (unfortunately not for music), and I'm still playing in my university orchestra. Last semester I took private lessons with a new teacher, an he had me working through the Orefici Melodic Studies, specifically because he often uses low tenor clef in his etudes. I thought after playing in orchestra for so many years that I was very proficient in tenor clef, but NO, Orefici gave me a tough time 😂

@speckledlemon Год назад

Just wait until you do Orefici Bravoura Studies...

@Rozalyn508 Год назад

My vocal range is in Tener range so I would like to transposed my favorite songs onto tener clef.

@ryankidd3252 Год назад

I always think treble up a line lol probably not the best way but works for me

@DwainRichardson Год назад

I’ll confess that reading the tenor clef was a pain when I was introduced to it two years ago. This was because I wasn’t used to seeing the clef in much band repertoire (even today, the tenor clef isn’t used at all in any piece I learn). When it came time to read some Weissenborn études, reading the tenor clef was a struggle because I often equated the tenor clef to the treble clef. Trainwreck ahead! At that time, my solution was to write note names above the notes, as Dr. Law suggested in the video. However, I was eventually asked to fill bassoon chairs in two amateur symphony orchestras. Sure enough, bassoon scores were written in bass AND tenor clefs, especially when I played the role of first bassoon chair. This was my opportunity to closely examine the tenor clef, know where middle C was, and practise reading the tenor clef without writing note names above the notes. Overall, I’ve gotten better at reading the tenor clef when playing in an orchestra. Reading has also improved when playing études. Believe it or not, I occasionally see the tenor clef in some choral music editions. Though many choral conductors will suggest that I read another edition with standard clefs, i.e., treble clef for sopranos, altos, and tenors; bass clef for basses, I decide to keep the original edition and practise my tenor clef reading. Dr. Law is correct: The more you practise reading the tenor clef, the better you’ll become. (-:

@lucasabellico8608 6 месяцев назад

Ciao ragazza bellissima😊 bel video!

@speckledlemon Год назад

I used Milde Scale Studies (Op. 24) to learn tenor clef before doing the concert etudes.

@BuildingaBassoonist Год назад

Those are great too!

@WastingTime8340 Год назад

I read tenor clef but I fought it for years. 1. Most music majors need piano anyway, so you already know treble. And 2. Flutes learn to read lots of ledger lines, np. ( My primary instrument is flute). I finally gave up and learned tenor clef for my bassoon but I still think it is stupid.

@BuildingaBassoonist Год назад

I agree with you. The logic behind it is a little backwards because many other instruments read lots of ledger lines. However it’s now standard practice and so many composers use/have used tenor clef that I don’t think there’s a way to break away from it!

@quimiorlando Год назад

You should do a video of about when the bassoon should play in treble clef.

@lando_kxng4148 Год назад

The bassoon barely reads in treble clef, the only times it dose is when it’s a note really really high, or if it’s like a grade 5-7 piece, apart from that we don’t play in treble clef it’s more rare playing that then alto or tenor clef.

@BuildingaBassoonist Год назад

It’s rare but it does come up on occasion, especially with contemporary composers. If I’m up in the very top register, I actually prefer treble clef so that I can read in the staff. But everyone is different and many bassoonists hate treble clef!