Clarinet Practice

Let's pretend - just for a minute:

You and I have a flight to catch and must get to the airport. We have two choices (don’t worry, this is an easy one):

1. Get in a...

Clarinet Practice - What’s the most important thing?

That’s a pretty big and general question. My answer is specific and general all at the same time: The most important thing about...

Should I memorize my music?

In the broadest sense, there are two answers to this. As you get to know me, you will (hopefully) learn to appreciate that I cannot accept the broadest answers....

Practicing scales is important. The music we play is mostly scales (and diatonic intervals/chords). Practicing scales is usually seen as boring and dull. Practicing music is usually seen as fun and...

This is a post about how to practice the clarinet.

Have you ever had one of those days where you didn’t feel like practicing the clarinet? As much as I love to play the clarinet, there have...

How Adults should approach learning the clarinet:

"I wish I had started playing the clarinet when I was younger," and "I am not able to play the clarinet like I want to."

These are laments I hear...

There are those days. You know the ones. Something happens, and your life is forever changed, but you don’t realize it until much later. But it happened that day. Looking back, clarity washes...

When is it time to change your clarinet mouthpiece?

Before talking about mouthpieces - will you think about your shoes? As you grew, you needed new shoes so that they would fit where you...