Welcome back to the Fujiyama Clarinet Studio Blog. We are located in Yanai, Yamaguchi, Japan, providing bilingual lessons both at studio and online. On January 15th, I held the first online breathing workshop via Zoom. Participants Students who had started the breathing training challenge joined the session. Some participants were only two weeks into their training, creating an enthusiastic atmosphere from the start. Being held online, participants from distant locations coul

Yamaguchi-based Fujiyama Clarinet Studio  in Yanai specializes in clarinet lessons for adults. In this blog, I’d like to share highlights from a November lesson with an adult student, using Boccherini’s “Minuet”  and Yukiko Nishimura’s “Smiley Moon”  as our main examples. If you are aiming for ABRSM Grade 3  or coming back to the clarinet as an adult, I hope you find some practical ideas here. What We Learn from Boccherini’s “Minuet” Boccherini was an Italian composer of the

Clarinet Throat Tone A: Why It's Sharp and How to Fix It At Fujiyama Clarinet Studio in Yanai, Yamaguchi, we also specialize in clarinet lessons for adult enthusiasts. In this blog, I’d like to share a glimpse of one of our adult clarinet lessons. We are working on “Misty Moments” , a piece that also appears as a set work for ABRSM Grade 3. We use it to help students assess their level and stay motivated to tackle progressively harder pieces. The key focus in this lesson is

assisting with band instruction at a high school on the Iwakuni U.S. military base FUJIYAMA CLARINET STUDIO Online Clarinet Lessons with...

Online Clarinet Lessons Fujiyama Clarinet Studio also offers online lessons. These are ideal for those who live far away and cannot...