The soprano clarinets are the most commonly-used members of the clarinet family, and are indeed often referred to as simply “clarinets”. Soprano clarinets include the B♭flat clarinet, the most common type, whose range extends from D below middle C (written E) to about F two and a half octaves above middle C; the A and C clarinets, sounding respectively a semitone lower and a whole tone higher than the B♭ clarinet; and the rare low G clarinet, sounding yet a whole tone lower than the A. While some writers (e.g. Shackleton) reserve a separate category of sopranino clarinets for the E♭ and D clarinets, these are more usually regarded as soprano clarinets as well.
Chromatic: full range of the instrument
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f
Books: Thirty-two Etudes for Clarinet – C. Rose/Carl Fischer Publication
Klose Method for Clarinet – Simeon Bellison (revised)/Carl Fischer Publication
Set I | Thirty-Two Etudes | p. 20 | #20 – first 8 lines (meter incorrect) |
p. 21 | |||
Klose | p. 126 | Ab Major | |
p. 128 | lines 5, 6, & 7 | ||
p. 132 | #9 | ||
Set II | Thirty-two Etudes | p. 3 | #2 – first 6 ½ lines |
p. 23 | #23 | ||
Klose | p. 127 | E Major – line 5 | |
p. 128 | lines 4, 8, 9, and bar 1 or 10 | ||
p. 129 | line 9, bar 2 thru line 10 bar 1 | ||
Set III | Thirty-two Etudes | p. 24 | #24 – first 8 lines |
p. 6 | #5 | ||
Klose | p. 127 | A Major – line 7 | |
p. 128 | line 10 last measure, line 11,12, & 13 | ||
p. 129 | line 10, bar 2 thru line 11,bar 1 | ||
Set IV | Thirty-two Etudes | p. 17 | #17 |
p. 26 | #26 – first 6 ½ lines | ||
Klose | p. 127 | B Major – line 2, bar 3 thru line 3, bar 3 | |
p. 128 | lines 1, 2, & 3 | ||
p. 129 | line 8, bar 2 thru line 9, bar 1 |
Etude information reprinted from http://www.missouribandmasters.org; All-State Band audition list.