WEDNESDAYS | 4:15-4:45 on Skype
- JANUARY 2022
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- Hymn to the Sun > YouTube
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SEPTEMBER 13 > KLOSE
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- Page 9, #8 – Fourths. Staggered breathing. BIG TONE!! “Solo clarinetist sound!”
- Page 10, #9 – Fifths. (same as above).
- Page 12, #6-11. Repeat 8 times. Mechanism Exercises. Breath after first note on the repeat. Hold last note. BIG TONE!
- Page 15+ > We’ll “sightread” a duet every week. No need to preview or practice these.
- Page 53 > #1-4. Repeat 8 times. Pinky Practical Exercises (more mechanics)
- Page 90 > Articulation exercises. | #1-4
- EXTRA > 132 + 244
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- MELODIOUS & PROGRESSIVE STUDIES
- Page 26 > #15 @168/176/184 > Then switch to 72 for the dotted quarter. Re-write the top line & from measure 25 (the line).
- Page 26 > #16. Measure 1-15.
- Page 28 > #17 – G Major, play beautifully. Slow it down = 60
- NEXT TIME / PREVIEW: Page 27 > #16
- MINOR SCALES (2-3 octaves) <— LINK
- Next time > Melodic Minors
- August 9 – Harmonic Minors
- August 5 – Natural Minors
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CLASSICAL CLARINET SOLO
Concertino (G. Tartini) | PDF
I. Grave | Tempo, 8th note = 60 (or 63) | YouTube
II. Allegro Molto | Tempo + ______ | YouTube - WHS AUDITION > CBDA 2022 | PDF MUSIC
- SOLO SECTION: Concertino Op. 26, C.M. von Weber, ed. Davis (Rubank)
- Play with backing track | YouTube
- SELECTION 1: Adagio ma non troppo > Beginning through 2 | YouTube
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- Tempo/Quarter note = 56
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- SELECTION 2: Poco piu vivo > 3 through 4
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- Tempo/8th = 168, 176, 184, 192, 200, 208, 216+ (set to 4)
- Tempo/Quarter note = 100, 104, 108, 112
- YouTube (cued)
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- SELECTION 3: Con Fuoco > 9 through End
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- Tempo/8th note = 152, 160, 168, 176, 184, 192, 200, 208, 216+ (set to 3)
- YouTube (cued)
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- Play with backing track | YouTube
- CLARINET HS SCALES, SET A | PDF
- SIGHTREADING
- Irish Tune from Country Derry > LINK
- LINK 1 | LINK 2 | LINK 3 | LINK 4
- APRIL 7
- Set1, Excerpt 5
- Midsummer Night’s Eve Clarinet Set1, Excerpt 6
- HAMMERSMITH > CLARINET, SET 1, EX7
- JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2021
- LEARN THESE WIND ENSEMBLE PIECES:
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- ADIRONDACK FESTIVAL OVERTURE | PDF | YouTube | Audio
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- Measure 33 > Start at 80bpm, work your way to 116bpm. Clip the last note of the slur for speed.
- YouTube at measure #113.
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- CROSSLANDS | PDF | YouTube | Audio
- GHOST RUN | PDF | YouTube | Audio
- Chasing Sunlight | PDF | YouTube1 | YouTube 2
- Pipe and Thistle | PDF | YouTube
- ADIRONDACK FESTIVAL OVERTURE | PDF | YouTube | Audio
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ONGOING STUDIES:
CHROMATIC SCALE | Fingering Chart
MAJOR SCALES
– Circle of Fifths <– LINK
– 12 Major Scales PDF for clarinet
PARES | Working through the WHOLE book!
December 23 > Pages 17-19 > Key of A Major
October 28 > Pages 14-16> Key of Bb Major
FIRST PRACTICAL STUDIES
PopQuiz Sightreading – Page 21, #34
CLASSICAL CLARINET SOLOS
Mozart K622
Mozart K622 – Complete > July 13 – starting at circle 3 . . . and continue to ?
SIGHTREADING | LINK 1 | LINK 2 | LINK 3 | LINK 4
- Irish Tune from Country Derry > LINK