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MARCH 2021 – WHS AUDITION (based on previous years)
- - March 24 – Sightreading. Review LINK 1 – Excerpt 5
  - LINK 1 > EXCERPT 7 > HAMMERSMITH > YouTube
    - - SIGHTREADING | LINK 1 | LINK 2 | LINK 3 | LINK 4
  - Irish Tune from Country Derry > LINK
WHS AUDITION > CBDA 2022 | PDF MUSIC
- - Concertino Op. 26, C.M. von Weber, ed. Davis (Rubank)
    - - Play with backing track | YouTube
      - Beginning through 2 | YouTube
      - 3 through 4 | YouTube (cued)
      - ~~7 through ? | YouTube (cued)~~
      - 9 through End | YouTube (cued)
CLARINET HS SCALES, SET A | PDF
Irish Tune from Country Derry > LINK
SIGHTREADING | LINK 1 | LINK 2 | LINK 3 | LINK 4
APRIL 7

JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2021
LEARN THESE WIND ENSEMBLE PIECES:
- - ADIRONDACK FESTIVAL OVERTURE | PDF | YouTube | Audio
    - - Measure 33 > Start at 80bpm, work your way to 116bpm. Clip the last note of the slur for speed.
      - YouTube at measure #113.
  - CROSSLANDS | PDF | YouTube | Audio
  - GHOST RUN | PDF | YouTube | Audio
  - Chasing Sunlight | PDF | YouTube1 | YouTube 2
  - Pipe and Thistle | PDF | YouTube
LESSON OVERVIEW – DECEMBER 16, 2020
- - Weber Concerto. Next time start on the Lento
  - PDF MUSIC/COMPLETE VERSION
    - Adagio ma non troppo = 52 bpm
    - THEME/Andate = 84 bpm
    - Poco piu vivo = 84-112* bpm — *target tempo
    - VAR 1: Meno mosso = 84-100* bpm — *target tempo
    - VAR 2: Poco piu vivo = 84-112* bpm — *target tempo
    - Lento = 63

ONGOING:
- - Melodious & Progressive Studies | Page 25
  - Pop Quiz | Practical Studies
    - Page 28, #49 > 12/2: Try to play “in 1” = FAST
    - Jan 6 > Page 12, #17 > Marcia > D minor
    - Jan 6 > Page 18, #30 > Allegretto > G minor
MINOR SCALES <— LINK
- - Nov 18 – Natural minors | TWO OCTAVES (opt 3 octaves)

CHROMATIC SCALE | Fingering Chart
– Low E to high E4
– Low E to G4

MAJOR SCALES
– Circle of Fifths <– LINK
– 12 Major Scales PDF for clarinet

MINOR SCALES <— LINK
Jan 6 – Harmonic Minors | TWO or THREE octaves
Nov 4 – Melodic Minors | TWO or THREE octaves
Nov 18 – Natural minors | TWO OCTAVES (opt 3 octaves)

PARES | Working through the WHOLE book!
December 23 > Pages 17-19 > Key of A Major
October 28 > Pages 14-16> Key of Bb Major

MELODIOUS & PROGRESSIVE STUDIES
10/14/2020 – Go over all the etudes below and we’ll assign a new one next week .
Page 22 – E Major (Tempo Goal = 180 for the quarter note)
** use Eb fingering (see image left) for any low Bb to low Eb

FIRST PRACTICAL STUDIES
PopQuiz Sightreading – Page 21, #34

SOLO CLARINET WORK

WHS AUDITION > CBDA 2022 | PDF MUSIC
Concertino Op. 26, C.M. von Weber, ed. Davis (Rubank)
Play with backing track | YouTube
Sept 30 > Section: Beginning through 2
Oct 7 > Section: 3 through 4 (Learning tempo = 144)
Oct 14 > Section: 9 through End

CLASSICAL CLARINET SOLOS
Mozart K622
Mozart K622 – Complete > July 13 – starting at circle 3 . . . and continue to ?