Fine-Tuning the Clarinet Section

A Handbook for the Band Director

Brent Coppenbarger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

124 Seiten

2015
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-2076-8 (ISBN)

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The amount of knowledge that the band director is expected to know can be overwhelming. He or she is expected to be a teacher, a conductor, an artist, a musician, and an expert on every instrument in the band. This book condenses and organizes the information needed to improve the clarinet section in a single convenient resource.

Clarinets are prominent melody instruments, and a strong clarinet section can make the difference between a good band and a great band. In Fine Tuning the Clarinet Section: A Handbook for the Band Director, Brent Coppenbarger offers a full range of strategies to assist the band director, the beginning clarinetist, and the advanced clarinetist in developing a strong clarinet section. Fine Tuning the Clarinet Section covers the following topics:
·The basic foundations of a good clarinet embouchure
·Selecting and breaking-in a new reed
·A discussion on equipment
·Clarinet maintenance
·Intonation
·Articulation Strategies
·Strategies for developing finger technique
·Developing Musicality
·Developing a warm-up routine
·Rehearsing the woodwind section
·Preparing for a solo performance
·10 steps to better sight-reading
Fine Tuning the Clarinet Section: A Handbook for the Band Director is an indispensable resource for the band director who wishes to improve his clarinet section, as well as the beginning clarinetist, advanced clarinetist, or anyone interested in clarinet.

Brent Coppenbarger is professor of Music at the Cline School of Music at North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina, where he has taught woodwinds since 1995. He is the author of Music Theory Secrets, 94 Strategies for the Starting Musician, and his articles have appeared in The Clarinet, NACWI Journal, and The Instrumentalist.

Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Embouchure
2 The Reed
3 Equipment
4 Maintenance
5 Intonation
6 Articulation
7 Finger Technique
8 Musicality
9 A Colorful Warm-Up Routine
10 Rehearsing the Woodwind Section
11 Preparing for a Solo Performance
12 Ten Steps to Better Sight Reading
Conclusion
Appendix of Additional Materials for Clarinetists
Index
About the Author

Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	200 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	1-4758-2076-3 / 1475820763
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-2076-8 / 9781475820768
Zustand	Neuware