Hello everyone, Jonathan and I will be introducing some tips and tricks as to how to get started with the Clarion with new players, for me as a Music Leader of the National Open Youth Orchestra and Programme manager, And for me as a Programme manager for Open Orchestras, which sets up and runs accessible orchestras in special schools. So, top tip number one for the Clarion is positioning. Now, this is no different to any other instrument and it's really important that you get the Clarion in the right position for each individual player. Is the player left-handed or right-handed? And then a lot of the players will simply play the iPad flat on their knees using their hands. Some wheelchair users might prefer to use an iPad in an angled case. For those Clarion players, you can just set the case at the right angle for them on the top of a wheelchair tray. Others might need that iPad angled slightly differently. So you could use a movable arm. Make sure you take lots of photos of the perfect setup and share them with anyone who might be supporting that musician. It's okay to use an iPad or tablet by itself without amplification when someone is playing by themselves. But as soon as a musician wants to play in a group of people, it's important to have the correct amplification. You might want to choose a Minirig type speaker for some players. They're quite robust, portable; They can sit on a wheelchair tray and they can take a bit of a battering if they fall off accidentally. Make sure you buy long enough lead for them though, because the leads that come with the Minirigs or similar speakers are often on the short side, whereas we need leads that are a little bit longer to give us more options. You can also buy Bluetooth speakers, which are a great option for portability, but don't forget, you're gonna have a little bit of a delay between your players playing the notes and hearing the notes. If you can, we'd recommend trying to use speakers that have leads with them. Finally, you can get some speakers now that have got clips on them, meaning you can just attach them to either a wheelchair or even to a young person's arm or whatever that's comfortable for them, just to give them really close monitoring as they play. Players need to be able to hear their own sound clearly. So make sure that you test this and ask musicians to play the Clarion to see if they can hear it well enough. They also need to be able to adjust the volume up and down so that it's comfortable for them. You can also play the Clarion using eye gaze technology. Now, if you're gonna be using that, you're gonna have to do something called calibration. And what that means is because everyone's got different shaped eyes, you're gonna have to set up the player with the eye gaze technology so that they can accurately control the mouse cursor on the screen. Some People will want to play the Clarion using a head motion sensor. There's loads of pieces of technology that you can use. For our national Open Youth orchestra players, we've had great success with the Quha Zono headset. This can allow players to develop much more expressive playing than they might be able to achieve using their hands. Okay, and now for a final tip from me. Don't forget to clean that screen regularly, so you don't hit a sticky patch and mess up that all important note. The Clarion has got lots of different sounds to try on the app. Make sure you go through them and find your favorite because being enthusiastic about what you hear as the musician is the best way to stay enthusiastic about making music. For more information and tips, make sure that you watch all the videos in this series. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and have a look at the Clarion website. Enjoy making music on your Clarion.