Author: GBK
Date: 2005-05-27 21:33
There are MANY method, technique and etude books to choose from, but, if you are compiling and building a personal library I would recommend these as a STARTING POINT, as each has something different to offer:
THE BASIC MUSIC LIBRARY OF ETUDE AND EXERCISE BOOKS
Pares Scales for Clarinet
Demnitz - Fundamental Scale and Chord Studies
Klose - Celebrated Method (complete version)
Kroepsch - 416 Studies (Book 1)
Rose - 40 Studies
Rose - 32 Etudes
Kell - Clarinet Staccato From The Beginning
Kell - 17 Staccato Studies
Polatschek - 12 Etudes For Clarinet
Voxman - Classical Studies for Clarinet (Bach, Handel)
Cavallini - 30 Caprices
Baermann III
Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet
I also highly recommend the very comprehensive and well thought out Russianoff Clarinet Method (Books 1 and 2), but, unfortunately, it is long out of print. (keep an eye out for it at used book sites or eBay). It is one of the FEW (if not the only) method that stresses exercises, scales, technique, clarinet fundamentals, etc... and relates it to specific solo and orchestral repertoire. This is one method book which the clarinet community needs back in print.
Note: I have not included any solos, duets or orchestral literature, because they should be geared to your level of proficiency and experience, but they ARE very important aspects to the learning and mastery of the clarinet.
...GBK
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