It strikes fear into the hearts of bass clarinetists (and maybe even some clarinetists). Here's how you get over yourself and finally overcome that fear.
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@twigagawizard7 жыл бұрын
That black bass clarinet... I want it...
@trumpetboy70226 жыл бұрын
Chill Hop Therapy lie
@Lifitt6 жыл бұрын
ME TOO.
@chasependergast66785 жыл бұрын
Is that a plastic bass clarinet
@yitang11855 жыл бұрын
Chase Pendergast Apparently that’s a Selmer Privilege bass clarinet...high end LOL
@josephisaguy5 жыл бұрын
like 6k i think?
@leahschnobrich58377 жыл бұрын
My bass clairnet doesn't like high notes.
@daceycondon2616 жыл бұрын
Ya base isn’t a very high liking instrument
@daceycondon2616 жыл бұрын
Can never really tell if your squiking wrong or playing right
@jackconcordia6114 жыл бұрын
IKR!🤣
@julianna49124 жыл бұрын
Leah Schnobrich neither does mine
@cloutelfin83233 жыл бұрын
Same
@lacerniagigante6 жыл бұрын
I don't play the clarinet, but your "E" "Eh" "Ah" "Uh" scale is brilliant!
@floridaclarinetstudio23384 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY! :)
@ShuckleDoesGaming8 жыл бұрын
the one dislike is obviously a piccolo player
@eruditeroach70998 жыл бұрын
Ugh. Not those pesky piccoloists!
@markgaddie62907 жыл бұрын
ShuckleDoesGaming But I play the flute and the piccolo.:(
@moonbean1697 жыл бұрын
the piccolo is so loud D:
@dalhan28115 жыл бұрын
Nah b flat clarinets prob 😂
@minibot124 жыл бұрын
ShuckleDoesGaming true 😂
@haloelite2058 жыл бұрын
I never realised the tongue had such importance. I started focusing on the placement of my tongue and the altissimo notes came out like nothing on my bass. Thanks!
@leo3098 жыл бұрын
what's altissimo notes?
@gavinkys37327 жыл бұрын
Leo Liam watch the video
@billholder13305 жыл бұрын
@@leo309 Above high C - all those high notes I can never get right...
@iYessicaH7 жыл бұрын
My senior year of HS I played the Chromatic scale as part of the final in tune in one breath. It was magical. The high notes spoke and the lower register didn't sound strained. When I was done, the row in front of me (the clarinets) turned around like, wtf. My high notes sounded just like a soprano. It was so great. Man, I miss my bass. :(
@temitayoestherfakunle8252 Жыл бұрын
Start saving for one that’s what I’m doing and I’m a high school freshman Yk just in case my college doesn’t have band and I don’t get a bass clarinet I can just buy one
@SheerVoid Жыл бұрын
Bro I just did this in my freshman symphonic band- I’m so freaking proud of myself..
@niraatae-nkyou81347 жыл бұрын
Those 6 Flutes who disliked...
@depaule527 жыл бұрын
Niraa Tae-nkYou 7:)
@seshpad24837 жыл бұрын
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@mattk16277 жыл бұрын
9
@gabrielli53867 жыл бұрын
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@Victoria-bf4wt7 жыл бұрын
11
@alexakrznaric8866 жыл бұрын
That’s one sexy bass clarinet, wow
@darthgamer60805 жыл бұрын
I'd sell all of my possessions and half my organs just to have that black bass clarinet
@skittlepuff Жыл бұрын
PEOPLE DO “UH” holy shit!!!! This explains why so many of my highschool classmates sounded so terrible !!!!! I never even considered that an option!! Thank you so much for this video!! I used to be able to play high notes on bass clarinet well into clarion register. But then I played the clarinet for a couple years and came back to bass and couldn’t get above a High D and with that one video, I unlocked all of the notes I used to be able to play instantly!!! We love Michael
@Chloe-im9rc8 жыл бұрын
I use a school owned instrument. It doesn't let me use anything above a high D. I wish I could play more with that bass clarinet, but it doesn't let me. (I'm able to go above and up to a High A on a clarinet that isn't damaged
@ShuckleDoesGaming8 жыл бұрын
+Youknow Idontknow yeah school instruments do that. i get all the way to the 2nd altissimo D# from high C . it pierces the ears of everyone.
