Schott Music Die fröhliche Klarinette 1

The tried-and-tested system for beginners from the previous volume has been retained for this new, revised edition, but updated with modern typography and contemporary photographs. The edition includes both the German and Böhm systems and is suitable for children aged 8 and over, for use in both one-to-one and group lessons. Numerous songs and illustrations make the book visually appealing and encourage learning and practising. The fingering charts for both systems also ensure clarity.

It is published in three volumes, each of which is accompanied by a workbook.

Volume 1 covers the low register and introduces dynamics and the first overblow.

Includes an online audio file.

Contents:

• A warm welcome
• Mouthpiece and reed
• Posture
• Practice makes perfect
• The embouchure
• Every beginning is easy
• It’s the sound that makes the music
• The Initiation
• Breathing
• Note values and rests
• Melodies from four countries
• Time and metre
• A new note: B
• A new note: the A
• Legato playing
• The warm-up page
• A new note: the low G
• The f
• A word on practising
• The slashed ‘a’
• The eighth note
• The upbeat
• We’re playing canons
• The sharp
• Our first scale: G major
• The dotted quarter note
• Dynamics
• A bit of theory
• The flat
• F major scale and triad
• A visit to the music shop
• Overblowing
• My favourite pieces
• Fingering chart for the German clarinet
• Fingering chart for the Böhm clarinet