Download pdf - Clarinet · 2021. 2. 16. · Clarinet 1. Prepare the following scales and arpeggios: G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D. • You will be asked to perform one or more of the prepared

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1. Preparethefollowingscalesandarpeggios:G,C,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,B,E,A,D.

• Youwillbeaskedtoperformoneormoreofthepreparedscalesandarpeggios,frommemory,ataminimumtempoofM.M.quarternote=120.

• Performaminimumof2octaveswherepossible.Studentswhowishtoplaya3rdoctavemaydoso.Scalesmustbeperformedincompleteoctaves.

• Thescalepatternis .Thearpeggiopatternis .• Thescalesandarpeggioswillbetonguedascendingandslurreddescending.

2. Chromaticscale:3octavesfromE.

• Achromaticscalecoveringtherangefortheinstrument(asgivenintheFloridaAll-StateSymphonicBandAuditionRequirements).

• ThescalewillbeperformedinevensixteenthnotesataminimumtempoofM.M.quarternote=120,frommemory.

• Thescalewillbetonguedascendingandslurreddescendingwhereapplicable.

3. Soloofcandidate’schoice(about1minute).

4. Threeexcerpts(Extendedbarsofrestsdonotneedtobecountedexactly).Excerpt1afromCapriccioEspagnole,3rdmovementbyN.Rimsky-Korsakov:11measuresafter[K]toend.



Excerpt1bfromCapriccioEspagnole,1stmovementbyN.Rimsky-Korsakov:[A]to[B].IfanAclarinetisnotavailable,youmayplaythisexcerpttransposedonB-flatclarinet.



Excerpt2fromThePinesofRome,3rdmovementThePinesofTheJaniculumbyO.Respighi:fromthepick-upto[13]toendofprintedexcerpt.IfanAclarinetisnotavailable,youmayplaythisexcerpttransposedonB-flatclarinet.



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Takenote:TheBassClarinetauditionisanoptionalextensionoftheclarinetaudition.

1. PreparetheSymphonicClarinetrequirements(onclarinet)–scales,arpeggios,1-minutesoloandtwoclarinetexcerpts.

2. Chromaticscale:3octavesfromE.

• Achromaticscalecoveringtherangefortheinstrument(asgivenintheFloridaAll-StateSymphonicBandAuditionRequirements).

• ThescalewillbeperformedinevensixteenthnotesataminimumtempoofM.M.quarternote=120,frommemory.

• Thescalewillbetonguedascendingandslurreddescendingwhereapplicable.

3. OneexcerptfromTheGrandCanyonSuite,OntheTrailbyF.Grofé:8measuresbefore[3]–[3].