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Author: paul
Date: 1999-03-05 21:04
Okay sports fans, if you could have only five drill books for the clarinet, which ones would you get? More importantly, why would you select these books? Let's keep the game fair by selecting books that are still available in print.
I'll start the game.
Playing level: Adult novice
Books:
1. Albert's 24 Scales for the Clarinet
A great way to learn the major and melodic scales. Nice arpeggio drills.
2. Langenus, Book 1
Almost the same as Rubank Advanced book 1. Many of the drills are exactly the same in both books. Okay, I cheated by putting two books into one slot, but I believe both are very good.
3. Baermann III, as edited by Hite
Classic studies here, but not as high in the nosebleed section as the original Baermann III
4. Langenus, Book 2
See Rubank Advanced Book 2 and my comments above.
Okay, I could only come up with four books, and a tie for two of them between different authors.
So, anyone else out there ready to play the game?
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-03-06 03:13
Rubank Advanced Volumes I & II
Rose 40 Etudes
Rose 32 Etudes
Klose Complete
Cavallini Caprices
JeanJean (there are at least 3 different ones).
Too many to pick from!!
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-03-06 04:08
At this point in my playing career:
Rubank Advanced 1 & 2
Lazarus vols 1, 2, 3
Mel Bay's Complete Jazz clarinet book
Jamey Aebersold vols 1 and 24 (and a CD player)
Where can I sign up for a 6-month tour of this island?
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Author: Katherine Pincock
Date: 1999-03-06 11:45
My personal favorites?
Langenus book three--lots of good stuff for scale patterns, chromatic patterns, and tonguing, as well as some good duets and trios
Baermann book three--haven't used it too much, but I find the scale patterns good and challenging--forces me to think rather than just go on autopilot, which helps me improve my tuning.
Victor Polatschek Advanced Studies--just plain fun! Technically challenging, and a lot of them come from real pieces, so they're very musical.
Rose studies (all three books)--they're classics. There's something in there for any technical or musical problem, and I think I've worked on most of them! ;-)
Uhl studies Books 1 and 2--interesting studies. Some of them are based on more unusual patterns--for example, one of the ones I'm working on now is based on fourths and seconds, rather than thirds, and you wouldn't believe how much more difficult that is than it sounds.
As Dee said, there are lots of others, but these are my personal favorites of the ones I've worked on. I always find it fun, though, to explore lesser known or more unusual ones too--just for the sightreading challenge, often.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-03-10 01:21
I would pick up two books for real "drill"s:
1)Karl Opperman "Advanced Velocity Studies for Clarinet"
He is the teacher of Stolzman,I remember? The first technique,he seems to assert,is chromatic scales covering all registers,which sometimes are forgotten to drill.
2)Irwin "Finger Fitness:Art of Finger Control"
This book is used by to train finger muscles to move almost independently.
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Author: Daniel
Date: 1999-03-10 03:52
Hiroshi wrote:
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I would pick up two books for real "drill"s:
1)Karl Opperman "Advanced Velocity Studies for Clarinet"
He is the teacher of Stolzman,I remember? The first technique,he seems to assert,is chromatic scales covering all registers,which sometimes are forgotten to drill.
You mean Kalmen Opperman... Only Opperman drill books i've heard of are his Modern Daily Studies. Is this one that you mention out of print or brand new?
A friend of mine studied with Opperman for a couple of years and for the first month and a half they did nothing but chromatic scale. No etudes, no solos, just chromatic scale until she got it perfect and incredibly fast. Of course this was back in the 70's. I believe she studied with him at the same time as Richard did.
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Author: rosie
Date: 1999-03-12 01:23
hmmm..i enjoy all of my books..the rose studies, cavillini,.ect..ect.. but the 3 most important ones to me are vade-mecum, which i go through every day, Langenus, and Baermann III.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-03-12 07:12
1.Opperman's book:
It can be bought via Pepper Music.
http://jwpepper.com/musresou.html
The last edition of "The Clarinet" magazine has an article of Stolzman's open lesson,where he introduce Opperman at first.He said:
1)If you cannot chromatic scale with perfection,what is the use of practicing scales? Should cover all registers.
2)Low D# fingering should be emitted using left hand finger ,not the right hand pointing finger.
2.Baerman scale practice:
This should be (I think) studied changing the first note every time.
3.Marcel Moyse:De La Sonorite method. I should add this one.
To have a good blanced tones,I heard many professionals uses his method(originally for flute).
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