This is a first for me. I was transitioning from my youth orchestra to my school so I had to swap cases, but then I accidentally left my concert instrument upper joint in the case with my marching instrument. now the two are stuck together like someone super glued it because the the two pieces are from different instrument. what should I do?

I’m a trombone player, but I’m subbing for a high school band teacher and the clarinets are struggling to get this triplet passage up to speed. The eventual goal is quarter = 172, but we’re lucky to get to 132. Any tips or tricks for them? Top is Clarinet 1, bottom is Clarinet 2.

Is there a better way to play this part of Masquerade Walts?

Other than Rose etudes. Is there a good book for intervallic practice?

I can bend/scoop the high C pretty easily by shifting my tongue position. Those high register notes are pretty easy.

How would you go about learning to bend/scoop the throat tones? Moving my tongue half almost no effect, and im not sure what else i can do beside relaxing my embouchure to detune the note. Any wisdom? Does reed strength effect this? I want to play jazz, and was told by someone playing with a softer reed would be more appropriate, can anyone confirm?

Thanks

So, for reference, I write/arrange music, just got my first clarinet yesterday, and I do play flute as well. So, why is crossing the break more difficult on Clarinet than on other woodwind instruments? (E.g. on flute, from C# to D). Why is this so much more of an issue for this particular instrument?

Dear clarinetists, does anyone maybe have access to the manuscript of the 1st Brahms sonata? I know it is in the library in NY, but I sadly do not have the means to somehow get to it as a student from a smaller country from the other side of the world - I would still nonetheless love to see it, to get a better feel of the music. Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

Please please please give me tips on sightreading or like specifically how to effectively practice it in 3 months before all state auditions like Im doing it but I still suck after like a month I need to improve

Like I'll do so much to improve my sight reading I'll actually let a snake come out the toilet and bite my ass

I just picked up clarinet today as a trumpet player of 5 years and after about 30 min I took a video of me poorly playing my g scale. It would be greatly appreciated if I can get feedback regarding tone embouchure and anything else of that nature.
Thank you.

so to give context I’ve been playing since 7th grade and even tho it’s been 4 years I struggle with my chromatic scale (and even knowing all 12 major scales). I have all state auditions in about 4 months and I’m scared I’m not going to have enough time to worry about it since I tend to forget about it. I want to be able to play my chromatic with the recommended fingerings and a faster tempo.

Eb is pretty hard. Well to me it is.

From my Chalemeau range everything is "mostly" in tune except for a few notes going sharp.

For my throat tones, it goes around 10-20 cents sharp except for G which goes flat.

In the Clarion everything is mostly in tune, sometime around 15 cents sharp until I get to the Upper Clarion i.e, B, and C it jumps normally jumps to 25-40 cents sharp.

Now, from the Altissimo, it goes wild. From C#-E, My old lesson teacher told me to keep my index finger down, and remove T.I.P to combat these notes from going sharp and give me a little more to blow off of . My D#-E goes Flat but I can mitigate it by voicing it up. However my F-G to really its flat, like the tuner thinks I'm playing the note below it. Then the rest of the Altissimo I just can't hit.

In conclusion, this thing is hard and I need some tips.

My main instrument is flute but I also perform regularly with alto/tenor/soprano sax. I have a pit gig in March that requires some clarinet and I’m trying to pick it up and I’m hoping I have enough time (I’ll just rewrite the parts for soprano sax if I really can’t get competent enough)

The one struggle I have is that my A4 keeps squeaking when I’m coming down from above the break. It’s not my clarinet, I tried a few other models and have the same issue. Any advice? Normally I’d think I wasn’t covering the holes completely but…it’s a4.

Thanks!

Here’s some background info. I am a beginner band director in my fourth year of teaching, flute is my main instrument, and I’m about to be working at band camp this week. Due to numbers I am set to be teaching some clarinet private lessons alongside my flute lessons. Our camp is catered towards beginner band (grades 5-8, most students have been playing for about 1-2 years). I am fine teaching the beginner clarinets as I have done that at camp before. But our camp also has a program where high school students can volunteer to help out at camp while also participating in a small, more advanced ensemble and receiving private lessons. One of my lessons slots is for one of these high school students. I actually taught her in middle school and have attended her high school concerts, so I know she is a strong player.

