how can i improve my tone on the clarinet?

Keep your tongue position high and the airstream well pressurised!

You can buy music bks full of exercises to help improve tone. just trying 2 tink 0f da name.

ooh ok keep thinking!!

QUOTE (jo.clarinet @ Jul 30 2004, 03:23 PM)

Keep your tongue position high and the airstream well pressurised!

good advice.

Another way of saying it is 'good embouchure' and a strong diaphragm.

Longtones help.

Doing harmonic exercises really help. You can buy books on this as i cant really write them down without notation!

Also by constantly playing pieces over and over again by using different techniques such as vibrato etc.

TIf your question is technical then i suggest that you keep a good strong embouchure, as though you are pronouncing the sound of 'EE'. i cant really advise you on tonguing as the anatomy of everyones tongue is completely different and so i could tell you to tongue from about a centimetre in from the tip but you would be more comfortable using the last mm.

also diaphragm, good and strong, preferably a hard sromach, but not to the point of suffocation or collapsing!

I know this sounds stupid but when you're playing imagine you have a tennis ball in your mouth...yes well it works for me. Also suport your playing with your diaphragm (sorry i'm being flutey)
Alex
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