Why Are You Always Flat? | 3/10 Clarinet Players Do This 1 Mistake

If your intonation on the clarinet is always and constantly flat, it usually means that your tongue position is too low.
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[@gsaugust]

Thank you, I needed to hear this.

[@fabianhuegli]

@@gsaugust thanks for tuning in!

[@alessandrot-b]

This problem is also exaggerated if the reed is too soft for the student.

[@fabianhuegli]

@@alessandrot-b can be. But wouldn‘t it be the other way round? A low tongue positions exagerates the flatness with a soft reed? Me myself I play 2.5 Vandoren Traditional. Even with a 2 I can play in tune together with a high enough tongue position.

[@alessandrot-b]

@@fabianhuegli With a young beginner student that doesn't have super fine control of their tongue position it's definitely more exxagerated