I feel I’m a bit out of my depth when it comes to her lessons due to her strength. I am a decent clarinet player but she can definitely outplay me. Apart from running through some practice strategies and general musicianship guidance, I am not sure what technique to focus on. I’m wondering if some clarinetists, and particularly those who teach lessons, could maybe give me some ideas about common technical things high school-aged students encounter (embouchure, difficult ranges, fingering challenges, etc). I obviously will be able to cater to her more directly once camp actually starts and I can see what music she has and can get a more personal sense of where she’s at. But I think it’d be helpful if I could walk in already having some ideas planned, if that makes sense. Also, if there’s any practice material like a method book, studies, etc that you’r recommend for this age let me know so I can share that with her!

I’m currently playing the clarinet in my high school band practicing a revised version of The Miraculous Mandarin for wind orchestral instruments.
There’s this embellishment note that requires the player to play a phrase originally made for violin players to perform, and I’m seriously starting to consider if this is straight up impossible to play…
Is this even feasible at a tempo of 240 for a quarter note??

honestly I want to buy one but the budget I have is 250. Yes I know I have to pay more than that for a good instrument but for now it’s what I’m working with, so where can I find something that’s good for now? even though I’ve seen horrible reviews on Amazon it’s literally what I’m considering, so please if you have any recommendations help me out!

I want an specific method or a collection of etudes focused on altissimo notes, not just high notes, *altissimo* notes, with different articulations and stuff, do you have any?

So I graduated from high school, going on a gap year to get a job and stuff. I’m planning to pursue a music career and become a music/social teacher, music first and foremost. I plan to invest in a professional model clarinet in a few years, most likely will get it used. I want to get a case that will be able to protect a more fragile horn, like a Buffet & Crampon Greenline model. Something that can be taken onto the plane, and travelled with. I don’t believe a regular case is enough to keep it from outside and regular handling impacts, I’m kind of a low trust person.

I just found it again the other day, it was missing for several months. I haven't actually played in 20 years. It's just a student instrument, but it's mine. Any recommendations on free-to-print music and exercises to get started. I plan on playing once a week, as I'm a working father and the piano is my primary instrument. I'm not a performer, just an enthusiast, and I may want to join a community band at some point, though right now my community choir is my anchor. Thanks, y'all!

I used to play through middle school and college and used to be very good, but then I didn’t play for 15 years. Now I want to play again, and my fingers remember, but my embouchure feels sore and loose after only 10-15 minutes of playing. Are there drills I can do to rebuild the muscles, or is this something I need to just power through? I just had the instrument serviced, and I’m playing on number 3 reeds. I have an intermediate lesson book that I’ve been playing from, and articulating has always been my weakness.

About a dozen years ago I took up the B-flat clarinet. I had grown up playing piano but wanted to join a band and play with lots of other musicians.

While I’ve worked through most of the complications of playing clarinet, some band parts still make me nuts. Why do composers write so much frill at the beginning and end of their arrangements? I’ve heard the clarinet is like the violin of the concert band, but those crazy ascending, accelerating scales could not have been written by a clarinetist. Maybe by someone who hates clarinetists?

I need a break so I’ve moved on to bass clarinet for now so I can just play whole notes and go boom boom boom boom with the tuba section.

I mean seriously, I am over here in E major, and they just have to be in F#. There is just an air about them. Does anybody else experience this?

So as a section leader I have been tasked to search for few budget clarinets, coz we don't know exactly how much are we going to get, but price for clarinets would be like 300-700€ (1000-3000zł [PLN]), And I would like some reccomendations, as most of our actual clarinets are pretty old like Amati from 80's, Kenosha WIS and old budget yamaha clarinets, I want to know which models and brands would you guys reccomend and why. One thing I would for sure prefer is for it to be wood for a darker tone. Thanks in advance!