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Beginning clarinetists reference and instruction guide with pictures
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Crash Course 2005
Clarinet
Step By Step…
This guide will help you to keep your instrument healthy.
This guide will lead you to producing good clarinet sounds.
This guide should make practice easy.
Start smart! Establish a quiet, secure place to assemble your instrument and begin to practice.
Put the case on the floor.
Put the reed in your mouth.
Take care of the corks
After following these steps, you are ready to put the reed on the instrument.
Grease all of the other corks, too. Wipe your fingers on your pants (if they are
washable). We will assemble the other pieces in a moment.
Grease cork of MP(mouthpiece)
Twist MP and Barrel together
Place ligature loosely onto MP
“Squeegee” the reed it needs to be moist, but not too wet
Where does good tone come from?
MP and Barrel
Ligature
The Reed and YOU
•Embouchure
•Ictus (tongue release)
•Air speed
•Air temperature
Reed Alignment What to do…
Lift the ligature with your left pointer finger
Put the reed butt onto the face of the MP
Slide the reed down using your right thumb
Wiggle the reed using your thumbs until there is a tiny black line of MP at the top of the reed
Reed Alignment…What NOT to do Don’t touch the paper thin edge
of the reed Don’t leave a big black space on
the side of the MP face beside the reed
Don’t make the reed stick up over the top of the MP
Don’t leave a big black stripe above the tip of the reed
Don’t tighten the screws too much
Don’t scrape the reed on your shoulder or arm and break the tip
Don’t use too many reeds, they cost money!!!
Add the Mouthpieceand Barrel
With the upper joint secure in your left hand, pick up the pre-assembled MP and barrel
Twist and push the two parts together
Avoid touching the rods that the arrow indicates
Assembling the Clarinet Body
Pick up the upper & lower joints
Put your hands on the instrument just like the picture
Twist (only a little) and push the parts together
Watch the key that the arrow is pointing to, the metal needs to align and not bend.
The Bell Keep the right hand on the
lower joint Pick up the bell in the left
hand Twist and push the bell onto
the lower joint Be sure that your fingers are
not on or bending the rods that the arrow points to
Playing your first “good note”… Hold the half-clarinet at the barrel
with your right hand Form an embouchure (mouth
formation for making musical sound)
Embouchure
Top teeth touch MPBottom lip stretches
over bottom teethSeal corners of mouth
With the left hand ready to cover holes, blow cool, fast air through the instrument
The note “G”!
Practice playing the note G on any rhythm pattern you can create. Write some patterns down. Play each pattern in one breath.
The note G
Practice playing the note F on any rhythm pattern you can create. Write some patterns down. Play each pattern in one breath.
The note F
Practice playing the note E on any rhythm pattern you can create. Write some patterns down. Play each pattern in one breath.
The note E
Practice playing the note D on any rhythm pattern you can create. Write some patterns down. Play each pattern in one breath.
The note D
Practice playing the note C on any rhythm pattern you can create. Write some patterns down. Play each pattern in one breath.
The note C
Playing combinations of notesUse the notes C, D, E, F, and/or G to create short melodies
Create your own melodies
Try to use every note that you know Use different rhythm patterns
When you are done practicing… If you need to stop for
a moment, then place your clarinet in a safe location. Teachers put their instruments on a peg stand or rest them on the case. Remember to keep the keys “up”.
Clean the clarinet, put in its case
Remove reed, dry it. put it in
it’s caseSwab in
Swab through
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Dissemble the clarinetRemove Bell
Place lower joint into case
Finish putting the clarinet away
Place upper joint in case Place barrel in case
Finally, put the mouthpiece away and latch the case securely.