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scales/arpeggio books

Author: simon.obrien
Date: 2021-10-21 20:42

Hi all

I returned to clarinet about 6 months ago after 20 years (am now 39), I was previously grade 7 ABRSM.

As a teenager I was terrible with scales/arpeggio practice however this time around I am strangely enjoying the process of learning my scales, I have so far memorised my major scales up to 4 sharps/flats and am slowly doing the same for harmonic minors.

I am not following any particular ‘method’ in terms of my scales/arpeggio practice other than slowly moving my way around the Circle of Fifths.

I was wondering if people could offer advice/thoughts on recommended books/methods to make my practice more efficient and interesting, I have read posts talking about many books (Albert, Klose, Lazarus, Rubank, Baermann, Eugene Gay, etc, etc) but I am struggling to decide what would be best for me.

I am ideally looking for something mainly focussed on scales/interval practice but maybe with some small etudes to reinforce the scale work. I have 1-2 hours per day to practice depending on work/family commitments so something where I can take bite size chunks depending on my available time.

Many thanks

Simon O'Brien

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