Author: A David Peacham
Date: 2002-02-12 12:19
I suggest you get the two volumes of "80 Graded Studies for Clarinet. Arranged by John Davies and Paul Harris. " This contains etudes from many of the standard books (Rose, Klose etc.) The first volume starts with etudes for complete beginners, the second ends up at conservatoire-entrance level. If you are making _really_ good progress, you might go straight to book two, but I suggest getting them both, they aren't expensive.
As for repertoire: these are really obvious suggestions, I know, but you might want to try the Mozart concerto (second movement) and the Brahms F-minor sonata (second and third movements.) Neither are very difficult technically - playing them "perfectly" is a different matter, of course. Almost as obvious is Finzi's Five Bagatelles; one is very simple, one is hard, the other three you should find quite challenging enough.
I'd guess you can get all of these from www.sheetmusicplus.com, advertised on Sneezy. For the Mozart, make sure you get a version with the piano part transposed up a semitone, else you'll need an A clarinet if you want to play with a pianist. I use Jack Brymer's edition, which has a simpler piano arrangement than some.
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