Clarinet

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.

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Missouri All-State Etudes for Clarinet
– Performed by Professor Jane Carl.
Scales: All scales are to be MEMORIZED. Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of two octaves, three when possible. Scales should be performed ascending and descending.    Scales given are the starting tone. Do not transpose.

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.

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