Mel Bay

Author: Joe Elliott
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Clarinet
Level: Intermediate

100 Essential Exercises for Clarinet is a collection of exercises designed to improve finger positioning, hand positioning and overall technique. Most of the exercises are 32 measures in length. Although most of the studies are written to be played in a legato (slurred) manner, other articulations can be applied. Some of the exercises are written for specific problem areas such as over the break, interval connections, left-hand pinkies and right-hand pinkies. There are a number of pages for scale and arpeggio work, along with five solos at the end of the book for applying articulations. The etudes in this book will enhance the technique of any clarinetist.

Contents:

• 1 Working from BASIC POSITION
• 2 Warm-Up No. 1
• 3 Warm-Up No. 2
• 4 Warm-Up No. 3
• 5 Exercise #1
• 6 Exercise #2
• 7 Exercise #3
• 8 Exercise #4
• 9 Exercise #5
• 10 Exercise #6
• 11 Exercise #7
• 12 Exercise #8
• 13 Exercise #9
• 14 Exercise #10
• 15 Exercise #11
• 16 Exercise #12
• 17 Exercise #13
• 18 Exercise #14
• 19 Exercise #15
• 20 Major/Dominant 7th Arpeggios
• 21 Major/Dominant 7th Arpeggios (continued)
• 22 Rhythms Around the Break
• 23 Working Over the Break
• 24 Working the Throat Tones, etc.
• 25 Scale-Interval Exercise
• 26 Patterns for Warm-Up/Positioning
• 27 Intervals and Warm-Up
• 28 Exercise for Altissimo Register
• 29 Atonal Patterns
• 30 Atonal Patterns #2
• 31 Long Scales (E to G)
• 32 Long Scales (E to G) (continued)
• 33 Tonguing Exercise with Metronome
• 34 Tonguing Exercise with Metronome #2
• 35 Warm-Up with Modes in G
• 36 Warm-Up with Modes (Arpeggios)
• 37 Warm-Up with Four Arpeggios
• 38 Warm-Up with Four Arpeggios (continued)
• 39 Warm-Up with Scales/Arpeggios (E)
• 40 Warm-Up with Scales/Arpeggios (F)
• 41 Chord Extensions
• 42 Chord Types in C Major
• 43 Chromatic Work
• 44 Chromatic Workout!
• 45 Tuning/Tonguing
• 46 Finger Positioning
• 47 A Great Warm-Up
• 48 Long Tones Slurred with Quarter Notes
• 49 C Major/A Minor Warm-Up
• 50 C Major/A Minor Warm-Up
• 51 Mozart "Rondo" Study in 3
• 52 Legato Connection Study
• 53 Rabaud's Solo in 6/8 from "Solo de Concours"
• 54 Rabaud's Solo Study from "Solo de Concours"
• 55 Left-Hand and Pinkie Work
• 56 Right-Hand and Pinkie Work
• 57 Whole-Tone Scales
• 58 Diminished Arpeggios
• 59 Warm-Up with Thirds
• 60 Connections
• 61 Exercise in F
• 62 Exercise in G
• 63 Exercise in E
• 64 The "Cat Etude"
• 65 The "Rooster Etude"
• 66 One-Line Drills
• 67 Warm-Up Noodling
• 68 Arpeggios over the Break
• 69 Over the Break
• 70 Over the Break Again
• 71 Working Intervals
• 72 Af and A Keys Across the Break
• 73 Left-Hand First Finger
• 74 More Work over the Break
• 75 Working the RH Pinkie
• 76 Short Warm-Up in F
• 77 Warm-Up in Af
• 78 Working the Throat Tones
• 79 Legato Study
• 80 More First-Finger Work
• 81 Scale Exercise
• 82 Major, Minor and Diminished Arpeggios
• 83 Augmented Arpeggios
• 84 Positioning Exercise
• 85 Tongue and Slur Exercise
• 86 Working the Upper Register
• 87 Working the Upper Register #2
• 88 Left-Hand Exercise
• 89 Scale Pattern Exercise
• 90 Warm-Up with Metronome
• 91 Exercise in Af
• 92 Exercise for Left F/C to Right Af/Ef
• 93 Exercise for Bf/Ef Fingerings
• 94 Chromatic Scale Exercise
• 95 Articulation Etude
• 96 Applying Articulation- "Atonalette"
• 97 Applying Articulation- "Chromatonal"
• 98 Applying Articulation- "Nova"
• 99 Applying Articulation- "Soliloquy"
• 100 Applying Articulation- "Tritopical"