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Because she's Canadian, she also plays the Eh Flat clarinet.

I tired the Bb clarinet reeds on the Eb and it was soooooooooo much better. Thank you so much!!!

Back in high school, the symphonic band at Marian Catholic had 10 clarinets and the 5th chair played Eb. I was sixth so I stayed on Bb but I always wanted to try one. I remember using the synthetic reeds my last year in 1999-2000 and I absolutely loved them. Never dried up and I thought I got a very nice full and warm sound when using them. Thanks for posting!!!

You are a very good teacher clarinet , I found out your videos now , and I am going to see your videos now .

Just tried playing a Bb reed on my Eb clarinet and it's life changing!! Thank you sooo much for this tip!

I ordered an Eb clarinet and I'm so excited to try it!

Many, many thanks for the tip about using a B flat clarinet reed on the E flat AND using wire cutters to trim the clarinet reed. Clarinet reeds work for me and the wire cutters trimmed the reeds without problem. I also tried an E flat soprano sax reed and it works as well as the clarinet reed and does not need trimming. Like the clarinet reed it is a bit wider than the soprano clarinet reed. I usually play bass clarinet, so the E flat soprano clarinet is quite a transition.

WOWZA, I have to play the e flat this Tuesday in band for the first time, this is exactly what I needed!!

This was very helpful and insightful. I also only use B-flat clarinet reeds and tend to choose those that are well broken in and even a little "dull" which makes the E-flat sound richer. I also occasionally reshape the reed with a file to narrow it, if required.

Thank you for the tip on altísimo notes

Interesting! I'm thinking of playing one of those!

Hi Michelle,

I played the eb clarinet solo solo in Bolero once. The only 16 bars i played in the concert. But very important. Very satisfactory.

Hey Michelle! I have played a low-quality Eb that I found in the depths of my school's instrument storage. I experimented with it for about four months, and became frustrated due to lack of repertoire for the Eb. After watching this video, I think I'm going to give it a second chance. If you have any solo suggestions for the Eb, I'd love to hear them!

Thank you, Michelle! This is a great resource for such a notoriously hard-to-control instrument.

I started learning the Eb clarinet recently to play the Eb part for molly on the shore in a clarinet choir (and possibly a solo piece). I’ve seen some very helpful charts that give good alternate altissimo fingerings. I play on Eb reeds and I have tried the Bb reeds but I prefer the Eb reeds because in my experience they work better with my clarinet. I’m still a bit nervous about learning the alternate altissimo fingerings though because it seems very complicated and difficult to commit all of them to muscle memory.

Hello Michelle! I love your videos! I have seen several vendors selling a product called an Eb clarinet extension which adds a tone hole between the body and bell of the Eb clarinet. Would this be a product you would recommend? I'm looking into getting an Eb and mapping out the accessory costs as well. Thank you!

Thanks for this video! It looks like you are using Steuer reeds. I have been using those for the past 6 months or so and love them!!

I’m finding that I’m playing a really soft reed and I can’t get anything higher than a g an octave higher than open g and when I try to use a harder reed it is really hard to make a sound? Btw I use a Yamaha 4c mouthpiece until I can upgrade to a Vandoren.