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Author: Matt74
Date: 2016-01-21 10:21
I never played through any of the famous clarinet methods. All I really did was some of the Rose Studies.
I can't find anything about what the books are actually like online, much less good evaluations the editions available. You'd think that sort of thing would be available, but I can't find it.
What I'd really like to play is something with a lot of music of the sort that you might play informally for an audience. I could use some good exercises, but don't need a hundred pages of plain scales and arpeggios and long tones all written out for me. (Neither do I need reams of impossible stuff with slurred 2 1/2 octave leaps all over the place and staccato 32nd notes at 144 bpm in C# minor with impossible trills that I'll never be able to play decently anyhow.) Hard is ok. Anything that will expand my musical sense would be great. I prefer getting things right to blowing through a bunch of stuff. I thought it would be good to work through a method for the sake of fundamentals.
What is the difference between Baerman, Klose, and Langenus (and others)?
I would go out and buy them all, but I can afford one for right now.
Thank you!
- Matthew Simington
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Author: Monsterchef
Date: 2016-01-21 14:59
You don't need to buy any of them. They are all available in public domain. Simply download from clarinetinstitute or imslp.
Cheers
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2016-01-21 19:24
Langenus book III has some "daily" type exercises for scales, staccato, and trills, plus some good playable solo pieces of the type you describe. It also includes some nice duets (from Beethoven, Mozart, and others) and a trio.
Lazarus final book also has a lot of good playable solo music and duets.
When I tire of "the grind" those are a couple places I turn to to just have fun playing expressive, good sounding music. Some of those pieces could be enjoyed in an informal listening setting.
Monsterchef's good point never dawned on me. Sigh, time has passed me by.
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Author: Roxann
Date: 2016-01-21 21:21
I'm just finishing up Book 2 of David Hite's Melodious and Progressive Studies. There are excerpts from a variety of composers in it (Klose', Lazarus, Gambaro...). I feel it's been a tremendous benefit to my playing. Yes, what's in it are "exercises," but half the challenge is making them sound like a beautiful melody. Now, I'm on to the Rose Studies and Lazarus, almost all of which I was able to download off the internet.
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2016-01-22 03:03
Arban's has a wealth of material you may find of interest. Yes, it's a trumpet method. Your side keys will get a workout from the many ornaments that hover around the throat tones/break.
Sections "The Art Of Phrasing - 150 Classic And Popular Melodies" and "68 Duets For Two Cornets" could keep you entertained for the rest of your playing career.
The Platinum edition of Arban's has a accompaniment CD for the "Celebrated Fantasies And Airs Varies" section.
#2 from "The Art Of Phrasing" is my go-to piece for breaking in reeds.
Arban had a lot to say about playing musically, and loved the low range of the cornet. So odd that nearly all trumpet players to this day study out of Arban's, yet obnoxiously blast away, ever louder and ever higher, in a manner that would surely have met with stern disapproval by the great master Arban.
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2016-01-22 07:58
I like to have a nice copy on the stand. When you download you have to print it out. If it's in thin sheets, they fly everywhere and get lost. If you want to bind it with good paper, that's a pain, it never prints right, and costs $$$. It's better to just buy it, IMO. To each his own though. I even find it hard to just look at online to get an idea of what it's like. I need to flip through it and play stuff.
I'll try looking at Langenus and Lazarus where you mentioned.
I just find that reading stuff online is sort of like taping the book inside a box with a little hole in it and a light inside. You look inside the hole and you can see the book, but my brain doesn't work that way.
Arban is a cool idea, but I was hoping for more of a clarinet tradition kind of thing.
If anyone has ever contemplated doing a write up summarizing or comparing Klose, Baerman, or Langenus, or any of the others, and especially the various editions available, it would be awesome.
Possible Questions:
Are the songs excerpts mostly classical composers, popular music, dances, etc?
Are they in a variety of styles, all romantic instrumental stuff, or opera?
Are the original songs for Bb or A clarinet (or other)?
Is there instruction about ornamentation, either in words or by example?
Is the author concerned with chops and mechanics, or melody and line?
Is it easy and progressive enough that you can work your way through, or is it way hard and you will spend the rest of your life working on it and never be satisfied? (I would really like to have something I can work through, play well, and feel accomplished with. If it takes a long time that's cool, just not 20 years!)
Does the edition have mistakes? Are they obvious?
Did the editor add a lot of dynamics and articulation, and is this helpful or distracting?
Is there any text? Is it helpful?
If it was written for antique or German clarinets, how does this affect it being played with a modern French instrument? Does it matter?
What is the most commonly used method? (Growing up as a saxophonist, I simply don't know what most clarinetists might know.)
Is it intended to make me the Heifetz or the Kreisler of the Clarinet? (I'd do better with the latter.)
Thank you!
- Matthew Simington
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Author: Radovan
Date: 2016-01-30 16:55
Here is link to Baermann method: https://mega.nz/#!SZtQ1aiB!96Y3qFu6xqML4nXrB_aAv4pBufG8emLug4F87vL1uxQ
I wish you a great sucess.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2016-01-30 17:57
Matt74 writes that he prefers a bound copy of an exercise book, and so do I, for the same reasons. I bought all of my exercise books used, cheap, in used book stores, library sales, yard sales and flea markets. It's worth checking those places, because over the years so many students quit and get rid of their instructional materials.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
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Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2016-01-30 23:19
Yet another source is Ebay. You can set up a standing search, e.g., "clarinet method" and will get email notification if it comes up for auction/sale.
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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2016-01-31 20:09
I don't know your level of playing but a fun sort of intermediate level book is "Petite Pieces" by Randall Cunningham. I sometimes use them as warm ups or in getting accustomed to alto or contrabass after a hiatus on either one. Each piece is in a different style, which is useful to introduce you to different types of music.
Peter Hadcock has a wonderful book (The Working Clarinetist) with excerpts for mostly Bb clarinet with some annotations that are useful for interpreting and fingering. That's one I just open to a page and play a couple excerpts.
Eefer guy
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