This is a very good pedagogy book. The first six chapters involve various playing techniques, and are filled with drawings, exercises, descriptions and methods that will help both the teacher and student understand how each playing technique works. The last half of the book deals with equipment, and gives the teacher the objective knowledge about clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds and accessories. That way the teacher can select the best and most appropriate equipment for their students.
2: The Clarinet Doctor by Howard Klug This book is also a classic in clarinet pedagogy. The first half of the book contains a complete curriculum to learning technical patterns, flexibility studies, tone …show more content…
The chapters in this book are as follows: The Mouthpiece and Ligature, The Reed, The Clarinet, Embouchure, Relaxation, Breathing and Support, Voicing the tone, Opening up, and Playing through the Clarinet, Release and Tonguing, Hands and Fingers, Tone Quality, Matching Tones and Tonal Power, Intonation, High-Register Playing, Technique, Basic Fingerings and Reading Improvement, Balance of Resistance in Playing, Double-Lip Embouchure, Beginning Playing Procedures, The Cooley Rhythm System, Legato Articulation, Phrasing, Interpretation, and Musical Style, Suggested Literature for the Clarinet, Selected Etudes. Each of these chapters goes into incredible detail, making this book a must have.
4: The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing by David Pino This pedagogy book contains ideas about technique, tonguing and articulation, musicianship, and musical interpretation. This book also contains guidelines for teaching, making your own reeds, and preparing for public performance. It even covers some clarinet history.
5: The Effortless Clarinet by Richard …show more content…
This new edition, however, is meant for all players, including those that are advanced. The Chapters are as follows: The Function of the Embouchure, the External Embouchure, Building the Muscles of the Lips, Building the Air Support Mechanism, An Introduction to Vowel Concepts, for Tonal Purity, A Vowel Concept for the Lips, The Internal Embouchure--Tongue Position Development, How a Good Embouchure Affects Articulation, Developing the Upper Lip, and Fundamental Concepts Set Forth in this Handbook. This book also contains many diagrams, photos, and musical