In fact, among all kinds of musical instruments, clarinet has lower requirements for learners' innate conditions. As a wind instrument, it does not need a certain "childlike skill" like stringed instruments and pianos, that is, the decline of finger flexibility in adulthood is not conducive to practice, nor does it need a high vital capacity like most other wind instruments.
The required lung capacity of clarinet is not only less than that of brass instruments such as trumpet and trombone or large woodwind instruments such as bassoon (bassoon), but also less than that of woodwind instruments such as flute (flute does not include the whole flute head, so the breath utilization rate is lower than that of clarinet).
The flute is more expensive, and it is more difficult and complicated to get started. Because there is no mouthpiece, there are many things to consider, such as the size and direction of breath, mouth shape, the size of oral space and so on. C-key instruments, no need to transpose them. A broken flute can be repaired, but not a clarinet. Ensemble and solo are all good. Sound can have two different timbres, cold timbre and warm timbre.
Difficult music will be more free, and you need a better sense of rhythm within yourself. There are many things that need time to learn. Its timbre is more overtone because of its own structure, and I think the sound is better. The timbre of flutes made by different flute makers is also different. Don't say fingering is simple! I'm going crazy about changing fingering. Sometimes four or five fingering methods are used instead of one sound, each of which has different effects, and vibrato also has different fingering methods.