@Clarisaxx227 жыл бұрын
ShuckleDoesGaming D#7? I can do C7. I still haven't figured out a fingering for anything higher on my clarinet
@osamabinballin47686 жыл бұрын
Oof your school need better instruments
@Ste-ex9er5 жыл бұрын
Same. I can only get up a D in the second register.. (I use a school instrument that has *many* problems) this is after the last service.. before this I could barely get to a C
@jenquach15675 жыл бұрын
sameeeee all the bass clarinets at my school are broken
@kaelynh58885 жыл бұрын
“You see how it kinda sounds like a dying goose *NO GOOD* “
@meralynbrimer15154 жыл бұрын
I am very glad that I found this guy because I started the bass clarinet last year and I'm doing a contest November 5 on Clarinet and Bass Clarinet and I can't get anything higher than a D with the octtiv which is 123, 123, both back buttons. It makes me so mad an frustrated but I know to keep trying and to not give up. Thank you. I am totally subscribing.
@shyannespecht38488 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for yet another EXTREMELY helpful video! I've been practicing lately for my upcoming auditions for All State Honor band and it includes some of the higher notes I can play on the soprano but not the bass clarinet (i.e, the D three spaces above the staff and higher) and this definitely has helped me play them.
@emms6208 жыл бұрын
Love this!! This is so true, after you personally recommended some Weber concertos for me to play on the bass, that was where I began to go out of the way and play music mainly in the clarion and altissimo register and it has helped me so much! Thank you for emphasizing this, it's important for so many players :)
@therealcarlos6535 жыл бұрын
I played clarinet in 5th grade then in 6th grade my band teacher switched me to Bass clarinet now I'm a freshman, I love it. Thanks Mrs.sperry lol
@hitrykzmotion39755 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video! I found it very useful, and you found out a lot about your own tongue by watching this video. I just started playing the clarinet a week ago and this has really taught me a lot!
@jaymitchell53584 жыл бұрын
I'm just switch from clarinet to bass clarinet and I absolutely loved this video it help me quite a bit with the upper register, I would love to see more videos on bass clarinet !!!
@monogw5137 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with my B. Cl.
@superkami637 жыл бұрын
Ghostly Sik same
@leahschnobrich58377 жыл бұрын
Literally same
@roxanajohnson93107 жыл бұрын
Ghostly Sik mine won't tune the B natural above the break and the C. every other not is in tune but those two.
@ethancampbell90966 жыл бұрын
Ghostly Sik If you have this problem, then use your mouthpiece on another bass clarinet, or get someone who can play it to use their mouthpiece on your bass clarinet. If you can't play right on another one, it is you. If someone else can play on yours than it is you. If not, then your instrument needs to be repaired.
@ihopenoonefindsthisaccount76876 жыл бұрын
O sorry if might’ve broke when it went up my ass
@specialagent656 жыл бұрын
Have been playing for quite some time and still found some great info in this tutorial. Mahalo!
@phillipmoreash73848 жыл бұрын
Love your stuff. I am so grateful to learn.
@RossiniSoprano7 жыл бұрын
Hey, Mike, love your videos! I just wanted to recommend that you use the other bass (with the silver keys) when demonstrating fingerings for the younger students, because they can't see those cool black keys very well.
@narddogyt52054 жыл бұрын
Could you possibly be related to my band director Mr. Curran?
@cloutelfin83233 жыл бұрын
Nard_Dog 1977 oh crap that’s cool
@coloraturaElise3 жыл бұрын
@@narddogyt5205 Not to my knowledge!
@ckkeck20037 жыл бұрын
best voicing video ever.... ive never had a teavher work on that w me... and fast articulation always kicked my ass.... you are very inspiring
@bgclarinet7 жыл бұрын
Hi, Mike! Loving all of your videos, and wish I had time to watch and implement them all. Someday... I wanted to mention that Fred Ormand had me do the fake-to-normal exercise (I still do it every day on whatever clarinet I'm warming up on that day. Love it.). He was a Hasty student as well.
