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Author: Willie
Date: 1999-12-31 00:04
I like the Klose book. Starts simple, them progresses to stuff that shouldn't be legal. Master this book and you can thumb your nose at most other clarinetists including me.
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Author: Leah
Date: 1999-12-31 00:20
i second willie's opinion. you should see this book- it's so thick! good luck!~
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Author: Sara
Date: 1999-12-31 00:25
I started with Rubank, they have a great series starting with beginners-advanced. There's a lot a variety within them.
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 1999-12-31 02:07
I like Rubank too. I have seen the Klose book though...it gave me nightmares for a week!
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Author: M. Brand
Date: 1999-12-31 02:11
Which exercise book is very good for clarinet?
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There is some good information on this subject right here on Sneezy. For beginning books try:
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Study/Beginner.html
For more advanced study, search in the various sections at:
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Study/index.html
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Author: Kim
Date: 1999-12-31 04:14
My teacher made me buy the Langenus book which comes in Book 1, 2, and 3. I also have the Klose book and have worked from the Rubank. Another good book is the Lazarus which also comes in Book 1, 2, and 3. I am working from the Langenus, Klose, and Lazarus. These books have good technical, articulation, and musical exercises.
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Author: John
Date: 1999-12-31 19:04
Klose! My first assignment in clarinet lessons as a college freshman was to memorize page 123 in the Klose. Dr. Lubrani made it seem so effortless.
At one time Rubank produced a set of lesson plans which took the student through the various sections of the Klose - each lesson touched on technical studies, scale work, articulation, etc.
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Author: barry
Date: 1999-12-31 23:21
if you like the 18th century, Jean Xavier Lefevre's method cannot be bettered, in my opinion. Ricordi have a decent re-edition.
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Author: barry
Date: 1999-12-31 23:43
Jean Xavier Lefevre's Method for Clarinet (published by Ricordi) if you like the 18th century.
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Author: Dave Goss
Date: 2000-01-01 05:05
I'm suprised no one has mentioned the Rose 32 and Rose 40 etudes. Those are good books. Another is the Jettel exercises, I forget the exact name.
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Author: Amanda
Date: 2000-01-02 02:17
I love the Klose book also, it's amazing, and yes some of it is not legal
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Author: Dognut
Date: 2000-01-02 23:23
Can someone give me the exact title of the Klose book and perhaps where it can be purchased?
My son is in 8th grade and has been playing clarinet since 5th. He has taken clarinet during summer programs as well, but hasn't had a private teacher as yet. He is starting to want to improve on technique, tone etc, etc and just can't get that at school.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-01-03 00:18
Complete Edition
H. Klose'
Celebrated Method for the Clarinet
Revised and Enlarged by Simeon Bellison
Pub. by Carl Fischer
ISBN 0-8258-0051-X
BUT!
I wouldn't recommend this book without a teacher! After the first few pages you really start needing help - by page 30 you're in Cm (3 sharps), 6/8 time, grace notes, have already gone through slurred & tongued triplets in all combinations, etc.
If you do buy it I recommend that you do what I did - I brought it to a local print shop & had them slice the spine off and spiral bind it. Cost $2 or so, and the book will lie flat (it's almost 300 pages). It's like an Arbans for clarinet ...
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 2000-01-03 18:39
Mark Charette wrote:
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If you do buy it I recommend that you do what I did - I brought it to a local print shop & had them slice the spine off and spiral bind it. Cost $2 or so, and the book will lie flat (it's almost 300 pages). It's like an Arbans for clarinet ...
That's what my friend did. It's the clarinet bible!! (Been hanging out with the trumpets for to long.)
Kontragirl
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Author: Daniel
Date: 2000-01-03 22:59
I use a variety of books when i teach and in my own practice.
For beginners, i pretty much use whatever they are using in class for the first semester. I'll usually suplement that with scale patterns or other warm-up exercises as i see fit. Once they start gaining some technical facility and are able to moderately read music, i'll usually put them on the Rubank Elementary Method, and supplement that with excerpts from the Langenus or Klosé books, as well as easy duets from various books. I also use certain exercises from Rudi Reski's "Klarinettenetüden 1". I like this book for all levels:
beginners & young kids - very easy simple etudes that introduce them to other meters and rhythem combiniations.
more advanced kids - there is enough easy material that i can start introducing them to transposing.
even more advanced - there's more difficult etudes that are more challenging when transposing to get used to orchestral playing. Of course, i mainly emphasize C-Bb, Bb-A, and A-Bb transpositions.
