In simple format this tutor lays out the basic steps for the beginner clarinetist. The method presents a varied diet of musical examples in all styles for the young player to discover and digest. Operating on the premise that practice time should be something to look forward to, not a chore, the author emphasizes fun and experimentation which will in time help the student to develop into a complete musician. Full-color photographs, cartoons, and diagrams enhance the presentation and aid in understanding. The play-along CD provides accompaniment both with and without the clarinet for most of the exercises.

Foreword

Your Clarinet

The Mouthpiece and Reed

The Embouchure

Exercises to Learn the Note Values

Putting Your Clarinet Together 

Holding Your Clarinet

Explanation of the Diagram

The Left Hand / C / D

Slurs

The Note E

First Time Bar

Ties

AShort History

The Right Hand / The Note Bottom B

The Note Bottom A

The Clarinet Is a Transposing Instrument

The Note Bottom G

Quavers (Eighth Notes)

The Thraat Notes / F

How Do I Make My Breath Last Langer?

Quiz Page

The Note G

The Note A

The Note Bb

The Note Bottom Bb

Articulation

The Note F#

Major Scales / Key Signature F#

Dotted Notes

The Note Bottom F

The Note Bottom E

Intraducing the Higher Notes / E

The Notes D, C, B, F

Alla Breve

The Break

Quiz Page

Famous songs

The High Notes F#,G

Articulation Exercises

The 6/8 Bar

Quick 6/8 Bar

Think Two in a Bar

Daily Breathing Exercises

The High Notes A, B, C

Quiz Page

Semitones

The Notes C#, Db

The Note High Bb (A#)

The Notes Eb, D#

The Notes G#, Ab

semiquavers (Sixteenth Notes)

Dotted Quavers (Dotted Eighths)

Harmonie Minor Sm/es

Popular Tunes from Around the World

Making up Rhythms / Melodies

Triplets

Chromatic on C

Seales

Fingering Tables

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