How to Play Rhapsody in Blue

[Superunknownful]

i dont even play clarinet and i watched all of it

[Orchidoclastie]

Son abominable!



[skiddlecrumms]

I'm subscribed now.

[Eb1129]

Amazing! Where can I get the sheet music and how do I learn to slide?!?!?

[bdgeorge7]

Awesome job Kyle, I like your teaching style. I picked up my clarinet after 30 years of little playing and your video is really helping me to play one of my favorites.

[751153359957751]

dude!!! how long have u been playing?? how old are u??? ur better than most pros!!!!!!!!!!!

[webcamfan2569]

what does in blue mean?

[kantalope]

@webcamfan2569

It's just the title of the piece

[James22255]

@webcamfan2569 its like a term sadness

[mUsIcLuVr686]

Beast :D Helped a lot

[drdan417]

Kyle, Thanks for the great video. I have a similar story to others who have posted. I am a 53 year old former high school clarinet player. I went out and got a new buffet a couple of years ago and have been getting back into playing. I always wanted to know how to play the Rhapsody in Blue intro and really enjoyed learning from your video! Between this and the klezmer clarinet postings im having a lot of fun in 2 local music groups. Thanks, u da man.

[feqqet]

you rule, dude. Recently I was lucky enough to win a Buffet full boehm clarinet made 1950. I still cant "slide" that much. Your embouchure is great and you are a fantastic educator and make it fun. Your tone is so crisp, wow. Your first - wonderful, thanks loads. I use a free blowing mouthpiece by Clarks Forbes 3L. It is effortless and it maintains good tone. I have greater dynamic range and more precise staccato.

[ca4Gochops]

what reed/mpc are you using? i cant seem to get this out on a B45.

[ShadowsOfLite]

Be pretty amazing if you showed a slide tutorial for the high F =D

[SanteeDrummer323]

I can oficially play this =D!! Haha

[SanteeDrummer323]

How do play th high F??!!! Dx!!!!

[debodrumsitck27]

this is great. :D now i can learn how 2 play the song. I'm so excited now. You're great at playing the clarinet. i have been playing for almost a year and i can go to the high b. i hope i can play like u in a few years :)

[JasmineDancer13]

this helped SO much

[SanteeDrummer323]

This was great! =) other ppl just playand expect ppl to no ther every note... -_- awsome man..

[kantalope]

@PivotDude013

Thank you! If you talk to some other clarinetists who play for a living you'll find that a lot of them aren't a stereotypical old man who teaches the way you think.

[talbotvanman]

@AmericasRollerCoast1 correct me if Im wrong but when I started learning

again recently I was told that unlike the saxaphone the clarinet does NOT

have an octave key (something about it being a 12th note)

[kantalope]

@talbotvanman

The clarinet definitely does have an octave key, it is commonly called the register key for the clarinet. It's called that even though the use of it for common notes raises the pitch with the same fingers up 12 steps. For example, a C played with your left hand right below the staff with the octave key is a G 12 steps above that C.

[sandimasdoc]

I played clarinet in high school waaay before you were born--anyway after 43 years I opened my clarinet case, took it in, had it overhauled and began taking lessons--(I'm61) I started looking around on YouTube for help and here you are!! Thanks for helping an old fart like me reconnect with my amazing clarinet. I think maybe I can do this!! thanks to you, although the slide from F to high F is giving me complete fits! but I'll just keep watching your video...THANKS!!

[kantalope]

@sandimasdoc

Of course!  I'm glad that I was able to inspire somebody =)

[Erikl8]

Hi Kyle, I have a question. When listening to different versions of Rhapsody in blue I noticed different clarinet solo's. The one you play is like the original one from the movie Rhapsody in Blue, starting on G. Then F# and chromaticcally up, changing to glissando in the upper octave up to the high C. Most new versions are different, from the great orchestra's in the world, like Chicago etc. They start at low G, but not to F# but again on G and not chromatically up, but diatonically.

[kantalope]

@Erikl8

I got a look at the original after I played it and recorded all of this and you are right. Honostly, if it's not being played for a professional reason then it doesn't really matter lol. Both ways sound good (to me at least), I think, and can be played whatever way you want.

[amethystgtr102]

cool how did u learn this!!!!

[paintsesh]

Please can you make more tutorials like this one.

[paintsesh]

Your a brilliant teacher, ive only been playing for 4 days but your video has helped loads.

[andrea22213]

Thanks

It's not easy to explain what you do with embouchure, throat etc.

You explained it as well as possible.

[r8sje]

very nice video :) very nice teacher :$ lol, thanks for this im gonna practise a lot O_o

[999Phineas]

I learned more watching this video than in my class. Your just awesome.

[ShadowsOfLite]

That's some sexy vibrato

[moremusic15]

i love you <3 hahaha

[4melirose]

i've been working on this for a while now...i keep getting this blip between the scale and the gliss...i think i'm having trouble getting the notes around the break (a through c) to connect to the gliss starting on d. any suggestions?

