Clarinet Secrets: 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Clarinetist

Contents

• Terminology 1 Tonguing Strategies
• 1. Rocket-Speed Tonguing
• 2. One-Motion Tonguing
• 3. Energy-Saving Tonguing
• 4. Finger-Tongue Coordination
• 5. Effortless Staccato across All Registers
• 6. Relaxed Jaw
• 7. The Light Tongue Exercise
• 8. Ping!
• 9. Articulation Vocabulary
• 10. Double Tonguing
• 11. Flutter Tonguing
• 12. Slap Tonguing 2 Intonation Strategies
• 13. Practicing with the Drone
• 14. Hearing Difference Tones
• 15. Tuning with the Piano
• 16. Using Fingers to Modify Intonation
• 17. Flat Chin
• 18. Three-Step Embouchure
• 19. Training Wheel for Lowering the Pitch
• 20. Tuning Games
• 21. Playing with a Very Soft Reed to Eliminate Biting
• 22. Ear Training in Clarinetists Quick-Tips Bulletin Board-Intonation 3 Tone Strategies
• 23. Breathing
• 24. Air Management
• 25. The Stereo Effect
• 26. Dissecting Tone
• 27. Practice Tone vs. Concert Tone
• 28. Tone Shopping
• 29. Printing Sound into Memory
• 30. Improving Embouchure Endurance
• 31. Knot in Tone
• 32. Playing with Fire
• 33. The Tone is Ringing!
• 34. Stopwatch Long Tones
• 35. Eliminating Cracking in High Registers Quick Tips Bulletin Board-Tone 4 Technical Strategies
• 36. Natural Finger Motion
• 37. The Hat Trick for Scales
• 38. The Half-Hole Exercise for Wide Intervals
• 39. Half-Hole Thumb
• 40. Left
• Index Finger
• 41. Little Finger
• 42. Perfecting the Chromatic Scale
• 43. Perfecting the High Register
• 44. Play Air Clarinet
• 45. The Stick on a Fence
• 46. Working with a Practice Partner
• 47. Predicting Mental Concentration
• 48. Sight-Reading
• 49. Transposition
• 50. Unusual Transpositions in Orchestral Excerpts
• 51. Developing Technical Independence
• 52. Altissimo Chromatic Fingerings
• 53. Super Altissimo Register
• 54. Practicing in Front of a Mirror or Video Camera
• 55. Practicing in Front of a Mirror or Video Camera Quick Tips Bulletin Board-Tone 5 Musicianship Strategies
• 56. Remembering Nature
• 57. Memorization
• 58. Listening to Opera Arias
• 59. Playing with Piano Accompaniment
• 60. Preparing your Music before the Performance
• 61. Keep a Practice Journal
• 62. Practice Tactics
• 63. Playing Posture
• 64. Recording Your Practice Sessions Quick-Tips Bulletin Board-Musicianship 6 Reeds and Equipment
• 65. Breaking in a New Clarinet
• 66. Selecting a Mouthpiece
• 67. Mouthpiece Patch
• 68. Tool-Free Reed Prep
• 69. Positioning Your Reed
• 70. Express-Speed Reed Balancing
• 71. Reed Clipper
• 72. Reed Rush
• 73. Synthetic Reeds
• 74. Installing an Instant Neck-Strap Ring
• 75. Moleskin Padding
• 76. Tape in Tone Hole
• 77. Tape Types
• 78. Valentino Synthetic Corks
• 79. Swab Removal Tool
• 80. Emergency Equipment
• 81. Bore Oil
• 82. EZO Teeth Cushion Quick-Tips Bulletin Board-Reeds and Equipment 7 Enhancing Repertoire
• 83. Be the First to Practice Second Clarinet Orchestral Parts
• 84. Eb Piccolo Clarinet
• 85. Bass Clarinet
• 86. Woodwind Doubling
• 87. Military Band Auditions
• 88. Clarinet and Organ Repertoire
• 89. Historic Chalumeau
• 90. German Clarinet
• 91. Jazz Clarinet
• 92. Playing World Music
• 93. Klezmer 94: Glissando a la Gershwin 95: Vibrato 96: Circular Breathing 97: Multiphonics 98: Growling 99: Braving Stage Fright 100: Technology for Clarinetists Quick-Tips Bulletin Board-Extra Tips Further Reading