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Author: srattle
Date: 2010-06-28 15:38
Hi guys.
I've just finished school, and now I suddenly feel like a huge weight off of my shoulders, I'm interested in putting in some practice time on some different techniques that I haven't had the time/patients to spend the time on!
Could anyone point me towards some resources that I can at least start learning some of this stuff?
I would like to work on:
double tonguing
circular breathing
proper vibrato (any/all kinds)
slap tonguing
I think those should keep me busy for the time being.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it
Sacha
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Author: USFBassClarinet
Date: 2010-06-28 17:02
I would strongly suggest just utilizing the search functions here on this board, and on the Sax On The Web board. In depth discussions have taken place in the past on all of those and several people have several different ideas of how to do them. Read them, try them, and find what works for you.
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Author: mrn
Date: 2010-06-28 20:27
52 Clarinet Secrets by Michele Gingras contains some of that kind of stuff. I haven't read the book, but I have listened to and viewed her podcast on iTunes (it's video for some lessons, audio for the rest), and it's got some good ideas. The book is supposed to cover more topics than the podcast, so it's probably a good read.
I know the podcast covers double tonguing, circular breathing, and slap tonguing, so there's 3 out of your 4 right there. The circular breathing is particularly good (or at least I thought so--I haven't tried doing it myself, but after watching the video, I felt reasonably confident that I could learn to circular breathe on my own by following her method, because it was sufficiently clear and instructive)
You should also check out the videos on the Rico website:
http://www.ricoreeds.com
These contain some of Michele Gingras' videos as well as some other good videos on various topics such as circular breathing, vibrato, rapid articulation, multiphonics, etc. Not all of them are clarinet specific (some are for sax, while others are for bass clarinet), but then again, they don't necessarily have to be, do they? They keep adding new ones periodically, too, which is nice.
They even have a circular breathing lesson by Kenny G!
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Author: Fishamble
Date: 2010-06-29 11:46
Michael Lowenstern has videos explaining how to do slap-tongue and circular breathing. These are for playing bass clarinet, by the way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt8GPZXBfi8 (Slap-tonguing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7mToSjKu1A (Circular breathing. I've seen it, but I still can't quite believe it when I'm actually blowing into a bass clarinet!)
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Author: heather_roche
Date: 2010-06-30 15:24
There's also a very fine old method from Garbarino, from which I practised a lot of quarter tones, once upon a time. You have to check the fingerings he suggests against a tuner (as many didn't really work for me), but then again I suppose one should do that anyway.
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