How to Make First Chair - Clarinet, Saxophone Articulation

[burritopowah]

-.- pretty much all of the clarinet and flute players in my band need to know how to tongue the notes like this... It annoys me so much when the person sitting next to me plays the entire song like they're drunk...

[triplewee10]

my friend is the first clarinet of the bass clarinet section..she's the only one

[HunnyBunny9548]

I play the Bass Clarinet.. And im First chair...

In my band there are five bass clarinets.

[drumstyx6464]

wow, quick single tonguing! for that final tempo/exercise i would have to use my flick tonging technique

[gery98]

why are you going high on that sharpie

[magiccat726]

ha i play clarinet. lol

[kookykallie]

i play the clarinet

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

The thing is most of the masterclasses and private lesson teachers have told me tounguing on the clarinet should be lower than that....I don't know anyone who actually does that.

[tingcarlos]

your fingers get too far away from the clarinet (butterfly fingers as my director liked to say) this can affect your response when you are playing faster harder music and not tonguing warmups

[XoRandomblondeXo]

do u play both clarinet and sax?

[musicianintheshadows]

The video should have just been a lady saying "Practice" because I was first chair last year, and all I did was practice for four months and jumped 17 years from the previous year.

Not like this stuff doesn't help or anything, but it's not like you can watch a couple videos and buy a bunch of books and get first chair in a year.

[clr550]

She made this video back in 1999 (I think) for some "Online Master Classes" I was producing...long before any "How to Make First Chair" stuff came along. And you should check out the book before you pass judgment...you might be pleasantly surprised. :) Thanks for stopping by.

[musicianintheshadows]

Not bothering, just going to keep doing it the old fashioned way.

[cubby1911]

awsome this stuff was so usefull im only a 3rd year clarinet player this is really helpfull

[theinvisiblelight]

now wait a second. i play the alto sax and tonguing that way is most definitely not the best way to tongue. it all depends on the situation at hand.

[cntheart]

Untrue.

[thedrillmaster16]

The best way to tongue the alto sax is with the tip of the tongue and when you do it, thinking syllables such as "EE" and "Ti." They actually really help and when you think those syllables and play, it helps make the tip of the tongue touch better.

[theinvisiblelight]

in certain situations.

[thedrillmaster16]

To teach an individual at first, this is the best way, yes you are right in certain situations, but as you grow as a player, you will be able to know when this is, but for a beginner or intermediate level student, this would be the first method I would teach.

[theinvisiblelight]

thank you, thats all i wanted.

[cubsfan1591]

the easy way of making first chair on any instrument: actually practice everyday

[cntheart]

Correctly.

[theinvisiblelight]

so you're telling me that you would use the exact same tonguing for classical as you would for swing? for different music you use different tongue. thats a 't' tongue shes teaching. you use a 't' tongue in say, a ballad and it most definitely wouldn't sould good.

[cntheart]

Yeah just when your tonguing say different words like 'dee' 'da' shit like that.

[theinvisiblelight]

you dont actually say them. but shes teaching the 't' tongue as the best. it isnt, none are the best.

[MrLiqouricestick]

'Tip of the tongue - tip of the reed' is the most 'effective' and fastest way of tonguing on the clarinet, but I don't feel you should be too dogmatic about it and say this is the only 'correct' way of tonguing. It does not allow for the fact that no two people share exactly the same physiognomy in respect to the shape, length, width and thickness of their tongues and that, for physiological reasons, it may not always possible for a person to use the very tip of their tongue during articulation

[chozie7]

holy crap! thank you very mucho!!!! my tonguing suckz but hopefully this helps me!

[Billfamustu19]

Her name is Deborah Bish..... she's a clarinet Dr./ Professor @ FSU (Florida State University) Im a 2nd yr clarinetist in her studio.....shes awesome!!!!

[TihadBaker]

She wasn't even playing at the end of the tongueing example.

[violinthief]

Kudos - much better than "expert village". Incidentally, who is this clarinetist?

[Clarinet927]

this is very useful ty

[daclarinave]

what excercise did she say she used? i couldn't understand

[daclarinave]

what tonguing excercise thing did she say. i didn't understand what she said.

[lysho30]

Whoa, you helped me alot thanks...do play the saxaphone too??

[saxoclar]

Wow, an instructional video actually worth watching!!!