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 Re: My clarinet sounds like a Kazoo
Author: SecondTry 
Date:   2021-02-06 22:37

I think you are being very hard on yourself to say that you sound like you're playing a Kazoo. It's just not the case. : - )

And okay, you don't sound like Emma Johnson but she's been (at the risk of pointing out the obvious) doing this a LONG time on equipment (including recording equipment) likely better than yours. And while we can certainly agree that Squidward Tentacles is not a good player, the definition of ideal sound is quite open to opinion. (I do think Ms. Johnson sounds lovely in your link; I don't mean to imply otherwise.)

Energy I think is better spent on what we can do to improve your sound. If you were my student I would have you play long tones with the following advice/mindset:

The embouchure is not a vice but rather a rubber band. Pressure doesn't simply come from grabbing the mouthpiece and pushing the top and bottom lips towards a center point. Focus on applying pressure in all directions, especially from the sides that you're likely to less be focusing on right now.

And sure, this is likely to cause fatigue at first. It's a process, not a quick fix.

One more thing. Take in as much mouthpiece as you can before you squeak and then back off a tad (cognizant of this sideways embouchure pressure).

THAT's where you want to be on your mouthpiece.

As a child I was told to simply take in more mouthpiece. I personally think this advice was flawed without the concomitant advice on embouchure pressure from all sides that I offer above.

My $0.02. Good luck!
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