8/13/2019 Clarinet Week 2
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Accessing your technique level: ClarinetLearning good tone and
technique is ESSENTIAL for the music undergraduate.
One way to learn tone and technique thoroughly and quickly is to
combine technique with warm-up.
Choose 2 or 3 Warm-Up Options (listed in order of difficulty)
every day.
Follow Warm-Up with a focused practice on technique.
Melody Smith Technique Level 1: Klose Scale StudyWarm-Up Option
1: Do this weeks assigned major scales (around Circle of 4ths)
ascending only, one octave, lowest on
your instrument, fermata on top tonic; repeat as needed ( to
correct mistakes or to memorize more completely).
Wet all reeds and change every 6 scales or so, sorting as you
go.
Stretch your embouchure, neck, hands, spine and/or hips every
time you stop.
Warm-Up Option 2: Do same but 2octaves.
Wet all reeds and change every 6 scales or so, continue to
sort.
Stretch your embouchure, neck, hands, spine and/or hips every
time you stop
Warm-Up Option 3: Do this weeks assigned minor scales ascending
and descending, one octave, lowest on your
instrument, fermata on last tonic. Use Klose rhythm pattern.
Continue to change & sort reeds and stretch as needed
Warm-Up Option 4: Do this weeks assigned minor scales ascending
and descending, two octaves, lowest on your
instrument, fermata on last tonic. Use Klose rhythm pattern.
Continue to change & sort reeds and stretch as needed
Warm-Up Option 5: Do half of this weeks assigned major and minor
scale pairs slowly with fermata on the last note.
Technique Daily Intensive Routine: Map Metronome on one set each
dayPerfect Metronome Speed =
Ability to do entire pattern, focusing on correct notes, good
rhythm and tone - no increase in
metronome speed if these factors are sacrificed
Ability to play continuously (with sip breaths) 3 times through
pattern
Keep a list of metronome speeds for each day. If you were
unsuccessful, subtract 3 from your best speed.
8/13/2019 Clarinet Week 2
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For Week 1 (Monday, September 2, 2013): Technique as below,
Etudes 1 4, Tartini Mvts. 1 2
For Week 2 (Monday, September 9, 2013): Technique as below,
etudes 13 4, Tartini Mvt 1
Day 1 C/am, F/dm, Bb/gm Scales: 70-73
Day 2 Eb/cm, Ab/fm, Db/bbm Scales: 66
Day 3 C/am, F/dm, Bb/gm Scales: 73
Day 4 Eb/cm, Ab/fm, Db/bbm Scales: 66
Day 5 C/am, F/dm, Bb/gm Scales: 75
Day 6 Eb/cm, Ab/fm, Db/bbm Scales: 68
Day 7 C/am, F/dm, Bb/gm, Eb/cm, Ab/fm, Db/bbm Scales: 64
Lesson
(Starting Point for next
week)
C/am, F/dm, Bb/gm, Eb/cm, Ab/fm, Db/bbm Scales: 60
Assessment: Need to practice a bit slower but good progress this
week!
Day 1 Eb/cm Scales: 55
Day 2 Ab/fm Scales: 52
Day 3 Eb/cm Scales: 57
Day 4 Ab/fm Scales:55
Day 5 Eb/cm Scales:59
Day 6 Ab/fm Scales: 57
Day 7 Eb/cm, Ab/fm Scales: 62
Lesson
(Starting Point for
next week)
Eb/cm, Ab/fm Scales:
1stweek
Assessment:Need to practice a bit slower but good
progress for the 1st week!
