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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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6Aug
Better Tone, Less Effort: Middle Register Edition
Wed Aug 6 at 8 PM - 9 PM CESThttps://app.tonebase.co/clarinet/live/player/clt-improve-your-second-register2 going -
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,…
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What reeds are you using?
This week I want to talk about reeds: what brands and strengths of reeds are you using on your clarinet? On my soprano clarinets I use the Vandoren V12s, strength 3.5.…
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Unfinished Business Challenge - Intro and SIGN UP
Dear tonebase clarinetists! We've all been there: a beautiful piece of music that you began learning with enthusiasm, but for some reason, it was left incomplete.…
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What apps are you using to help with your practice?
What apps do you use to help with practicing? My collection includes: ForScore - I have this on my iPad and it’s where all of my scores are kept: I love it for so many reasons,…
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Finger Dexterity Challenge: Final week!!
Congratulations to everyone who has made it to the final week!! Unless you've decided to work through a different section of the 417 studies (in case you've already learned the ones in C major),…
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What’s your favorite clarinet album art?
Let’s talk album art! From moody black-and-white portraits to bold, abstract designs, clarinet albums come with a surprising range of visuals. This week, we want to know:…
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Finger Dexterity Challenge - Week Three!
Unless you've decided to work through a different section of the 417 studies (in case you've already learned the ones in C major), this week we're going to be working on Studies 9-12.…
