Posted by: clariniano on: July 23, 2009
I’m kind of conflicted on the practice of long tones, I know of at least a couple of pieces that have a sustained long tone (the end of the Finzi Carol from his Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, and the end of the Lullaby movementof Srul Irving Glick’s Suite Hebraique. On the other hand, students [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 12, 2009
Over the years I have been a musician and music teacher, I have made a number of things to assist in music learning and teaching, and so I thought I would finally write about them. Do you ever struggle to find a pencil when practicing or teaching music? A simple way to solve this problem [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 5, 2009
6th Annual Kidz Music Camp July 13th-16th, 2009 9:00 am to 12:30 pm New Apostolic Church, 661 Danforth Ave (at Kennedy/St. Clair) All instruments (voice, winds, strings,percussion needed–especially lower winds lower strings) Bring your instrument and a music stand. Ages 6-15; older students and adults are needed as assistants for various ensembles. You may register [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 5, 2009
1. They have experienced their first case of “water in the tone holes” 2. They start desiring for a better instrument, and are working on saving the money for it. 3. They spend their money on things related to their instrument 4. They tell clarinetists who don’t swab their instruments after playing that they are [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: June 7, 2009
Although it was called a piano recital, it was not really one. First, a recital is one that features a soloist, and this concert had approximately 20 people performing. Second, a few people, including yours truly, performed on instruments other than the piano; there was also a violinist and also a percussionist at the concert. [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: May 25, 2009
Much has been touted in the last few years about the use of neck straps by clarinetists. While clarinetists who use one praise it and encourage others to use one, there are several reasons why most clarinetists (I have only had one student in which this was the only solution to the weight of the [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 8, 2009
A beginning student can have a good-quality instrument, good-quality reeds, a good-quality mouthpiece, and a good teacher. However, there are problems with the ligature: even when very loose and the student is placing it in a correct position (or trying to place it in a correct position), there are still problems with the sound quality. [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 6, 2009
Poor-quality mouthpieces, usually mouthpieces that come with new instruments, create at least four difficulties for beginners: they are difficult to blow on, they have poor tone quality, they have problems with their tuning, and they contribute to unfocussed sound even when the student is playing with correct embouchure. Poor-quality mouthpieces are often difficult to blow on, [...]
