This are is specifically set up to aid you in your practice of the instrument along with hints and pointers to clarinet music. We have at the moment:

• In Memoriam
• College Auditions - A short essay by Dr. Ed Lacy on what to do and look for in a college audition. It is also applicable to students preparing for any competitive musical event.
• Clarinet Connections - A list of people and organizations looking for clarinetists to practice or work with.
• Clarinet Fingering Charts - Charts by Key and Chromatic Charts
• Beginning Method Books - A review of Beginning Method Books
• Intermediate Method Books - A list of Intermediate Method Books
• Warmup and Practice Routines - A suggestion for both students and professionals
• Literature - Some recommendations on appropriate music for Beginner and Intermediate students (including duets and jazz)
• How Can I Play Longer? - Some suggestions to enable you to play longer
• How Can I Tongue Faster? - Some suggestions to enable you to tongue faster
• How Can I Double Tongue? - Introduction and Instructions for Double Tonguing
• How Can I Learn Circular Breathing? - A method by Dr. Robert S. Spring, DMA, Professor of Music, Arizona State University (performer of lingual gymnastics in the "Dragon's Tongue" CD)
• How Can I Keep the Water from my Tone Holes? - Some practical ideas.
• Vibrato - Should it be Used? - An essay posted by Jonathan Cohler on the Klarinet Mailing list. Includes the basic physics of the clarinet.
• A short Biography of Simeon Bellison
• Notes on Debussy's Premiere Rhapsody
• Notes on the Weber Grand Duo Concertante
• Notes on the Nielsen Concerto and Aage Oxenvad
• Performance Notes on the Nielsen Concerto
• Clarinet Teachers - A list of clarinet teachers from around the world ..
• The Cadenza Problem in Classical Concerto Movements - an excellent article in the International Double Reed Society archives.
• Band Music - a pretty extensive list sorted by good, better, and best; submitted by Roger Garrett of IWU
• Valerian Root - The Use of Valerian Root in Overcoming Stage Fright
• FROM AIR TO MUSIC - Acoustical, Physiological and Perceptual Aspects of Reed Wind Instrument Playing and Vocal-Ventricular Fold Phonation.
• Phrasing in Contention- An article by Antony Pay, reprinted by permission
• A good article on Temperament
• That Nice, Dark Sound - Daniel N. Leeson
• Alternative Fingerings for Berio's Sequenza IXa

Bass Clarinet Repertoire

There was a DMA dissertation written in 1986 by Albert Hunt at the Julliard School entitled The Bass Clarinet Index: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography Of Music Composed For The Bass Clarinet. The school has a copy in its library which you may be able to see if in New York, or you can order a photocopy from the library for a cost of $25. This is a valuable resource for information on solo and chambers works for the instrument. It includes both published works, and those only in manuscript.

Musical Terms

Gail B. Levinsky, gblev@Ra.MsState.Edu provided the following two sites for explanation of musical terms:

http://www.hnh.com/mgloss.htm
http://thanatos.uoregon.edu/~lincicum/terms.html