Check your right hand, wrist and elbow to see if you are making this common mista

Sent Friday, October 4, 2013

Clarinet Mentors
For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                       October 4, 2013           
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - my musical retreat weekend, and looking forward to our Canadian Thanksgiving
  • Free Training - 5 minute video to help you make one important correction in your technic
  • Michelle Recommends - Artie Shaw Jazz Etudes book 2: Fourteen Etudes
  • Clarinet Is Easy - Complete how-to lessons for beginners and self-taught intermediate players
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A tool for working on melodies that contain big leaps (large intervals)

Sent Friday, September 20, 2013

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For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                       September 20, 2013   
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - Musical Spelling, and, your Skype lesson form perhaps didn't work if you sent one to me and haven't heard back yet...
  • Free Training - A practise tool to help you find expression in melodies that leap around
  • Michelle Recommends - Robert Marcellus recording of Mozart Clarinet Concerto
  • Clarinet Is Easy - Complete how-to lessons for beginners and self-taught intermediate players
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A tool to improve unreliable high notes

Sent Sunday, September 8, 2013

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For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                       September 8, 2013     
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - Welcome to September
  • Free Training - A practise tool to improve unreliable high notes
  • Michelle Recommends - Record yourself!
  • Clarinet Is Easy - Complete how-to lessons for beginners and self-taught intermediate players
  • From The Clarinet Mentors Community - World Clarinet Alliance
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Can my Eb clarinet scare away the loud construction workers?

Sent Thursday, August 22, 2013

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For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                       August 22, 2013           
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - A quick hello
  • Free Training - A Clarinet Mentors Encore - Activate your blowing muscles for better sound
  • Michelle Recommends - Tom Ridenour's interesting alternate fingerings for  high  A,  B &  C
  • Clarinet Is Easy - Complete how-to lessons for beginners and self-taught intermediate players
  • From The Clarinet Mentors Community -...
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Part 2 - How To Fix The Mistakes That You Are Likely Making...

Sent Wednesday, August 7, 2013

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For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                       August 6, 2013             
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - Happy Summertime!
  • Free Training - The most common mistakes we all make (part 2), and how to correct them
  • Michelle Recommends - Backun Musical barrels
  • Are You A Clarinet-Nerd? - The answers to last newsletter's CN challenge
  • Clarinet Is Easy - Complete how-to lessons for beginners and self-taught intermediate players
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How To Fix The Mistakes That You Are Likely Making...

Sent Thursday, July 25, 2013

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For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                         July 25, 2013               
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - On holidays...
  • Free Training - A great reminder for you of five of the most common mistakes we all make, and how to correct them
  • Michelle Recommends - "Are You A Clarinet-Nerd?" - Test your status!
  • Do You Use Gmail? - How to ensure that you will still easily access this newsletter with the Gmail changes to your inbox
  • Clarinet Is...
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Quick pointer for you to master those tricky fingering spots

Sent Saturday, July 13, 2013

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For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                         July 13, 2013               
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - Out camping ...
  • Free Training - Quick exercise to improve tough fingerings
  • Michelle Recommends - Help Support Michael Lowenstern's Super-Cool Bass Clarinet Project
  • Clarinet Is Easy - Complete how-to lessons for beginners and self-taught intermediate players
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5-minute maintenance trick that you can do to improve your Bb

Sent Friday, June 28, 2013

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For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                           June 28, 2013            
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - Enjoying summertime
  • Free Training - 5-minute maintenance for your register key
  • Michelle Recommends -  videos at Backun Musical Youtube channel
  • Clarinet Is Easy - complete how-to lessons for beginners and self-taught intermediate players
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Get rid of those pesky finger slips!

Sent Thursday, June 13, 2013

Clarinet Mentors
For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                           June 13, 2013            
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - Ahhh! - the last regular season concert
  • Free Training - Focus On Fingers
  • Michelle Recommends -  A Practise Routine for you
  • Clarinet Is Easy - YOUR CHANCE FOR A FREE SKYPE LESSON WITH MICHELLE
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Have You Ever Messed Up In Performance Due To Nervousness?

Sent Friday, May 31, 2013

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For clarinetists who want to perform more easily and beautifully
In This Issue                                           May 30, 2013            
  • A Note From Michelle Anderson - my days of looking like a hockey player
  • Free Training - 4 tips for reducing performance anxiety 
  • Michelle Recommends -  other technics for reducing the effects of nervousness
  • Clarinet Is Easy - Step-by-step video lessons to help you improve your clarinet playing and save you a lot of time and frustration
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