A Quick Way to Improve Clarinet Sound

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[@BrownABBY]

YALL REMEMBER THAT YOUR TOUNGUE AND MOUTH POSITION MATTERS!! Keep your corners tight and your tongue up to the reed. U don’t want a sound of “FLAAHHH” You’d want the sound of “daaahhhh” By “flaaaah” I mean we use the fatter part of our tongue to tongue the notes but in theory, if you get your tongue up to the tip of your reed is should sound different and better. Just try it I promise it’s worth trying. Also if you have any questions about clarinet let me know, I’ll probably be able to help you.

[@clarinetninja]

Thanks! I will make sure to ask you if I have any questions about the clarinet

[@jazmin7935]

What can I do to improve my tonguing without squeaking?

[@clarinetninja]

Without hearing exactly what’s happening, my suggestions are these 1) keep your air moving. Often our air changes when we move our tongue 2) play a long note with your best sound. Articulate as much as you can from that position. See if you can keep you tongue from moving more than it needs to. I have an articulation video that may provide some exercises that can help (if you haven’t already watched it) Let me know if these ideas help:)

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

I noticed that if you tongue lighter like “doo” instead of “too” with your tongue touching further back on your roof it’s more reliable

[@BrownABBY]

My director once said to get into the habit of putting your tongue on top of your reed so it sounds cleaner and ur able to stop air faster. Also breathing in after ur last note can help resonate your sound. Also you have to manipulate your mouth a certain way just to make it not squeak or as much. And sitting up straight with big loud air can help. If you do too much air it will squeak. Fast air is what u want so practice on moving your air faster through the clarinet to get a louder sound. Yes, I know a whole lot abt clarinet coz of my director in which I can’t thank enough, so if u have any questions lmk!

[@Thegurljada]

This also helps btw do this make your bottom lip go in a little bit and bite on the top not so hard and blow lightly make sure you fingers are covering the holes fully and not on other keys yet I hope this helps for beginners or the ones who need help putting there mouth on it!❤

[@floridaclarinetstudio2338]

GREAT VID! now, have them try these overtones with a TUNER 😊😊 BRAVO! ❤❤

[@SimonKATZOVICZ]

Wow that was very high note 😮

[@ravimusicalbiratnagar5737]

Thanks

[@ryanytennis]

The Ninja!

[@floridaclarinetstudio2338]

Tell em NOT TO BITE! cmon ninja ❤❤ LET THEM KNOW! 😊😊 air and voicing is EVERYTHING....TIGHT embochures are NOT 🎉🎉

[@miniclapzpr495]

Can u please tell me how to fix my high notes because i used to be able to play high notes and i switched from a 2 reed to a 2 1/2 and my high notes wont come out and im blowing a bunch of air in aswell

[@saltyboi5066]

two things check your embouchure and your tongue posture since it’s a thicker reed you will need to blow faster air so arch your tongue more

[@miniclapzpr495]

@@saltyboi5066 thank u so much

[@clarinetninja]

In theory, your high notes should benefit from that change in reed resistance. Check that your tongue position hasn't moved and that your air stream stays fast.

[@HendryKimaro]

nice

[@clarinetninja]

Thanks!

[@curiousaboutanything2454]

Ur clarinet enthusiast

[@AUsableUsername_]

Can you explain what exactly you are doing when voicing? I’m struggling with voicing, and I’d like some advice to be able to help me, especially in the higher altissimo (high G-C)

[@clarinetninja]

That is a difficult request. It is similiar to trying to explain exactly how you change your voice from a low voice to a high voice. Without knowing what you are already doing it’s hard to give solid advice about the altissimo. My concept is clarion voicing is primary. Chalumeau has almost no change from that. Altissimo is a slight change. As one develops (unending journey) this system gets more and more refined.

[@AUsableUsername_]

@@clarinetninja could you think of it as a “Ha” for chalumeau, “He” for clarion, and a “Hue” for altissimo? I’ve seen this recommended in an exercise by playing low A, then popping the register key to get E, and lifting the index finger to get C#

[@clarinetninja]

@@AUsableUsername_ I like that exercise! I don't think of the voicing in that way, but if it works for you I say go with it. I use essentially the same voicing for the chalumeau and the clarion. I call my approach "clarion focused" or "middle out". I make a small change for the altissimo. Conceptually, the least amount of change possible is the best. It can be easy to be lured into too much of a change. Let the register key (in the back) and the first finger register key (for the altissimo) do the heavy lifting. I hope this is helpful!

[@AUsableUsername_]

@@clarinetninja alright, thank you for your help, and I’ll take the idea of clarion focused into mind, because I do want this to be something that doesn’t feel super complicated

[@ArteusK]

Where can I find the full video for this clip?

[@clarinetninja]

Thanks for asking! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqbIiJecoJeDb6M

[@ArteusK]

@@clarinetninja thank you!

[@thuanbinh148]

Can i use alto saxophone reed instead of clarinet reed ?

[@clarinetninja]

You could, but I am not at all certain that putting an alto sax reed on the clarinet is going to be better than a clarinet reed

[@richardfloyd4639]

Idk

[@JuliaRogers-x3x]

It’s giving harmonica 😢

[@dark_light_acompany]

Alikvoty

[@karenvelasquez4376]

Yyykuuhh

[@darrellmoore1743]

Turn the mouthpiece around.

[@1ssax]

The ligature is made to be like that🤭

[@33Pokenerd]

ligatures with screws on the reed side🤢

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

@@33Pokenerd​​⁠it literally doesn’t matter but someone decided that the screws always have to be on the right side so here we are

[@lucyg8970]

Ligatures that are inverted hold the reed better