Foundations
What a glissando is made of, a warm-up exercise or two, and your first glissando.
Clarinet glissando, note by note
In my Instagram videos I broke the glissando into small steps: A to B, B to C, all the way to a full octave. In the course I teach it from the beginning, in four lessons, up to the opening of Rhapsody in Blue.
Lesson 1 is free. No credit card.
- Jerusalem Symphony Orchestraclarinetist since 2012
- Meitar Ensembleclarinet and bass clarinet soloist
- Zubin Mehta, Kirill Petrenkoplayed under their baton
- 431K viewson the glissando series
Four ways in
Four ways to work with me. Pick the one that fits where you are today.
Learn the glissando
A four-lesson online course. Lesson 1 is free by email.
See the coursePrivate lessons
One to one on Zoom, for students and adult players at any level.
Lessons and ratesAudition prep
Orchestral excerpts, the audition list, and playing under pressure.
How we prepareMaster classes
For conservatories, music schools and festivals, in Israel and abroad.
Book a master class
Step by step, the line becomes a glide
Scroll through the four lessons. The steps you see are the notes; by lesson 4 they join into one glissando.
Small intervals, high register
Where it is easiest to feel how the fingers slide.
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, Boléro
Large intervals up high, small ones down low
Large intervals in the high register, then small intervals in the low register.
Across the break
A glissando that crosses registers, through the clarinet's break (the switch between the low and high registers).
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Widmann: Fantasie. Berio: Sequenza IXa
- FreeLesson 1By email, when you sign up.
- $59The full courseFour lessons. For 30 minutes after you sign up, it's $49.
- $89Course with personal feedbackSend me a video of your glissando and I reply with a video of my own.
Changed your mind? Write to me within 3 days of buying and I'll refund you in full.
431K views on the glissando series
13 short videos, each on a single interval. Here are four of them. Counts as of October 22, 2026.
Listen first
Before you learn with someone, it helps to hear them play. These are from my YouTube channel.
Private lessons and audition prep
I teach one to one on Zoom. Before the first lesson, send me a short recording and tell me what you're working on. That way we start from where you really are.
Preparing for an audition? We go through the list excerpt by excerpt, then run it as a mock audition, the way a panel hears it.
In my lessons we work seriously on every detail, without pressure. If something doesn't come out, we break it down one more step.
- 30 minutes$60
- 60 minutes$80
- Audition prep, 60 minutes$80
Master classes
When I came into contemporary music, I wasn't sure I knew what I was doing there. Today I teach what I learned on the way: how to approach a piece that looks impossible, and how to make a technique like multiphonics (several notes at once) a natural part of your playing.
In a master class with me we work seriously on every detail, and without pressure.
- Glissando and flexibility of sound
- Contemporary repertoire and extended techniques
- Orchestral excerpts and audition prep
- Bass clarinet
My setup
People ask me what I play on. This is the setup I use on stage, in the orchestra and with Meitar.
- ClarinetLuis Rossi
- MouthpieceB40 HD
- LigatureBonade
- ReedsVandoren V12
Recommendations for students, by level and budget: Coming soon
Smart metronome
A metronome that follows the tempo map of the piece, bar by bar: tempo changes, meter changes, fermatas. Free, in the browser.
Open the metronomeClarinet sheet music
My own arrangements and public-domain music, some free for subscribers.
Coming soonAbout me
I'm Nir Marom, a clarinetist and conductor. I have played with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra since 2012, and I'm a soloist with the Meitar Ensemble for contemporary music.
A glissando sounds like magic, but it is built from small steps you can learn. That's how I teach everything: one clear step, then the next.
- Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra since 2012, also as soloist
- Clarinet and bass clarinet soloist with the Meitar Ensemble, which has given more than 400 premieres
- Master classes and mentoring at the CEME contemporary music festival
- Played under Zubin Mehta and Kirill Petrenko
- Studied clarinet with Eugene Yehudin, and conducting at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Questions
Is the glissando course right for me?
If you can already play comfortably across the clarinet's range, yes. Lesson 1 is free, so you can see for yourself before you pay.
Does a Zoom lesson really work for sound?
For most things, yes. I'll send you the audio settings to use before the first lesson. For the fine details of sound, I also ask for a short recording made on your phone.
What if the course isn't for me?
Write to me within 3 days of buying and I'll refund you in full.
Which language do you teach in?
English or Hebrew, whichever is easier for you.
How do I book a master class?
Write to me with the dates, the level of the players and what you'd like to focus on. I'll reply with a suggested plan.
Let's talk
For lessons, audition prep or a master class, write to me. I answer personally.
Write to me nirmaromclarinet@gmail.com