hello my name's Dominic while the technicians here at all insurance music shop and today I'm going to show you how to put a reed on a clarinet hopefully you've already watched the video we did about how to assemble your clarinet correctly without damaging it if you haven't it should be in the related video section down there one of those links down there have a look if it's not complained to someone but not me right so putting the reed on the clarinet this is a clarinet this is a reed this is a reco one and a half strength Reed that I bought from all instruments comp all intimates they have Reed's all makes and strengths as a beginner you want to start with a light read of one and a half is good you can't get ones anymore for some reason but yeah start with one and a half and you gradually build up as you're gonna become a better player right so let's take a look at the mouthpiece take the cap off turn it over you will see there's a flat surface there and that's where the reed goes take the ligature away for a while first thing make sure you've got the right Reed for your instrument it sounds silly but I've seen people with E flat clarinet reeds on b-flat clarinet saxophone reeds on clarinet they are not interchangeable I have so long ago child play clarinet with the mouthpiece the wrong way up so yeah the flat section towards the back of the instrument that's that side right so flat surface of the reed on a flat surface of mouthpiece carefully put the ligature around it like that or alternatively the ligature on and slide the reed in from the top you want the tip of the reed to be at the same point as the tip of the mouthpiece so just by I line it up so it looks right you'll notice there's a gap between the Reed and the mouthpiece press that closed and you'll see if the reed isn't there it needs to come forward a little bit so push with the thumb we do it from side to side a little bit that should be about there the next thing I always do is test it in my mouth because he tummy is much more sensitive you'll feel if it's overlapping you don't want that Reed to overlap the front you can get away with it a little further back but best to have it line bang on that feels about right and we'll also check it from side to side please to just move over a little bit that way you needed bang on central both sides in the middle right then we tighten the screws up you want the top of the ligature to be about half a centimeter from where the cane is been scraped away that sort of curve there from the bottom of that about half a centimeter which that will do that's about right tighten it up you haven't got a crush it just till it starts to become sort of resist and then do the bottom screw up just the same as that then it's time to play now you're probably a beginner which is why you're watching this and the first thing you're now gonna do is break the Reed you just put on you're gonna break it on your shoulder just here and the reason why that's gonna happen is because you're looking to see where you put your fingers on there and while you doing that the bridge is getting mashed into your shoulder just there so you've been warned don't do it right so then you have a quick player great and then he starts to take it off again ideally don't leave your Reed's on the clarinet because as they dry out they go tend to go all crinkly so best thing to do is take it off so undo the screws push it out from the bottom let's pop it back into the plastic case the plastic case has one flat surface inside so flat surface of the Reed onto the flat surface of the case slide it back in push it in there and that's safe and when that dries it will dry flat so you can use it next time then just give all of the screws are tightened up on the mouthpiece and put the cap on to protect it I don't see it you now know how to put a reed on a clarinet thank you