@volleyballlove23327 жыл бұрын
Thankfully when I started playing the bass clarinet (started on the alto clarinet) I didn't play the uh sound. Actually my first lesson on the bass clarinet I could barely play a sound lol
@fredericginoux50663 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this explanation of the right place off the tongue for playing hight B and C. I used to play clarinet in a big band 12 years where i was a doubler with the bass clarinet. I used and still use a yamaha 221II with a single register key. It was always a challenge if i had to tongue right away the hight C or the B. As i'm french i used the word "oui" which mean 'yes' to get the right "e" and the right tongue position and it works pretty well. Thanks to you I can use now as I want the whole register of this bass clarinet. I'm not any more affraid to squeark if i have to play at the begining of a phrase hight B or Hight C. Thanks a lot. Your a great clarinetist and teacher. If i have met your teaching younger maybe i would have been a professional player today.
@thomascohen99242 жыл бұрын
This is such a brilliant and useful video. Thank you!
@quinnneiling48407 жыл бұрын
omg the "step away from the G please" exercise helped so much!
@amandas28558 жыл бұрын
I can hear the overtones so well I love it
@whitetrashacres62833 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much for your teaching various octave tongue positions. I am up to learning to play the altissimo register
@benjamincervantes14978 жыл бұрын
Oh wow...wish I had bumped into your channel earlier. I was always struggling with the higher register would get to an E and start sqeaking all over the place. I'm going to try these tips out. Thank You!
@swalsh11238 жыл бұрын
This is excellent. Thank you very much! A voicing/tongue position exercise I like to use is playing the fundamental tones in the chalumeau and then sounding the overtones without the register key. These will be a nice addition to that.
@mal2ksc Жыл бұрын
When done on saxophone this is called "bugling", that is, selecting your harmonic at will. Here you only have 1, 3, and 5 but the idea is the same and it's probably still called bugling even if half your partials are missing.
@jorgiebeta7 жыл бұрын
ERIC DOLPHY!
@Victoria-bf4wt7 жыл бұрын
*sees title* ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT
@benjamindover82215 жыл бұрын
git gud
@cloutelfin83233 жыл бұрын
Right?
@baconcat55536 жыл бұрын
This video really helped me with my high notes, they are still hard but I have improved.
@sebastianzaczek6 жыл бұрын
2:56 Vowel: "E" Pitch: Approx. C You literally predicted the E-meme
@yonatanmussie26505 жыл бұрын
It worked, after 6 months of trying to play the high notes I can play my high c
@sbent5188 жыл бұрын
When I move from E to Eh, my tongue is still touching my teeth in the back, but definitely down in the front/middle. As a saxophonist that moved to clarinet, I felt like playing altisimo register came easily. I've only found one bass clarinet (i am lent the horns from local schools/universities) that I can clearly and comfortably play above altisimo E. But with this one I can play the full next octave above it. It's odd to think of them as "non-standard notes" same on saxophone. As always, learn SO much from your videos! Thank you so much for them! I'm sure this one is going to help me improve even more! :D
@shuffles16828 жыл бұрын
I have been playing the clarinet for 6 years, and I have never considered tongue placement. Thanks a ton!
@ken46318 жыл бұрын
This is gold. Thank you!
@marselmusic5 жыл бұрын
so helpful.... jsut came from tenor sax to Bb clarinet... anyways b4 I still found your vids helpful back then.... thanks again!
@del59814 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I'm playing Concertino in D minor for my NYSSMA solo, got some high notes I need to transition to real quick. Thank you for this
@kasparpaukson35435 жыл бұрын
A year ago, I got a shock when people told me that you can change your tone(which I have locked down to be amazing) by moving your tongue. After being told that, I tried it out, didn't change anything for me, I could have my tongue touching the roof of my mouth and it sounded the same as the "uh", I also sing a lot and am quite accurate with my notes, I find it hard to be flat or sharp on purpose or even accidentally, and my orthodontist actually said the reason for this, I have a mouth shaped in one of the 4 possible ways(from the different evolutionary trees of the human) meaning while I can do the things I just mentioned(which have their uses) I fail to pronounce an italian "r" meaning I don't do it with my tongue, rather the roof of my mouth. So the tongue position doesn't change this insutruments for "everyone", just most of the people. Feel like I had to speak for the minority here :)
@Sambbou118 жыл бұрын
very helpful, thanks a lot for another great video.
