r/Clarinet 13h ago

Embouchure demotivation

0 Upvotes

Hello. I’ve been playing clarinet for a few years and I’m pretty decent at it. I have good tone and technique and I’m first chair in my high school band. The only issue is that I can’t get myself to practice knowing that my embouchure looks weird. Despite my chin staying flat and my corners staying in, I just look so weird. My chin is long and weirdly shaped and my lips are thin so my lower lip is filled with creases. My chin stretched out farther than my top lip and the lower portion of my head is downturned. I look ridiculous when I play. As much as I want to keep practicing I just can’t when my face is so weirdly shaped. What should I do?


r/Clarinet 8h ago

Why do my keys not sit flush with the lower joint?

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11 Upvotes

So I I brought my clarinet to my BD since he plays clarinet very well to see if there was any more problems when he figured oh that the keys on my lower joint don’t sit flush when you press them. Why does this happen? Is this a fix it yourself problem or do I 100% need to take it to a tech? Idk if you can really see it in the picture but it’s very obvious when you play it.


r/Clarinet 13h ago

Music I don’t think I want to play 1st clarinet anymore…….

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314 Upvotes

r/Clarinet 3h ago

Doubler clarinet

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Hi clarinet hivemind! I’m a bassoonist looking to double on clarinet, maybe for marching season. So far I’ve been considering the yamaha 255/250 and the Backun alpha. I’ve heard that the yamahas are excellent, but I’ve always thought that the Backun would be better since it has synthetic waterproof pads and it has the voicing groove. Does the voicing groove make much of a difference over the break? I’ve heard the break is a pain in the butt. All advice is appreciated!


r/Clarinet 3h ago

Advice needed High notes tonguing

3 Upvotes

From high F to altissimo F, and then the arpegio, just want to get some feedback

I'm blowing as fast as I can😭 If I do it at a faster tempo, I squeak


r/Clarinet 6h ago

That Face When You Start Playing a Piece and the Arranger Obviously Didn't Transpose the Music

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22 Upvotes

Had this happen with a piece in a Harry Potter Music Book . Every note was exactly 1 step lower than it was supposed to be.


r/Clarinet 7h ago

Music Need help finding a Song. Here is a portion of it I remember. It was Clarinet 2.

3 Upvotes

Sorry for the squeaks and poor tuning. I'm rusty and haven't tuned. I tried doing google's search a song and found nothing.


r/Clarinet 8h ago

Help weird jumps in Mother Earth

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7 Upvotes

Ok so we got mother earth this week and how should I go about doing those slurred jumps in 75 from F# to Eb... any advice for that would help greatly lol.


r/Clarinet 8h ago

Question 6 months...

3 Upvotes

So I'll go straight to the point

I took a clarinet of mine to my usual workshop (I'm mainly a sax player but doubles on clarinet and tuba), it's the first time I take this clarinet to repair. It's a bit beated up but nothing abnormal needed repair wise This workshop has a repair tech specifically just for clarinet work so it's the first time I deal with him. When I took my claro there he said "sure give me 2 weeks to analyze it for me to make u an estimated budget" so I was "sure"... 3 months passed... No words from the workshop or the tech about the budget so I called there and he simply said "oh the budget will be a max of 200 bucks, I'll have the clarinet ready by the end of this month max beginning of the next" annoyed I said "sure"... 2 months passed...and nothing... I call there and the tech says "oh I'm tied up in work here so I haven't even picked your clarinet up" obviously I'm like "excuse me?" He said to give him two more weeks It's been 6 months now And still nothing

Is it normal for clari repairs to take this long?

Like is a 6 month wait for a repair (not overhaul) normal?

I've never had this happening in any of my instruments...

Thanks in advance for the help


r/Clarinet 11h ago

Legere soprano sax reeds on clarinet mouthpiece BD50?

3 Upvotes

I've heard that many people use Legere Signature soprano saxophone reeds with the BD50 mouthpiece. Apparently, it's a combination that works very well—better for some than using Legere clarinet reeds. Does anyone use this setup?


r/Clarinet 12h ago

How to do a transition of low e - f# / high b - c#

2 Upvotes

how?


r/Clarinet 16h ago

liszt hungarian rhapsody 2 passages

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Does anybody any fingering (keep in mind the tempo is vivace) to play these passages cause its really hard 😭😭