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Clarinet difficulties

Author: mattg
Date: 2004-08-08 00:09

Hi,
Last year my daughter started paying clarinet in school. Rather than rent, I purchased a Yamaha YCL-20 plastic clarinet on ebay that was like new. When the clarinet arrived it was indeed like new, except it came with a Vandoren B45 mouthpiece and a ligature that did not fit the mouthpiece properly. I purchased a vandoren ligature that fits the mouthpiece. We are using Rico Royal Reeds 2.5 -> 3.0 (She started out at 1.5). I am an amatuer sax player and pianist. My daughter practices every day and has made tremendous progress but I noticed she is blowing incredibly hard to get the notes out. I tried the clarinet myself and it feels like there is a sock stuck in it. I had her try my sax and she was able to play it effortlessly. Is there something wrong wit the clarinet setup or is the clarinet just more difficult to play?
Thanks,
Matt

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