Band directors, this article offers great tips & solutions for those of you teaching beginning clarinet class. If you have clarinets playing flat, it needs to be addressed immediately as it is often a symptom of a more significant problem. The good news is that by fixing the things mentioned in this article, it should not only improve their intonation, it should drastically improve their tone as well. Tips such as clarinet voicing, anchoring, instrument angle, tonguing and reeds are discussed.