@MrThesamster8 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Michael. This video really helped :)
@lowreedman8 жыл бұрын
Love the Eric Dolphy T-shirt. Great video. Thanks.
@bclislife8 жыл бұрын
Wow, I had no clue that we were supposed to finger altissimo C# the same as Bb Clarinet. Thank you for this video! I've been having the hardest time with my upper Clarion lately, with every note 10-30 cents flat.
@joeyfloress11316 жыл бұрын
Nice shirt, Dolphy and Kirk are my favorite players!
@justincooper16263 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! I managed to extend my range another octave! For me I play a high concert B-flat by uncovering the top half-hole and go up to a concert C like that and then I cover the top half-hole and play from a concert D-flat up to a high G and then just repeat those steps messing around up to a ridiculously high B. At some point it gets to be parlor tricks because the notes get wonky and out of tune but it sounds great on my Bundy bass clarinet! Now I can play along to Whitney Houston!
@jonathanhart52578 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. You should get back to making videos on orchestral excerpts, because there are a lot for the bass clarinet. You should do excerpts like Rhapsody in Blue, Mahler, Pictures at an Exhibition etc... Even if there not used for auditioning, it still good to learn then and are fun to play. (btw, i play tenor sax, bass clarinet and bassoon, my primary is tenor sax)
@wilhelmfaber2863 Жыл бұрын
this is an outstanding precise advise on how to praticise the high notes .. thanks a lot
@maum27326 жыл бұрын
Thank you, seriously man, thanks a lot!!!
@expeditodealmeida25867 жыл бұрын
Thank you !so much help.👍
@shunt01418 жыл бұрын
Very helpful as always
@colestecher48564 жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful bass clarinet
@galacticwaters83764 жыл бұрын
We love the tonguevator
@amiliaschimmel97887 жыл бұрын
I been playing the bass clarinet wrong. that is why I sound Ed like a dieing duck
@ishimomo7842 Жыл бұрын
This guy is the best bass clarinet teacher.
@butterflynursieful2 жыл бұрын
This helps me so much!!!
@wilzy305 жыл бұрын
Hi Michael I literally just discovered your channel 24 hours ago. I have started teaching myself the Clarinet, and I am interested in the Bass Clarinet. (Blame Eric Dolphy for that.) What has been your personal favorite of the student Bass Clarinets? The Kessler? I could never afford a wooden Bass Clarinet. Thanks, William in Australia.
@UserUser-zi1fv7 жыл бұрын
You are amazing at this! I just got a new bass clarinet and I've been using these exersizes on my new one and it sound great now! But when I play it on my older bass clarinet it sounds weird
@jackcannon91547 жыл бұрын
Mike, I have used your tongue position (Eeee, Ehhh, Ahhh) along with your "Step Away From The G Please" exercise. It certainly works great and I appreciate this tutorial. I also tried the same using a chromatic tuner with an optional contact microphone (inexpensive). Perhaps due to my very poor ear, the tuner displays the results much more vividly and helps me correct my embouchure in addition to the tongue position. This works for a Bb soprano as well as a Bb bass clarinet. Just don't forget that the tuner will display two semitones lower (F instead of G). Your thoughts please.
@vascole6268 жыл бұрын
I don't even play clarinet and learned something. Good Job man!
@henrymarocchi78448 жыл бұрын
do you play saxophone?
@oklmao7 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!!
@JaxemsR7 жыл бұрын
Hello, I'm working on Jonathan Russell's Bass Clarinet Sonata right now. Do you have any tips for the extreme altissimo? I can play up to double c pretty easily but the piece calls for the f# above that.
@SarahSkilton4 жыл бұрын
I love this finally after 5 years of playing I understand correct tongue position. However I play B flat Clarient. Will the G exercise still work for me too as it looks great.
@Mauriziobarenboim8 жыл бұрын
I believe that Sean Osborn got that exercise from Hawkins. I remember Hawkins sending me a PDF of things that he has his students read over.
