Today we worked on the following things:
1. How to open the case correctly (right side up with the case sitting on the floor or on top of a table)
2. Clarinet reed care (don't touch the tip of the reed...always wet the reed before placing it on the mouthpiece)
3. Bell assembly and height (should be at waist level)
4. Putting the reed on the clarinet mouthpiece
5. Forming the proper flute and clarinet embouchure
6. How to properly hold mallets for bell playing
7. Parts of the instruments
Tonight your child should work on opening the case correctly without parts falling out, putting on the reed (clarinets), forming the correct embouchure using a mirror, and identifying the parts of the instrument.
TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A 60% QUIZ ON THE PARTS OF THE INSTRUMENT!
