These strategies radically improved my clarinet playing, and will save you hours of frustration, to sound better on your clarinet

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Clarinet High Notes Video 1

Five Things To Improve Clarinet High Notes

Clarinet High Notes Video 2

More pointers to improve high notes, with a focus on blowing and embouchure

Clarinet High Notes Video 3

Michelle answers your questions with solutions to some of your biggest high notes concerns (Press Play on this page)

Feel more comfortable with high notes - learn the simple systems (that you don't know yet) that can drastically improve your tone and high range. Please add your comments below:

In today's video, Michelle answers over 100 questions from the Clarinet Mentors community about playing high notes more easily on the clarinet. Use the tried and true high note systems from Mastering Clarinet High Notes to improve how you sound on your highest notes, and feel more at ease as you play music that takes you into higher, faster, notes. Most common high note frustrations (squeaking, "loud" sound, not coming out at all, shrillness, slower fingers) can be cured if you know how to do it. The solutions are usually not very complex, and can usually feel pretty comfortable after a few weeks of training. Enjoy these videos to give you a sample of some of these systems to make high notes easier for you.

 

Here are the Youtube links mentioned in this video as further resources for you:

Embouchure: https://youtu.be/Fl9tm7pHzBQ 
https://youtu.be/3Z1aN7gfkNE

Bottom Lip Protection: https://youtu.be/WDeixIvOnLU

Air Support: https://youtu.be/Eb4_HOwsEhE
https://youtu.be/X9nd2wLMBOA

Tonguing: https://youtu.be/26VnRcLNRSI

Hand Position: https://youtu.be/-bItdikinm4
https://youtu.be/vyVfMI5Na70
https://youtu.be/ZPtr_S04pGg

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