@capricorniaproject30204 жыл бұрын
Moving from sax to bc. I struggle with second register B and C, particularly when tonguing. I can hit those notes more strongly and more accurately by extending the altissimo register downwards but am told that they do not blend well with the other 2nd register notes because they occur at different places on the harmonic series. Does this mean that their use in altissimo passages should be preferred if you are not descending to the 2nd register ?- Even if you do there will in any case be a change in the harmonic structure of the notes at some point in that descent.
@snamorta6 ай бұрын
Thank you
@ramonaclef80068 жыл бұрын
The altissimo exercise is in Kelly Burke's book as well.
@jasongong68 жыл бұрын
Great video
@alyssakrawchuk99067 жыл бұрын
Omg your glasses are amazing
@edepillim4 жыл бұрын
Great explanation about the tongue position. So often my clarion A comes out at altissimo D........l am using too firm an embouchure rather than correct tongue position....lm off to practice.
@u47tube7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, man.
@markx14206 жыл бұрын
I am a tuba, I liked, my range is from pedal eb (low f for clarinet ) to quadruple eb (quadruple f for clarinet )
@annettehumphrey86795 жыл бұрын
I started with low high notes and worked my way up.
@amcheung108 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU
@bellawilliamson55858 жыл бұрын
Hey! I'm new in playing the bass clarinet😅 so will u plz show us all the notes and what they look like and how they should sound!! Thank u
@micaelahassler11218 жыл бұрын
This helps a lot.
@fabriziolara64136 жыл бұрын
love that Eric Dolphy shirt
@hilaryanderson1732 жыл бұрын
Thank you, very useful. Do you line up the top of the ligature with the line on the mouthpiece?
@zrobinson84517 жыл бұрын
Hi... So I'm a student who's been playing on bass clarinet for about 3 years now..(I started freshman year, Im now a junior). I'm struggling to plan any note above an above staff g (rests on top). I'm wanting to try out for Region band this year, but a large majority of my music has notes slightly above a G. I really need help and I have 5 weeks to try and get it to where I can at least play a high Bb. Please help. My band director has tried helping, but it doesn't seem to be enough.
@foileater61617 жыл бұрын
Z Robinson 3 weeks now
@feliciadeweese34297 жыл бұрын
Z Robinson I'm a senior in college. I really recommend long tones, register jumps, and scales and arpeggios. long tones on a chromatic scales as your warm up every day is the best way to improve range and tone. sorry it's too late for contest but long tones will follow you for the rest of your musical career.
@zrobinson84517 жыл бұрын
Felicia DeWeese Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!!
@bassclariphonist68736 жыл бұрын
And air support exercises... you may not be applying enough pressure on the reed or enough air to "fill" the sound of the higher notes. Or, there's an off chance that you have a leaking or broken pad... which almost never happens unless water or age takes a toll.
@bassclariphonist68736 жыл бұрын
Kinda late but... if it helps XD
@Jarvin234 жыл бұрын
I can’t play anything above a high d on my bass clarinet and I just started playing it
@brandon.allison7 жыл бұрын
Love the Eric Dolphy shirt
@joeg46Highlands Жыл бұрын
Agreed, it's not that hard, but in moving from saxes to bass clarinet I had to work out altissimo fingerings above G by trial and error, with a teacher watching pitch, timbre and ergonomics. My instrument is a cheap, Chinese-made , composite bodied low C model which has lasted well for over 3 years (US$1500, and if I get another year out of it I'll consider myself well ahead on the deal). In gradually extending the altissimo I can now get to a second altissimo Eb but there seems to be a barrier just above that. Is that because the harmonic curve has levelled out so that further harmonic intervals are microtonal? I doubt if I'd ever use the higher notes seriously but being able to hit them accurately really improves the playing of those notes a little lower. Also playing in a local community band It's nice to know that I can play both lower than anybody else ....... and higher.
@nokomisx99347 жыл бұрын
So I have a student model Yamaha bass clarinet. and it came with a Yamaha 4c mouthpiece, but I usually play with 3c. should I use the mouthpiece that came with it or keep playing with the 3c?
@taylorwisgerhof53968 жыл бұрын
What are you doing with the front of your tongue during these? When I make an eee sound the end of my tongue ends up where the mouthpiece goes when I'm playing. Do you move the front of your tongue down below the reed or pull it further back?
