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Author: Mary in VA
Date: 2007-04-26 02:42
I'm hoping that some of you with more experience than I have can help me out. I started playing Bb clarinet again last summer after a twenty year break. (I played for 13 years in school bands before the 20 year break.) I am doing alright recovering skills, but need to work hard to improve. I am the only clarinet in our church orchestra so I am heard far more than I was when I was one of 10 or more clarinets in the school bands. We are just an amateur group of musicians at the church, but doing our best to play well, and it is important to me to try to improve my skills. I took some lessons for a few months, but had to quit for now due to the demands of two small children. What I am looking for is some advice on some technique books that I can work through on my own. I would like books that teach what scales I should memorize as well as whatever types of technical practice would help with playing. We play more than hymns - we play a variety of classical music, and have two concerts a year as well as playing a special piece at church every Sunday. Your advice would be greatly appreciated. What do you recommend? Thanks.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2007-04-26 03:11
Melodious & Progressive Studies, Edited by D. Hite, publisher: Southern Music.
Book 1.
Then work on book 2.
Then Artistic Studies - French School. Same editor and publisher.
These are excellent etude books.
Scales? All of them.- all major and minor scales.
If you have finale print music or finale notepad (free - www.finale.com) email me offline I'll email a full set of scale sheets.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Allegremente
Date: 2007-04-26 03:50
I would also recommend Reginald Kell's set of 17 Staccato Studies, which are all very scale-oriented and great for developing even, crisp staccato. As for finger technique, it doesn't get any more technical than Kalmen Opperman's various books, Velocity being my favorite series. Those things are *tough* and all over the clarinet register, but take them nice and slow, build them up, and it'll do wonders.
Rob
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Author: hartt
Date: 2007-04-26 06:51
Mary Mary
Fundamentals. scales & 3rds
If you have the Klose Complete edition, there are scale, technique etudes, etc etc.
It also contains portions of the Kroepsch Progressive studies.
An invaluable book.
You may want to consider the Galper Scales & Arpeggios book. Each page is a different scale, Major/Minor. The beginning has several pages on tone, legato, register exercises.
Any exercise, scale study you do, use a variety of articulations.......not just what's written.
If you'd like, click on my name, hartt, my email will show.
Contact me as I have xtra copies of some books
regards
dennis
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Author: samohan245
Date: 2007-04-26 11:17
harrt's very true!!
but try "standard of excellence" by Bruce pearson
they some in 3 books ranging between beginner to expert(student expert)
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Author: James Langdell
Date: 2007-04-26 17:36
The Avrahm Galper "Tone, Technique & Staccato" book (published currently by Mel Bay) includes the crucial Klose mechanism exercises and Kropesch exercises. Those exercises capture in a few measures the most significant dificulties in fingering passages. The great value Galper added was marking up recommended fingerings for those passages. There's more in the book, including a useful approach to build up consistent staccato starting from whatever speed you're initially capable of playing. But I think the markups in the Klose exercises alone are worth the price of admission for this book.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2007-04-26 17:50
For someone coming back after a long break, I totally agree with Paul's (pewd) recommendations.
Best regards,
jnk
Post Edited (2007-04-26 17:51)
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2007-04-26 17:55
The clarinet by Alan Frank and Fredrick Thurston and/or Selected studies edit by Voxman then maybe in the future 48 studies in two volumes by Alfred Uhl(but maybe it's a bit more for serious student).
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Author: CEC
Date: 2007-04-26 19:14
Mary,
Have a look at Stiévenard Practical Study of the Scales and Polatschek Advanced Studies. Work them out as slowly as needed with a metronome, then take on the Klosé and/or Baermann III.
Best of Luck,
Chris
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Author: Mary in VA
Date: 2007-04-27 01:37
Thank you to all of you who responded. This gives me a lot to go after and try. I am eager to improve, and your advice will certainly help. Best regards, Mary the determined-to-improve amateur
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Author: Mary in VA
Date: 2007-04-27 01:41
Paul - thank you for your offer to send me the scales - that would be very helpful. I am away from home just now, and drive home all day tomorrow. This weekend, I will look into getting that software you are talking about and I will be back in touch with you to get you to send them to me. Thanks so much for your help. I will be in touch. ~Mary
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Author: pewd
Date: 2007-04-27 01:48
click my id for my email address.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: joeyscl
Date: 2007-04-29 22:20
"I would like books that teach what scales I should memorize "
Ideally all scales...... *ideally*
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Author: Wayne
Date: 2007-04-30 04:52
I also returned to the clarinet after a long " vacation ". I like the Baermann III Foundation studies published by Southern Music Co. It's thoughtfully put together: all the studies are grouped by key signature. When I'm pressed for time, I play my scales - it's made a big difference. Just go SLOW and avoid mistakes before working towards speed.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2007-04-30 14:51
The Baermann and Kroepsch both stress the use of the full range of the instrument, so alternative fingerings in the altissimo register are needed.
I was reading through this thread thinking I'd suggest that you find a good teacher to guide you through your studies, when I got James Langdell's mention that you get fingering advice from Galper's books. Invaluable.
Preference: a teacher who can show you how to fit in the alternative Altissimo fingerings; but its good to know that you can get aurhoritative guidance from the Galper.
Invaluable. My teacher has progressed to the point where he turns me loose to figure the fingerings out on my own. THEN, he suggests alternatives at my next lesson. He often has a better idea --or maybe he'll encourage me to take "the hard way" into the altissimo in order to improve intonation.
18 months ago, he'd carefully go through the next exercises and mark his suggested fingerings. Very helpful --and I didn't have to unlearn (many) bad choices.
Bob Phillips
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