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Low Register Speed Challenge: Week Two!
Hi everyone, Heather here :) Welcome to Week Two of our Low Register Speed Challenge! This week we are working on Exercises 3 and 4 from our PDF. You might now be getting a better sense of what…
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What is your dream clarinet purchase?
If money were no object, what would you spend it on to improve or grow your clarinet collection? A bass clarinet? A particularly fancy model of Bb clarinet?…
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Crusell, Concerto No. 3
Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838) was a Swedish-Finnish clarinet virtuoso and one of the most significant Finnish-born composers before Sibelius. He spent most of his career in Stockholm (as…
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17Sep
September Community Meetup
Wed Sep 17 at 8 PM - 9 PM CESThttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88372513338?pwd=uaZAcTHMei3iy8TsGfXAF8hrvwbZ7r.11 going -
Low Register Speed Challenge: Week One
Hi everyone! Welcome to the first week of the challenge. The PDF for the whole challenge is above, and this week we are working on exercises 1+2. The trick with all of these,…
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Arthur Benjamin - Le Tombeau de Ravel
Hi everyone! This week's excerpts are from Arthur Benjamin's Le Tombeau de Ravel. I love the graceful quirkiness of this piece, which suits the clarinet so well, but is is a very challenging piece.…
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1Sep
How to start a sound “from nothing”
Mon Sep 1 at 8 PM - 9 PM CESThttps://app.tonebase.co/clarinet/live/player/clt-how-to-start-from-nothing3 going -
What other instruments do you play?
This week, I’d love to hear about what other instruments you play! Whether it’s the piano, the guitar, or maybe you double on another wind instrument, sometimes playing other instruments can actually…
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Improve Your Sound in the Clarion Register: Week Two!
Hi everyone - welcome to week two of what I know has been a challenging two-week intensive with a lot of music to get through. This week our first two exercises are a lot shorter,…
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The Low Register Speed Challenge: Information and SIGN UP!
Our challenge this September has a simple objective: improve your speed in the lowest register of the clarinet! For the first three weeks, I’ll present you with a few exercises and your job will be…
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Unfinished Business Challenge: Final Week!
Hello everyone, Heather here (as ever) - It’s the final week of the Unfinished Business Challenge! I know I struggled in Week 3 - finding the time to work through my unfinished business,…
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Useful Resources Outside tonebase
Hi everyone - I thought we should start a place to collect everyone's favorite websites and YouTube videos outside tonebase - I'll continue to update this page based on your comments below,…
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Improve Your Clarion Register: Week One!
Hi everyone! Welcome to the forum post for week one of our two week intensive on the clarion register: this will both help you improve your sound and technique in that register AND it will act as a…
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Week Three! Unfinished Business Challenge: let's go 💪
Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of the "Unfinished Business" practice challenge! Choose an piece that you have started to practice but never fully committed to finishing.…
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Bohuslav Martinů, Sonatina
For the next two weeks we're working on Martinů's Sonatina for clarinet and piano. I'm going to be offering you two excerpts to choose from (or learn both!).…
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Repertoire Study Group: Introduction
Welcome to the Clarinet Repertoire Study Group! This is a new project we're starting here on tonebase clarinet. Every other week on Fridays, I’ll share a short excerpt (8–16 bars) from a clarinet…
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Forgotten Favorites - Week Two of Unfinished Business
Welcome to the Main Thread for the second week of "Unfinished Business" practice challenge! Choose an piece that you have started to practice but never fully committed to finishing.…
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Improve your Clarion Register: Intro and Sign Up!
Following on our Livestream on August 6, we're going to have a two week intensive focusing on the clarion register - whether you've watched the livestream yet or not this will be a chance to really…
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What monthly challenges would you love to see on tonebase clarinet?
We’re now almost at the end of our second monthly challenge on tonebase clarinet, and I’ve tried two very different approaches to these challenges, and loved seeing your participation in both of them.…
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Finger Dexterity Challenge - Week One!
Welcome to July's Finger Dexterity Challenge! I explain the challenge in the video above, but essentially we're going to be using the Kroepsch studies to work on our dexterity,…
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Who was your first clarinet teacher and what did they teach you?
When I was 11, I joined my school band (which was very small, I think there were only 8 of us!) and my first teacher was a wonderful man called Mr. Dowling, who actually was a tuba player!…
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Unfinished Business Challenge: Week One!
Welcome to the First Week of the "Unfinished Business" challenge! Choose an piece that you have started to practice but never fully committed to finishing.…
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Piece Suggestions
Are there pieces you'd love to see appear in our Clarinet Repertoire Study Group? Mention them below in the comments and I'll make sure that they get covered!
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18Aug
Clarinet Party Tricks!
Mon Aug 18 at 8 PM - 9 PM CESThttps://app.tonebase.co/clarinet/live/player/clt-party-tricks1 going -
What do you play to test your reed?
A bit of an unusual one this week… I have this pattern of notes I play every time I first pick up the clarinet. I’ve done the same pattern for so long now,…
