Breathing
These exercises helps you to improve your lung capacity and increase the amount of air to use in your lungs when playing. Remember to always strive to be relaxed when you doing
exercises, practice or concerting. 

Exercise 1
Stand straight with your arms hanging along the sides. Raise your arms and breath in counting (silently) to 5. Lower your arms counting to 5 (still silently) holding your breath. Exhale -  Do this 5 times, every day for a couple of weeks. Week 3 - 4, do this exercise counting to 3 instead of 5.  

Exercise 2   
Stand straight with your arms hanging along the sides. Inhale in "thirds". Pause shortly between your "thirds and take time to know how it feels. Exhale in "thirds". Pause shortly between your "thirds and take time to know how it feels. Do this 5 times, every day, as many times you can, for a month. 

Tone
Clarinet playing is very near singing.
Imagine that you are singing and form inside your mouth like you you should say a A or a O.
It´s calling that you are opening up.
When you are practicing long notes you can stand by a window a imaging you are playing for someone far away. Use this method even when you are practicing your pieces.
Practicing long notes increase your chin muscles and improve your tone control, it can be meditative, too.

Trio Concertino
D Milhaud Suite op. 157b
Introduction et Finale (mp3)