With average 7th-8th graders, they trugle so hard to pass their tests on region music and band chair tests that i rarely get to work on developing anything with them. :-(
But when i do, and with better-than-average 7th-8th graders, i usually start them on Albert scales and more excerpts from Klosé and Langenus. I also use duets when we have time. Usually either the Voxman 45 Progressive duets or the Selected Duets Vol. 1. Sometimes i'll play flute and clarinet duets with them to add a little spice and also teach them about playing with other instruments besides clarinet. I believe part of being a musician isn't just about knowing about your instrument but also about the others around you and their playing characteristics. And as a doubler, i feel three times as strongly about that.
Once they've gotten a hang of the Albert scales, i usually have them start on the Baermann Division 3.. of course.
I also have students work out of the Melodious and Progressive Studies book 1 and high schoolers that aren't ready or Rose out of the tail end of 1 and some of 2.
Himie Voxman and David Hite have made fabulous contributions to the clarinet world with the editing and transcriptions they have done over the years.
In high school, here in Texas, the all-state etudes are usually selected from the Rose 32 and/or 40 and/or 9 Caprices (Hite Artistic Studies book 1 - French School). Sometimes from the Baermann Division 4/5 (Artistic Studies book 2 - German School). And rarely from Artistic Studies book 3 - Italian School.
The Rose 32 (Ferling 48 for Sax/Oboe) and 40 are pretty much required material for any clarinetist. We can get along without the other two books, but they are good reading material anyway.
The Hite 20 Grand Concert Duets are good once you've gotten proficient at sightreading through the Voxman Selected Duets Vol. 2.
Other books of importance -
Any of the Jean-Jean etude books serve as a good introduction to more modern French music such as the Debussy Premiere Rhapsody, or the Poulenc Sonata.
Any and all duet books.. sightreading proficiency is absolutely crucial. Being a doubler where i have to play a gig with one or two run throughs, and aiming for a side job of subbing for orchestras in the future, i feel more strongly about sightreading than a teacher who is pure orchestral training might feel.
The Jettel Preliminary Studies to the Accomplished Clarinetist (three volumes) and the Accomplished Clarinetist (also three volumes) are good for getting into Atonal music. But once you've played through any one book, they all kinda sound the same. (And they all cost an heck of alot of money. I also like Jettel's 3rd book of his Klarinettenschule. Basically his version of the Baermann. He uses more patterns and variations.
The Opperman "Modern Daily Studies" are fantastic (though i haven't bought book 3 yet). I heard from Annette Luyben, last summer, that there was a rush to get Opperman's latest book, "Velocity Studies" or something to that effect. I didn't get a chance to look at it when i was at her booth and haven't had time to order it yet. But i'm sure it's very good as well.
There are dozens of other method and etude books out there that i haven't had the money or time to look at and i'm sure many of them are equally as good and important as ones i've mentioned.
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Author: Dognut
Date: 2000-01-05 21:00
thank you for replies.
Ok...we were planning to get my 8th grade son a private teacher, but that won't be until the summer. But he REALLY is showing interest right now, so want to get him something to work on in the meantime. What would be some recommendations specifically - the Rubank?
From reading various places on the internet, I have him playing long tones. I also want him to do scales - probably because they are important to my instrument, the violin :-) But had to do them too, for piano, so figure that it can't hurt for the clarinet, right?
I just want to be able to keep this spark of interest burning...he even wants to practice!
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Author: paul
Date: 2000-01-07 19:18
If you want a copy of free scales, try the ones listed right here in this BBS. Suggested fingerings and the modal scales are included. Just follow the copyright rules, please.
For published scales, Albert's book is great. For excellent foundation scales work, try Hite's edition of Baermann III. The Langenus series are good all around skill builder books for established beginners and intermediate wannabes. If you want the standard classroom fare with an embedded lesson plan, Rubank's series can't be beat. I've heard countless times that the Rose studies book is an essential part of any clarinetist's collection. I'd reserve the Klose' book for later, when a good solid foundation of skills and confidence is built up.
I have all of these books in my small collection, plus many others like them. At my present rate of practice, I have several decades of work in front of me. That's okay, because I'm like a kid in a candy shop. What a delicious variety! I'll take some double rich chocolate (Klose'), some peppermint (Cavallini), and some butterscotch (Langenus)...
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