Completion of the goals in level one should instill a comfortable familiarity with the
clarinet. At the same time, enthusiasm to tackle more advanced skills with both the
clarinet and musical expression should develop. As muscle stamina develops, practice time
should be increased to forty five minutes a day. Listening to accomplished players will
establish good tonal and musical standards. During individual practice sessions, self
evaluation and correction - playing, listening, thinking, adjusting, then playing again -
will lead to small improvements each day.
Practice in the recommended study materials will impart an understanding of scales and
chords and drill finger patterns so that new music can be performed more confidently and
accurately. With the basic theoretical background outlined below, the student should begin
to study music carefully before playing. As a result, more will be achieved during
practice periods.
Technique study goals:
- Know the chromatic fingerings from low E to high F including alternate fingerings (a
total of 38 notes). Learn good finger position and movement.
- Refine finger motion and control.
- Develop the ability to sustain long tones for ten seconds. Continue to improve tone
quality.
- Improve tongue and finger coordination. Always maintain clean articulation. Strive for
control at faster speeds.
- Continue to develop solid rhythmic concepts and control.
Theory study goals:
- Know and perform major scales and tonic chords up to three sharps and three flats.
Construct minor scales and minor tonic chords up to three sharps and three flats.
- Aurally and visually recognize intervals up to a fifth.
- Aurally identify major and minor triads.
- Expand vocabulary of tempo and style terms.
LEVEL 2 STUDY MATERIAL
Hite, David: Foundation Studies
Contents: Baermann Method, Part III
This volume serves as a lifelong daily study book which can be used to solve nearly every
technical problem the clarinetist will encounter. "How to practice" routines and
general advice sections are included.
Hite, David: Melodious and
Progressive Studies, Book 1
Contents:
Demnitz: 18 Expressive Studies (based on scales)
Demnitz: 18 Expressive Studies (based on chords)
Nocentini: 24 Melodic Studies
Baermann: 24 Melodic Studies (from bk. II)
Klose: major and minor scales
Klose: scales in thirds
This popular study book contains musical, progressive style studies. The Demnitz studies
extend to four sharps and four flats in major and minor keys, using basic time signatures,
rhythms and articulations.
Hite, David: Forty Progressive Melodies by A.M.R. Barret
Contents:
Barret: 40 Progressive Melodies
Dont: 8 Progressive Exercises
Hite: Scale studies
The Barret melodies are wonderful studies for melodic phrasing. They include an
accompaniment for a second clarinet to emphasize the development of rhythmic independence,
intonation, and balance. This book can be used with or following the Melodious and
Progressive Studies, Book 1.
LEVEL 2 REPERTOIRE
FOR CLARINET ALONE
Adler, Samuel: Harobed: 7 Studies
FOR Bb CLARINET WITH PIANO
Bach-Handel-Jaeckel: Baroque Suite
Bach, J.C.-Voxman: Minuet and Allegro
Diabelli-Hite: Introduction and Rondo
Dremlyuga-Zakopets: Andantino
Pierne, Gabriel: Piece in G Minor
Paradis-Hite: Sicilienne
Rabaud-Hite: Etude
R.Korsakov-Thurston: The Rose and the Nightingale
Robinson, Stanford: Rondo
Solomon, Edward: Gypsy Song
Stocks-Bonade: Wessex Pastorale
Vadala, Kathleen: Sea Change
Walters, David L.: Episode
SOLO COLLECTION FOR Bb CLARINET WITH PIANO
Bordner, Gerald: Clarinet Solos for the Young Player,
Book 2
Contents:
| The Blues |
Medium |
| Toccata Vivo |
Medium |
| Chanson Moderne |
Medium |
| Variations on "Au Clair de Lune" |
Medium-Difficult |
| Waltz for Sarah |
Medium |
CLARINET DUETS
Barret-Hite: Forty Progressive Melodies
Pleyel-Wienandt: Duos in C, F and D Minor
Voxman, Himie: 65 Progressive Duets
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