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Re: How to sound different?

Author: Katrina
Date: 2015-01-31 18:04

Listen. Listen a lot.

Also experiment with different mouthpieces. Typically jazz, klezmer, and Balkan clarinetists play mouthpieces which have a larger tip opening. The Vandoren 5JB is the first one to try, although I have heard they now have one with an even larger tip opening. Use soft reeds with these mouthpieces (1.5-2).

Then experiment with different tongue positions. Usually for classical clarinet, the back of the tongue is high, as if saying "eeeee" (American pronunciation) or mimicking a cat's hiss. For other sounds, the back of the tongue is sometimes lower.

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