One Easy Way to Ruin a Great Embouchure

[@victorpashkevich8801]

Truly opportune Josh have been wracking my brain over this. When practicing long tones and watching tuner I produce good sound then when I start playing tunes the kazoo comes into play and even the red stopping. I think you hit it on the head for me.Thanks Josh.

[@brittanykelly8249]

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[@jiushiwo66]

I am new to clarinet and having trouble making sounds. Thank you for your video, I think I may have found where my problem is. Thank you.

[@QuickStartClarinet]

You’re welcome! Let me know if you have any questions!

[@ayushpandey8223]

OH MY GOD!!!! This was the problem i was trying to solve for 3 days. Thanks a lot.

[@QuickStartClarinet]

Yay, I’m glad it helped!

[@user-iz8pg8zz1b]

Thanks so much, this is really helpful

[@QuickStartClarinet]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@brittanykelly8249]

This has helped me a lot‼‼‼

[@QuickStartClarinet]

Great! Thanks for watching!

[@anneother6224]

The physics of clarinet sound. Nice.

[@brendareed8412]

This is so useful! Thank you.

[@QuickStartClarinet]

I’m glad you found it helpful!

[@lindsayrossiter7405]

So good & helpful😊👍💛❤️

[@QuickStartClarinet]

Thank you!

[@nintendonerd391]

Can you also give advice on why my note starts with a quick squeak, then a normal note

[@QuickStartClarinet]

This should help! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3uzdZ9mgtafsLc Make sure that you aren’t squeezing your embouchure when you go to tongue and think about aiming at the note with the air and then releasing it with the tongue.

[@nintendonerd391]

@@QuickStartClarinet Thanks so much!

[@brendareed8412]

I looked at films of Artie Shaw and his clarinet does come straight out from his mouth. Go look, it's a"wow" moment. He began on the saxophone. Think it influenced his clarinet embrochure? :)

[@QuickStartClarinet]

You are totally right about Artie Shaw! And if you look at his bottom lip it is definitely a saxophone embouchure. I would also say he sounds a little kazoo like, but it works for the style of music he is playing and his sound concept. I can’t recall if it was him or another jazz musician that played on I think a really resistant set up with hard reeds and that may have been because of his unique embouchure.

[@PinacoladaMatthew]

no wonder I squeaked when I tried to glissando to D6, I lifted up my clarinet, trying to cool, without also lifting up my chin.... that was supposed to be the climax of our jazz ensemble....but yet reli messed that up....the clarinets were at upper clarion register, so that was a very well-projected squeak, what's worse I squeaked again, then I just stay tacet til the end..... It never squeaked before,,,,only on stage for real, that was painful... I lost everything after that epic fail, respect, trust, authority, and self-esteem and confidence for quite a while

[@PinacoladaMatthew]

and my clarinet buddy, a seemingly nice bourgeois lady few yr my elder, was just so excited to really rub it in, with an avalanche of criticisms and jeers rightly justified because of that squeak. It's alight thought. She never squeaks, she blends in so well that no one ever heard her play

[@QuickStartClarinet]

Don't be too hard on yourself. Everyone squeaks! When I was first chair in the all-state band in high school, I got to play the solo in Danzon No. 2, and squeaked in the opening solo, but it wasn't the end of the world!

[@PinacoladaMatthew]

​@@QuickStartClarinet Sorry, I was being too dramatic...self-deprecating sometimes makes me feel better P.S that was not D5, but D6, it was an alttisimo squeake! But it actually didn't hurt the piece that much, alttisimo to the untrained ears of the audience sorta sounds like squeaks already, and everybody i asked said that the Jazz ensemble was superb.....LMAO And I can't believe we have something in common, I also squeaked playing the solo in Danzon No. 2 some time ago..XD It was fine all through practice and rehearsal, but then when in performance it squeaked! Maybe too much exertion back fired, too intense,

[@Cloud-wl8lp]

yo, just out of curiosity, when a saxophone player plays with the reed parallel to their mouth why does it not cause the same issue as a clarinet? embouchure differences?

[@QuickStartClarinet]

Good question! The short answer is saxophone is supposed to sound like a kazoo. 🤣 I think if you look at some of the best, especially classical, players you may find that the mouthpiece angle isn’t quite as parallel as you might think. Also, saxophone really is completely different acoustically since it is a conical bore as opposed to the clarinet’s cylindrical bore.

[@elissahunt]

Speaking of jazz... why don't classical clarinets use vibrato? All other classical strings and winds do--why not us?

[@QuickStartClarinet]

That is a very interesting topic that I have thought about and know some about, but I don’t think I have a compelling answer... Have you heard the recordings of Richard Stoltzman’s Grammy winning Brahms recordings?

[@elissahunt]

@@QuickStartClarinet I have some of his recordings, but not that particular one. I'll have to look it up.

[@QuickStartClarinet]

The reason I mention it is because he uses vibrato on classical pieces. Some people love it and some people not so much, but overall I think as time goes on it may become more acceptable to use at least some vibrato in classical clarinet playing.

[@emjay2045]

🤔 English players in orchestras (London) play with their heads down a lot. It may appear they are burying their chins in their chests … but their tone doesn’t

[@QuickStartClarinet]

Remember that it isn’t really about the head angle but the relationship of the clarinet to the head. If you are resting the instrument on your knees or have it pretty close in to your body then the head ends up a lot more down.

[@stephenbroll8460]

Hi Josh. I'm a 45 degree type player, but I've never been able to convince myself other than that Artie Shaw (kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX6ymmisqd12mKM) operates way outside that angle. On the other end of the spectrum here's Martin Frost with clarinet in a very vertical position (kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3TTaXd-rLCmY68). Anyway, excellent presentation. Looking forward to your insights on embouchure.

[@QuickStartClarinet]

Yes! With Martin Frost notice the angle of his head though when he has the clarinet close to his body. I think if his head was up straight the clarinet would be pretty close to the 45 degrees. Artie Shaw on the other hand is going for a jazzy little bit more “kazoo” like sound with lots of jaw vibrato so the perpendicular angle actually works with the sound he is going for.

[@stephenbroll8460]

@@QuickStartClarinet I agree that Martin looks like he drops his head a bit. I wonder why he goes there? Is there a particular sound; for dramatic effect? I've watched Ilene Stahl (klezmer) employ this pose a lot. Happy spring. Robins appeared yesterday for the first time.

[@QuickStartClarinet]

I’m not certain but I think he often is actually resting the clarinet on his leg to provide stability so that it is easier to move his fingers. It’s also probably just a habit that he has.

[@yukievans9506]

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[@HelloooThere]

I know a dude who sounds like a fart on the clarinet. Gonna show him your vid

[@QuickStartClarinet]

🤣 I hope it helps!

[@sfseefdse]

good video mate but here is a tip most of the that will watch this,will stay here 1-2min and see that all you do is talk about ur subscribers and all this shit and will leave the video in my oppinion an video like this shoudlnt be longer than 3 min

[@QuickStartClarinet]

You’re definitely not wrong but also if people are only staying a couple minutes then it is probably good that I get my channel advertised early on right?