Clarinet Grade 4: Technique

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're holding your clarinet 🎵. To play high notes, you need to use your thumb on a special key called the register key!

2. 2

   Which finger presses the register key?

3. 3

   Try pressing the register key while fingering a low G. Then blow — hear how the note jumps up!

4. 4

   Let's play a high C together 🎵

5. 5

   What note do you get when you finger low G and press the register key?

6. 6

   Now try high D! Finger a low A (left hand: thumb, 1, 2, 3 — right hand: 1) and press the register key.

7. 7

   What do you add to make a low note become high on the clarinet?