Hello John, I discovered your channel recently and can’t get enough of it. I luv, luv, luv’d your Starbucks joke about 1 minute 12 seconds in. So true!

The pinky going crazy😂

Thanks John, I first discovered your channel through your Victors Tale performance, it inspired me to pick up the score and challenge myself. I really enjoy your new content, great pacing, informative and well produced. I have struggled with some of the passages in Victors Tale so I will pick it up again and try some of the techniques you outline in this video. Thanks again.

Thanks John! Im so glad to find your channel. In fact i emailed u many years ago when i was looking to own a professional clarinet and was considering the yamaha csg. You were so helpful and inspiring. Thank u so much for all these tips in playing. I hope to learn more from you. It is an honor to learn from you. Cheers :)

Thank you！very helpful tips

Mtro usted parece hacer lo difícil fácil 😊

Any thoughts or feelings on clarinets with additional keywork outside of the standard 6 rings, 17 keys? My B-flat has 7 rings and 20 keys and I find it helps make some passages easier or at least less awkward.

Wonderful! I've been practicing Daphnis and Chloe (the last 2 pages) for a couple of weeks, and practicing super slowly, getting comfortable with playing every note correctly in time and with a pleasant sound. I found that most of the time, if I jumped straight from the slow practice to performance tempo, it was surprisingly comfortable because I always knew what came next. Great advice! Eddie Daniels did a video with Backun where he said "Your fingers need to know where to land, and the best way to learn that is by playing little parts very slowly, then playing bigger parts slowly". He also commented that if you can play it slowly, playing it quickly is much easier! I'm curious, do you have any advice for articulation in high altissimo? I particularly struggle with G#-A-Bb in altissimo, they are very unstable even compared to the notes right under and over them.