Simple Trick to Smooth Transitions Across Scary, Large Leaps

Large leaps, crossing the break, or jumping into the altissimo can all be a source of anxiety for clarinetists, but with one simple mindset shift it all becomes so much easier! 00:00 Intro 00:34 Anxiety Around Note Transitions 01:45 The Mistake You’re Making 03:04 What is a Smooth Transition? 04:25 How to Implement the “No Transition Mindset” 06:00 Matching Quality and Volume of Sound 08:00 Summary and Conclusion --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me: Hi, my name is Josh Goo! I have over a decade of experience teaching the clarinet at universities, online, privately, and more. Additionally, I've maintained an active performance schedule playing with symphonies, bands, chamber groups, and as a soloist. After years of gaining all of this experience, and studying with some of the greatest clarinet pedagogues in the world at places like Northwestern and the Aspen Summer Music Festival, I am so excited to be sharing it all with you in simple and straight-forward ways that will bring less frustration and more joy to your clarinet journey! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to https://www.quickstartclarinet.com to see everything I have to help you succeed in your clarinet journey! Don't know where to start? Check out my FREE Members Area. It has all of my best material to help you confidently move forward on your clarinet, music, and practice journey! https://www.quickstartclarinet.com/ge... Learn more about my best resource for self-taught clarinetist wanting to learn right, now: The Next Generation Clarinet Method https://www.quickstartclarinet.com/ne... You can Test Drive a sample of the program at: https://www.quickstartclarinet.com/te... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a Dennerzen to support the channel and get super valuable rewards that put my full support behind moving you forward on your clarinet journey! https://www.quickstartclarinet.com/su... And of course, don't forget to hit the like button to get this video out to more people, and subscribe to the channel so you see all of my future tips and tricks! Thanks so much for watching! #clarinet #learnclarinet