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Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2015-04-21 18:50
I'm wondering if there is something out there for someone who wants to double on clarinet and only needs a series of increasingly difficult technical exercises, but doesn't need to learn to read music or any of the other things that are included in beginner books. Scales and arpeggios are obvious, as are intervals, but perhaps there is something more "musical" out there that would be a bit of fun.
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Author: Ed
Date: 2015-04-21 19:11
There is a lot of great material out there in the classic materials. Some of it is more technical in nature and some is a bit more musical and enjoyable to play. Perhaps a mix of each will get you to your goal. You can get a lot of mileage out of the standard Klose Method. Rose studies and Etudes are excellent and a pleasure to play. Kroepsch studies will give you a good workout and increase in difficulty as the keys progress. The Jean Jean Vade-Mecum has a lot of challenging material to give you a good workout in a short time, especially as your technique develops. I am sure that you will get numerous suggestions, but this would be a good start.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-04-21 19:18
I like The "Spud" Murphy series of books. The first two are not too difficult and they seem to use some slightly less "classical" harmonic movement
I'll see if I can find a link and post it a bit later.
.................Paul Aviles
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2015-04-21 20:56
My recommendation would be the Melodious and Progressive Studies books edited by David Hite and published by Southern Music Company. If you buy the oboe version, you can use it for clarinet, saxophone, oboe and flute. Trumpet at your own risk!
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: qualitycontrol
Date: 2015-04-22 07:36
Have to second the JeanJean Vade Mecum suggestion. It is extremely technical and maybe doesn't qualify as musical, but the first four études of the six are incredible for targeting problem technical areas specific to the clarinet. Running through those 4 studies (or parts of them) each day has immensely helped for me.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2015-04-22 17:36
Foundation studies for clarinet - Southern Music
Melodious & Progressive - Southern - Book 1, followed by Book 2
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-04-22 17:47
At a master class many years ago, Gino Cioffi (a monster technician) said that he had students do fast chromatic scales up and down over small intervals -- a third, fourth or fifth.
Start on low E, go up to Ab and back down. Then F to A, and so on.
If your fingers get confused or you tense up, slow down to the point where you can do it perfectly and then work up gradually. A tempo of 16ths at 200 bpm is not impossible.
You can do this with any scale or arpeggio. The goal is to get standard sequences of notes "burned into" your muscle memory so that when you come to them, your finger play them as a group without you having to think them through. Your eyes see a familiar shape and your fingers play it.
Ken Shaw
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