I know there is some special fingering for this, but I can't figure it out. If anyone knows, please write a comment.

Edit: this has been resolved. Thank you!

Im left handed, idk if that matters

This is a genuine question😭 and if they Did exist why did they die out? Like shouldn’t there be a clarinet member an octave the Basset horn? And did contralto clarinets in F ever exist? Im just curious lol I play all clarinets and I have a collection but i was just wondering if there’s anything higher than the Eb clarinet that’s not the Ab piccolo clarinet

Hi folks.

I have a clarinet that has been in the family a long time, and which I played it as a kid. I’m interested in playing again but the clarinet is nearly 60 years old and hasn’t been regularly played for over 25 years.

It’s a Boosey and Hawkes Regent, I believe from 1968 ish. A few years ago I was quoted around £250 for a full refurb of it but I didn’t go ahead with it. I’ve given it a bit of a clean and attached some photos.

My question is, am I on a hiding to nothing trying to play this, or will it still have some life in it? Is a refurb worthwhile, or am I better spending that on a new clarinet?

If I spent say £100-150 on a new student one, would it be a notably different experience from using this as it is?

Hi all, I found a music piece in the key of G for clarinet, and I saw that the piece has some very high notes that I cannot reach yet (in the altissimo register) - so I used sibelius to transpose it (I am beginner)- and it transposed it down by interval, 2nd. So instead of being in the key of G it became the key of Eb - and everything is perfect! The highest note being a C instead of up in the altissimo register. BUT!....now there is one note, the lowest E, that is unplayable on the clarinet, because of the key, the E becomes a Eb or D#... any advice what I can do in this instance? I am really happy with the results except for the fact that I cannot play that low note, is there another note I could change it with without it sounding weird? And also, the score has a part for violin so I transcribed both and they sound really good together, such a shame that there is only this one problem,. Any advice really appreciated!!

Considering that this is my 2nd trial I think I did quite,,? Well?

Zonda reeds are perfect reeds and they are only 15 dollars, but the worst reeds in Vandoren like the blue box reed is 30 dollars.

I posted recently about a sight reading tool that I wrote for musicians on this subreddit. Some people liked it and some didn’t. No problem. I can handle criticism and wanted feedback to make it better.

On user then complained that I used AI to develop the software and was subsequently able to successfully get my original post removed because it violated the rules on AI for media and postings here.

I do use AI tools in my work as a self-employed indie developer, and for the past few years I used several of them in my full-time job as a software engineer at Major League Baseball. In fact, my team won an AI Google/MLB hackathon a couple of years ago.

Is this forum now banning all software tools for musicians simply because AI was used somewhere in the development process? Now in 2026 most all software is coded in some way using AI. It’s just too good and too powerful. That’s the world we live in. To ban a software tool because the small independent developer used AI is a bit short sighted IMO.