[kathywilliams76]

I am impressed with your gliss, vibrato and grasp of the feeling of the solo. Speaking personally, I would not go down to the f # nor would I play the chromatic as I played this piece last year and don't think it is indicated in the score. You may be impressed by my gliss and vibrato, go to Amazing Grace encore or Amazing Grace are. Sclater

[KaelynBethTv]

your hot(:

[vaneheraz]

like like like like like like like like!!! OMG!! now you´re my teacher :D

[BrianSki57]

I'd like to be your mouthpiece ;)

[drkmge4]

Thanks so much, my girlfriend was playing this the other day and I asked her to teach me and she told me to watch your video, great job btw.

[TheMrEbob]

could you send me the notes because i cant keep up

[disgaea03majin]

Thanks I don't need to buy the whole score to be able to play the clarinet solo....and again Thank you!!

[draco1204]

cool looks hard

[CaptainJabari]

Great explanation of rapsody in blue.

[lemonOFdoom]

What mouthpiece are you using right now?

Very very VERY nice explanation, thanks alot =D

Hope to see more from you, maybe on K622 if you will?

[kookydutie]

I think I'll just stop at the trill, too much to remember

[DevilishXangel00123]

The face you do when you do the Glissando at the very beginning is absolutely priceless. But you're still a cutie. xD

[rheamr]

what note do you start the glissando on? is there a typical starting point for the glissando or do most players just start it where they can?

[kantalope]

@rheamr

I start around a middle C but it's from where ever the person playing feels cmofortable

[AHSOSU]

Great sound! Keep it up!

[ClassShow]

Kyle, You have a great sound. The instructions are easy to follow. Keep it up.

-Lucas

Sophomore,

Ohio State University

[AmericasRollerCoast1]

how do you play the high F at 4:36?

[kantalope]

@AmericasRollerCoast1

You use your 2nd and 3rd finger on your left hand and the pinky key while holding the octave key and hole in the back

[NaSaKeX]

@AmericasRollerCoast1 If you can't directly hit it, Make a high D then add your pinky (left hand) then release your index finger (right hand).

[AmericasRollerCoast1]

better clarinet player than singer... no offense

[MrWoodwinds505]

I've been trying to learn this piece FOR EVER! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'm in 8th grade, and I use a Buffet E11 clarinet. I also use vandoren reeds, and plan on getting La Vozz reeds to help me with the fast notes. I SUBSCRIBE!

[Mrdudelg]

Hahahaha! Transcribe audio is hilarious! "I'm a powerful hundred eighties you had the kind of soul of the interesting."

[starbuxntimmys]

5:37 he's so adorable <3

[AmericasRollerCoast1]

I can play the notes, but im struggling with the gliss. Any tips?

[kantalope]

@AmericasRollerCoast1 I have another video that teaches you how to slide!

[akamaru3]

What clarinet do you use?

[kantalope]

@akamaru3

A Buffet E11. If you are planning on upgrading just go with a Buffet R13

[akamaru3]

@kantalope I just got a r13 :) It is the best.

[16melid]

hey...do you have the sheet music for this??

[jabarisr]

is all this in the upper octive

[Natyae]

Thanks a lot from Valencia, Spain... Nice tutorial.

[Cherrybark]

This is a great tutorial Kyle. My daughter and I play clarinet and had a great time listening. Even my wife, who doesn't play, watched it through once and enjoyed watching you have such a good time.

Keep the posts coming please!

Just out of curiosity, what clarinet are you playing?

[truedodgerbluegirl]

You've helped me rediscover my love for my clarinet five years after I stopped playing it. :)

[BleedingBullet89]

I can't believe you're the same age as me and already so amazing!

I totally think I love you xD

[LeBethany]

haha it sickens me that youre so young and you do this so well. im a junior in college and just now learning to slide like that.... and i have to learn this quick in order to keep first chair!

i thought this tutorial was excellent, and definitely what i needed in order to learn quick! your "how to slide" video was excellent as well. thank you SO much!

p.s. thank you for being cute ;]

watching this over and over again definitely wasnt a burden lol.

[flameking01]

@LeBethany im an eigth grader and i already can slide its pretty easy

[LeBethany]

good for you!! thats excellent! i could have learned a while back i just havent taken time to practice it yet. i play professionally in a few orchestras, its the only thing i cant do!

so kudos to you for being able to do it!

[flameking01]

ur awesome r u in a wind ensemble

[tubonianflute]

Okay, nice tutorial and all, but you shouldn't do this whole, talk two seconds sing two seconds play two seconds thing. You have to let the student, or audience in this case, grasp what you're saying or playing. You might want to write this out in music notation marking the slide with a squiggly :) You might wanna give the note you start your slide on...and get some singing lessons, haha. It's okay though; a lot of good musicians(WITH PERFECT PITCH) can't sing, lol. Nice alt. fingerings.

4/5

[MusicManTX]

haha Nice Singing :P