Pinky Trainers

Each pinky is responsible for four different keys. We need to develop muscle memory so we don't have to visually find each key.

There are multiple ways to play some notes and we need to know each possible fingering.

When you fully understand the potential of the pinky keys, playing the clarinet is actually easier.

One of the key concepts related to pinky keys is sliding. We want to avoid this as much as possible.

Sliding is playing two adjacent notes using the same pinky.

It is a difficult maneuver that does not sound good.

It can usually be avoided by using both pinky keys in an alternating fashion.