Student's Essential Studies for Clarinet

Description

Clarinet in Bb — For well over 200 years, the quantity of excellent clarinetetudes and technical studies has been expanding, andover that time many outstanding clarinetists have strivedto create educational materials to help aspiring studentsacquire the necessary artistic and technical skills to developand become fine musicians.This volume includes studies taken from several ofthe oldest and most respected pedagogical sources.These excerpts offer the serious-minded pupil (both highschool and early college) an excellent foundation thatwill prepare them for increasingly advanced and rigorousmusical training. Consider this compilation a pedagogicalgateway to a more sophisticated and artistically rewardingperformance experience.All materials in this volume are extracted from five highlyreveredpedagogical sources:Complete Method for the Clarinet, Carl BaermannCelebrated Method for the Clarinet, Hyacinthe KloséComplete Method for Clarinet, Gustave Langenus32 Etudes and 40 Etudes, Cyrille RoseEven though there are many other excellent didacticresources worthy of inclusion in this publication, I havechosen materials from these five methods because oftheir consistent quality, their concise nature, and theiruniversality in the clarinet world. In other words, the worksin this volume have been proven to render excellent resultsfor many years virtually everywhere the clarinet thrives asa classical instrument. Great care has also been taken toinsure a wide variety of keys, meters, ranges, and styles.This book is divided into four main sections with studiestargeted at very specific developmental concerns. Exerciseswithin each section have also been organized according todifficulty level from less demanding to more challenging. This diverse collection of 40 etudes for the advancing trumpet student contains the most essential studies providing challenges and repertoire to develop tone, technical facility, range, flexibility, and musical concepts. Selected, edited, and arranged by Scott Wright, the book includes core etudes from Klosé, Rose, Baermann, and Langneus. Everything the developing clarinetist needs in one book.