Rubank Advanced Method - Clarinet Vol. 1

Great Method Series for Clarinet This is book one of the Advanced portion of this clarinet method. Advanced is referring to beginning high school players. More repertoire practice in this book than specific technical nuances and that is good. Don't get me wrong, there are technical explanations and exercises in this book. It is more balanced though to begin leaning towards more performing over drill.I highly recommend this series and this book for strong high school fr. "Difficult challenges here." according to Henry Frankenberg. VERY difficult passages that could have been written for non-jazz players. Quite challenging.. I don't know about clarinet, but it's great for guitar David Rothberg This is a nostalgia review. I bought this as I used this series for guitar lessons years ago with a Jazz teacher, and I loved it. That was back in the day when there were not many guitar instructional books. Guitar has the same notation range as clarinet, so it's great for reading practice. It's a great way to have notated scale practice in every key, plus enjoyable classical single line pieces and duets.

The specially designed units provide a a complete pedagogy: * Scales and Arpeggios All of the major and minor keys are covered in the complete two-book course * Melodic Interpretation Including 20+ contest level duets in each book * Solo Preparation Six contest level solos included * Articulation Studies Specialized for each instrument * Exercises in Fingering (woodwinds), Flexibility (brass) and Sticking (percussion) * Ornamentation All types are introduced Generations of musicians have been taught with Rubank methods join the tradition!. (Advanced Band Method). An