Lifting your index finger to cross the break is where tone and flow tend to slip. See how rolling it instead, practiced slowly, connects the low and upper registers.
In this course, Kimberly Cole Luevano teaches you how to master one of the most fundamental aspects of clarinet playing: crossing the break. She explains the clarinet's three registers, highlighting the challenges of crossing the first break from the chalumeau to clarion register, and the second from the clarion to altissimo, giving you exercises that will give you mastery over this tricky corner of clarinet playing! Kimberly Cole Luevano encourages you to be curious and to investigate your playing in taking head on this fundamental challenge!
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