After all these years, a friend told me to add just a little "SMILE" at the corners of my mouth & this extra little lift or tension INSTANTLY improved the throat tones on ALL my horns! I've stopped using a sax embochure with the clarinet!!!
@zathrasnotzathras9435
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I’m picking up my clarinet after 25 years and found I dislike my throat tones. A ligature change helped but I was unaware of resonance fingerings. I’m going to get the Clarinet Fingerings book you mentioned.
@john.kurokawa
10 ай бұрын
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
@davidhumphreys4151
10 ай бұрын
Hi John, just wanted to say congratulations on IMHO superior clarinet content.
@john.kurokawa
10 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks! I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching!
@tallprincessTiff
9 ай бұрын
Yes! Would really like a mouthpiece video. I live two hours away from a music store so I can’t really “try” before I buy. I’m an intermediate player with a Yamaha student clarinet (255, I think) and a Vandoren B45dot mouthpiece. I don’t really know what to look for when buying, I just picked on based on the Vandoren chart.
@john.kurokawa
9 ай бұрын
It’s coming! Thanks!
@emjay2045
10 ай бұрын
Can a brother get a bass clarinet vid from you, Sensei?
@john.kurokawa
10 ай бұрын
Hmmmm. The bass clarinet is not my wheelhouse. But… I might possibly do a collab with a bass clarinet specialist…. Thanks for the suggestion!
@kintsugi_sjmc
8 ай бұрын
I wish I knew all this decades ago! Thank you! (I know what my goal will be for my next practice session.) =)
@john.kurokawa
8 ай бұрын
You got this! Thanks for watching!
@picashlio3361
8 ай бұрын
This was an option the whole time? I demand a refund on my band teachers! Love your content, I'm going to go follow you now.❤
@john.kurokawa
8 ай бұрын
LOL. To be fair, band directors have so much on their plate. It's impossible to be an expert at everything, and I wouldn't be where I am were it not for some amazing band directors I had growing up. Thanks for the sub and for watching!
@krenariseni
10 ай бұрын
May I ask what mouthpiece is that?
@john.kurokawa
10 ай бұрын
It’s a Wodkowski B1. Thanks for watching!
@emjay2045
10 ай бұрын
@@john.kurokawahow difficult is it to project over the orchestra with that mouthpiece ? Sounds rather subdued , and warm up close and with a small ensemble. People like its warmth but when however , playing with 50+ others … it’s a different story
@emjay2045
10 ай бұрын
Can a brother find that Yamaha clarinet barrel in the United States ?????
@john.kurokawa
10 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, not that I know of. It was going to be commercially produced at one point I believe, but I don’t know what happened to those plans.
@emjay2045
10 ай бұрын
What should a brother look for in a good mouthpiece? Thanks
@john.kurokawa
10 ай бұрын
That’s coming up in a future video! But… response, freedom, hold, pitch, sound.
@vicente1049
10 ай бұрын
Jhon, fantástica boquilla, donde se pueden encontrar
@john.kurokawa
10 ай бұрын
ramonwodkowski.com
@vicente1049
10 ай бұрын
@@john.kurokawa gracias 😘
@RemunJ66
3 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for these useful tips. I learned some of these fingerings a long time ago from Walter Boeykens. nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Boeykens
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