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Author: halfshellhero
Date: 2013-08-12 05:52
I've been using the Klose method for most of my practice for the past two years, along with some other stuff I've gotten from my school's band library, etc. but the library is limited and Klose is mostly technical scale exercises that get really boring after a few minutes.
I want a recommendation for something I could use (some sort of compilation of solos maybe?) that's more musical and engaging than etudes based on scales. Would the Cavallini Caprices meet these requirements? Of course, I still want it to be technically challenging, but something that's actually fun to play.
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2013-08-12 06:16
Scales are the building blocks of music. Get really good at them and everything else will start to fall into place.
Try structuring your session times so that you only do scales for 30mins which include using them for long tone practice, staccato practice, legato practice etc.
Then 30 mins of solo rep. IMSLP is a good place to start to download some things such as Weber, Mozart concerti. Explore.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2013-08-12 11:44
I still start my practice sessions with scales (at age 65), but I agree that a mostly-Klose regimen could get snore-worthy! Often what I'll do is choose the piece I want to work on and then play the scale exercises in the keys for that piece (the key signatures and the modulations). Otherwise, I vary the exercise-type practicing. I like these:
Cavallini (Drucker ed.) "30 Caprices" (International)
Lazarus-Concone "25 Studies" (ed. Rusch)
Rose, "40 Etudes" (2 vols.) and also "32 Etudes"
Voxman's "Classical Studies for Clarinet Based Upon the Solo Sonatas, Partitas and Suites of Bach and Handel"
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: BbClari.net
Date: 2013-08-12 11:51
Depending on what you are playing in the Klose book (flipping through the celebrated method complete edition) you could go to the excerpts at the back, or try out the Rose study books. Studies are really, really useful and as much as I hate to admit it, they were not designed as evil torture devices for us.
As for other solos, try some Brahms sonatas, they are quite pretty and have some challenges to them. (In addition to checking out the Mozart and Weber)
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Author: alvi
Date: 2013-08-12 12:18
Hi,
I practice: Langenus, stark, opperman! great books!
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Author: pewd
Date: 2013-08-12 14:17
"Scales are the building blocks of music. Get really good at them and everything else will start to fall into place."
I'm going to print that out and glue it to a few noses in a master class this afternoon.
Depending on your ability level:
Southern Music - Melodious & Progressive Book 1 & 2
Artistic Studies - Books 1, 2, 3 (bk 3 has some challenging stuff in it)
Foundation Studies
Kroepsch Studies - Volumes 1,2, & 3 are scale patterns, book 4 is 26 etudes in all the major/minor keys.
Any collection of solos.
Or just go to a music store and pick up a handful of solos that are new to you.
You can also go to IMSLP, or get the some of the 'Orchestral Musicians CD rom library' disks, and work on Symphonic solo extracts.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: halfshellhero
Date: 2013-08-12 14:27
Trust me, I'm not undervaluing the importance of scales. I usually do the 12 majors and minors plus arpeggios as a warm up, maybe something chromatic, 12 majors (and sometimes minors) in thirds, and some other type of scale-based exercise (dominant sevenths, sixths, etc) a day usually. I'm just kind of to the point where the only thing I'm doing is Klose. I've done all the excerpts in the back, and the ones in the front aren't exactly challenging.
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2013-08-12 14:54
Paul, feel free to quote it, as long as I get a mention :-)
Peter Cigleris
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Author: pewd
Date: 2013-08-12 15:11
cool
cigleris wrote:
> Paul, feel free to quote it, as long as I get a mention :-)
>
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Bob Barnhart ★2017
Date: 2013-08-13 01:31
Some of my favorite music is in "Classical Studies" (Voxman) (mentioned above by Leila) consisting of transcriptions of Violin and Cello works by Bach and Handel. I think transcriptions of these works, particularly the Cello Suites, are available in other editions.
Hardly a day goes by when I don't play one/more of these in order to concentrate on breath control and stamina, phrasing, dynamics, fluidity, evenness, interpretation, etc., or simply for enjoyment!
If I had students (perhaps when I retire...) I would encourage them to learn and study these works as a primary resource.
Not only are these works great music by great masters, but they present us (as clarinetists) with special challenges and require use to realize the music without (some of) the capabilities/techniques available on string instruments.
...and they require/reinforce a solid foundation in scales, chords, and intervals as noted by Peter.
Bob Barnhart
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2013-08-13 03:45
I like the Langenus Methods. Sounds like you would enjoy working through Book 3. It has some wonderful duets, too. Practice both parts!
Bob Phillips
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Author: Katfish
Date: 2013-08-16 13:41
The Perrier series of books, Rhythical Articulations by Bona, The Bitsch Etudes, The Rueff Etudes, Twentieth Century Clarinetist, the Zitek Etudes.To paraphase Ecclesiastese, Of the making of etude books there is no end, and much practice is a wearyness of the flesh.
John Kahrl
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Author: davyd
Date: 2013-08-16 18:19
If you really want to practice outside the box, get material intended for flute, oboe, or trumpet. You wouldn't use the lowest fifth or so of your range. But it would be different material.
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Author: hgp_atx
Date: 2013-08-17 03:37
H. Voxman's advanced studies for clarinet is a good buy. Also try getting your hands on the Mozart clarinet concerto and Premiere Rhapsodie by Debussy. Also another vote for the Rose Book here.
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Author: Wes
Date: 2013-08-17 07:15
Ditto on the Perrier books, although they must be very expensive now. The Lancelot studies are also good. Jeanjean is another. I still play page 123 of Klose to warm up frequently and will never stop. Good luck!
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