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Zungenspitze an Blattspitze, Übung https://www.musicalmastery.org/journey/archives/10-2018 One of my favorite go-to tricks in clarinet class is to turn the mouthpiece and barrel upside down. This puts the reed up against the top lip, and the mouthpiece itself resting on the bottom lip. Students will need to curl in their top lip over their teeth (like a double reed player) to utilize this trick. First, just have students create an F# on the upside mouthpiece and barrel. This could be enough of a project on the first attempt. Students will need to adjust the angle of the mouthpiece, as well as the amount of reed that they put in their mouth. If students mention that it tickles, tell them that it shouldn’t tickle if their lips are firm enough; it will only tickle if their lips are too loose (great embouchure firming trick as well!). Once they are able to produce a tone, have them try to quickly articulate. The great thing about this trick is that it is impossible to thwat tongue. The tongue can only articulate the reed if the tongue is striking high enough. If they use too much tongue and/or tongue too low, they will miss the reed altogether and awkwardly hit the mouthpiece instead. Immediately have students turn the mouthpiece and barrel right side up and start quickly tonguing again. Hopefully you notice a pleasant rise in pitch and clarity of tonguing!