Crossing The Break - Embrace The Challenge of Teaching Clarinet

Crossing The Break - Embrace The Challenge of Teaching Clarinet

Tamarie Sayger

The Crossing The Break Podcast discusses the nuts and bolts of teaching clarinet at the beginning and intermediate levels. We will cover aspects of playing clarinet including tone, embouchure, hand position, tonguing, technique, range, fingerings, tuning and other clarinet-specific items. These ideas can be applied to beginning clarinet class, beginning band, intermediate or advanced clarinetists, and in an individual or group setting.

12 minutes 38 seconds

46 Finishing This Year & Preparing for Next Year
This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet - beginning band games:
- Staying Positive
- Reasonable Expectations
- Reading Books & Hanging out with Experienced Directors
- Evaluation/Feedback
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
30 April 2017, 5:30 am
19 minutes 21 seconds

45 Rhythm Tips for Maturing Beginners
This is part of the series “Finishing the Year Strong in Beginning Clarinet Class.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
- Rhythmic priorities
- Rhythm activities
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
23 April 2017, 5:30 am
24 minutes 29 seconds

44 Teaching Band Through Games
This is part of the series “Finishing the Year Strong in Beginning Clarinet Class.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
- Why I start games later in the year
- Favorite Clarinet Song in May
- Band Jeopardy
- Connect 4
- Drop Out (how to introduce & increase intensity later)
- Beat the Band Director
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
16 April 2017, 5:30 am
23 minutes 21 seconds

43 Differentiation in Beginning Band
This is part of the series “Finishing the Year Strong in Beginning Clarinet Class.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
- O
- O
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
9 April 2017, 5:30 am
22 minutes 55 seconds

42 Multi-octave Scales & Chromatic
This is part of the series “Finishing the Year Strong in Beginning Clarinet Class.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
- Full Range Chromatic
- Saying Fingerings in Rhythm
- Possible Order of 1 Octave Scales
- Possible Order of 2 Octave Scales
- Arpeggios
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
2 April 2017, 5:30 am
19 minutes 5 seconds

41 Spring Warm-up for Beginning Clarinets
This is part of the series “Finishing Strong in Beginning Clarinet Class.” This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
- Exercises students should be playing daily at this point
- How and why to teach them
- PDF of the spring beginning band warm-up
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
26 March 2017, 5:30 am
11 minutes 17 seconds

40 Band Directors' Workshop at WTAMU

This episode discusses Band Directors' Workshop at West Texas A&M University.

Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com (link to the article with newsletter updates signup.

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed

19 March 2017, 5:30 am
17 minutes 56 seconds

39 Clarinet Method Books
This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
- Clarinet Method books for beginner/intermediate players
- Clarinet Etude books
- Bass Clarinet Method Books
- Updated publishing schedule for next podcast series
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com
22 January 2017, 6:30 am
15 minutes 29 seconds

38 Challenging Your Bass Clarinets
This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
- Guidelines for bass clarinets
- Suggestions for challenging your bass clarinetists
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
15 January 2017, 6:30 am
11 minutes 11 seconds

37 Switching the Right Kids to Bass Clarinet
This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
- 2 requirements for a switch
- 2 preferred features for a switch
- Other considerations when choosing
- recruiting the right kids
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
8 January 2017, 6:30 am
12 minutes 22 seconds

36 Ideas for the New Year
- This episode covers the following aspects of teaching clarinet:
  - Getting organized for 2017
  - Fun game for January
  - Finding a mentor
Show notes can be found at CrossingTheBreak.com

Keywords: Music education, band director, teaching clarinet, teaching music, music ed
1 January 2017, 6:30 am
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