My section leader always told me for long high tones, blow hot air. Think about when you try to fog up a window with your breath. Open your throat like that.

Warmer Air = Warmer Sound.

help! im finding it hard to produce nice high notes on the clarinet!

does anyone know the difference between a large bore and a smaller bore?

WHENEVER YOU PRODUCE A SALIVARY TONE LIKE THAT...JUST SUCK IT ALL UP BY BREATHING IN

hello, i`v been playing clarinet for 4 years, and i love it. you need to tighten up your corners and blow more air. and if their is spit/condensation in your mouthpiece, try sucking in air, you will then suck on any spit/condensation. and it`s not gross(concidering it`s your spit to begin with, lol) and when you play an open g, make and o with your mouth, and tighten up corners, this will sound intune, and also keep your lower hand down on the open g and b flat. good luck...
-christy nelson-

sit very straight and dont tighten on any high notes above C3

When I started playing I did not get information on reed sizes until I was in middle school. Changing my reed size to a higher one helped with the tone of my longer notes and really helped my sound. When I got into highschool I was also invited to play in a perfessional polka band and all of a sudden I got nervous and started to play soft. This year as a sophmore My scool band director helped me overcome my nerves and I started to play louder and the sound came out so much clearer. With his help and to my surprise I got a solo in our concer and was able to play better in the polka band.

remember to keep perfect emburshure{keep chin down corners in and mouthpeices pushing up on top teeth and wrap bottom lip over bottom teeth]to get an almost insant emburshure say twee-oow. also never sweeze that is the worst thing you can do. make sure your reed is not bad and wet. relax and enjoy playing but don`t get relax to the point were you can`t concentate. keep corret posture and beath through your stomach[you might need to patice this a lot:[ . If none of the following work pratice the following PP<FF>PP these dynamics should be paticed at 60{tempo} and should cover a vesinity 16 beats. 8 beats from piano to forta and 8 beats from forta to piano

*dances with joy* someone else who knows what they`re talking about!
Follow Andrew`s advice. It works.

I have been playing the clarinet for roughly seven years. It takes a long time for your tone to fully develop. My suggestion to you is to work with your breathing alot. You also need to think of your tounge position, on the higher notes raise the back of your tounge or your sound may be "bitey" Another thing you want to check is if you have to much lower lip, if you just set your clarinet on the lower lip it naturally covers the teeth. That will take some getting used to. You want to be sure to do alot of long tones and twelfth slurs are helpfull. A 12th slur is when you start on a low e and add your register key and work on not getting any break between the low note and the upper note, continue up the clarinet chromatically. I hope this will help you!

Another factor you might want to consider is what reed works best with your mouthpiece. For instance, as Vandoren mouthpieces are popular among students, i`ll use them as an example. If i were to use a Vandoren M13, and because it has a narrow opening, it produces a better sound than most reeds if you were to use a size 4 traditional vandoren reed. A student starting off may only be using the mouthpiece that is supplied, which normally accomodate a 2.5 rico royal.
Tavis

When u buff ur cheeks you get a spuek try not to buff

Alison,
Make sure you have a firm umboucher around the mouthpiece. Aswell make sure you nave a quility reed and mouthpiece(hint: try Vandoren)

When you go up to the high notes, or altimisso range, or any note in general, make sure you don`t pinch the sound and make your air speed constant.

Have fun, and good luck!

I used to think that it was so gross sucking up the spit, but it is true that it is only condensation. Besides, it is fun to gross you trumpet friends out with the slurpy noise that it makes! There is nothing better then a dramatic pause in a concrt filled with three *slups*
Oh yeah, it does really help get rid of the fuzzy sound.

I just have a couple of suggestions that might help. I agree with whoever said have a focused air stream. If your having trouble with the idea of "fast air" think of blowing up a little balloon. make sure your chin is flat as well. Think of pulling it down while still having it on the reed. You dont` want your chin to interfere with the reed`s vibrations. Also, a really big thing is to not be scared of the high notes. If your scared and go into them trying to make them quieter (so there less noticable) you`ll end up with not the best sound. Go into those notes with confidence. Don`t worry if they dont` work right away, they take practice. Think of them as anyother note. Having a good reed, good mouthpiece and having the reed damp(but not soaking) are all helpful too. Hope I could help.