@Michael-lu3yt8 жыл бұрын
I have a question, I'm thinking about buying a bass clarinet, I'm going into 7th grade but I'm going to be in a advanced 8th grade band and I'm planning on using this bass clarinet for high school. My question is, what bass clarinet brand would you recommend for me?
@frankgratkowski67788 жыл бұрын
do you have a good fingering chart for the very high register. d to c above the normal altissimo range (i mean the c above the high f in Echange from Xenakis)? I have some but I'm not happy with all of them and I play the same bass clarinet you play (the old selmer). Thanks - Frank
@earspasm8 жыл бұрын
Yep. On the website. (Earspasm.com)
@JasonAlder6 жыл бұрын
Frank Gratkowski hey frank, I’ve made one as well. I did it on a buffet, but most fingerings work on Selmer I think... although I’m going to be revising it in the near future to be sure now that I’ve become a Selmer artist and switched... jasonalder.com/fingeringchart/Bass-clarinet_quarter-tone_fingering-chart_2ndEd--Jason_Alder.pdf
@Mauriziobarenboim8 жыл бұрын
11:15 in other words the tongue position you feel on the G should be the same for all of the notes? And that our tongue shouldn't move at all? Or that exercise was given to us to make us aware that our tongue does move. Also, for the G do you use eh or ah?
@anonimoanonimo50438 жыл бұрын
is it Erik dolphy t-shirt? great bro i like yor sound on bass clarinet
@flyingking40097 жыл бұрын
Man bass is hard to march
@flyingking40097 жыл бұрын
I have to march and I don't have a neck strap yet
@twentynecrybabiespanicatth79087 жыл бұрын
MAD_-KING 45000 that was me and now it's band camp and I have my neck strap and it's so new and nice I hope you get yours
@amelia26056 жыл бұрын
yup what did you expect?
@exiled_tuscani76606 жыл бұрын
Anonymous Vlogz basically in summary plastic is god
@theheckler3995 жыл бұрын
isnt as hard as i expected tbh
@Breboi177 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips.. How or where can i get a Bass Clarinet neck like yours? Is it custom made? Thanks.
@jacobpotts79546 жыл бұрын
Breboi17 no I don't think it is but I want one too
@Amy-cw6qs5 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have any tips? I have a solo with staccato from a D4 to a Ab4 and also switches octaves alot. I squeak constantly!
@amelia26056 жыл бұрын
i played clarinet for almost 3 years before moving to bass clarinet and now i have only been playing it for 3 months and i am much better than my friend who has been playing for 4 years... i don't know why, is it better to start on clarinet before moving to bass or am i just naturally good?
@Heatsiar6 жыл бұрын
#1 Malec Shipper I've played Clairnet for 3 years also and when I started bass I was decent I've been playing bass for3 years now and I'm pretty good I guess but yes it's not very hard to switch
@proxgames9016 жыл бұрын
Natural, I switched to Alto Clarinet from Tuba. Our Clarinets been playing 12-1 months and I passed them in a week.
@recetivedeath94615 жыл бұрын
When u play the clarinet for a long time u experience faster, shorter notes than a bass clarinet player. Bass clarinet music often gets quarter notes and long tones. That's why it's so much easier for a clarinet player to play the bass clarinet
@instrumentalheadquarters70624 жыл бұрын
ProxGames from all things, Tuba to Alto clar.???
@clarinetmaster59904 жыл бұрын
Funny I switched from bass clarinet to soprano, so did the two other guys in my section. The hardest thing I found to transfer is high notes and articulation.
@ingwevanyarin38397 жыл бұрын
Nice Eric Dolphy shirt!
@georgebriscoe40575 жыл бұрын
Eric Dolphy T-shirt. COOL.
@fornello1238 жыл бұрын
Where/how did you acquire your clarinet skills?
@sup45664 жыл бұрын
i as a bass clarinet player is HARD to play the clarion register especially changing from high notes from the shalamo register
@blakebradley8298 жыл бұрын
What's the difference in tongue position for regular clarinet?
@alina613646 жыл бұрын
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