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Clarinet Basics
Clarinet History
Practicing
Mixed Bag
Mixed Bag Part 2
100
The two materials one should use to swab the instrument.
What are silk or cloth?
100
The era in which the clarinet was invented.
What is the early 17th Century?
100
The warmup technique that helps with tone and embouchure.
What are long tones?
100
This famous composer originally wrote his clarinet concerto for basset horn.
Who is Mozart?
100
A flat chin and tight corners of your lips.
What is embochoure?
200
Projecting sound and keeping the instrument in tune.
What is the job of the bell?
200
The instrument sheperds used to herd their flock.
What is the chalameau?
200
The exercise that involves playing every note on the clarinet consecutively.
What is a chromatic scale?
200
He recently became principal clarinetist of the NY Phil.
Who is Anthony McGill?
200
The sound one should make while articulating.
What is "tee?"
300
The liquid used to keep the clarinet from cracking.
What is bore oil?
300
The recently retired principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic.
Who is Stanley Drucker?
300
In English, these mean "practices."
What are etudes?
300
To play a note on an offbeat is...
What is to syncopate?
300
He has punched two babies.
Who is Julian Bliss?
400
The shape inside of the upper half of the reed in which you are not to sand.
What is a diamond?
400
The man responsible for adding on to the chalameau and creating another register.
Who is Christoph Denner?
400
An exercise in which all the notes of a chord are played.
What are arpeggios?
400
Sabine Meyer was driven out of this orchestra for being the first woman to play a principal part.
What is the Berlin Philharmonic?
400
The orchestral piece that features a clarinet solo with a glissando to open it.
What is Rhapsody in Blue?
500
The interval at which a reed should sound when it is in its best playing condition.
What is a perfect fourth?
500
The famous jazz clarinetist from the 1920's.
Who is Benny Goodman?
500
Things to notice before sight reading.
What are dynamics, key signature, or road maps?
500
The number of keys on a standard B-flat clarinet.
What is 17?
500
This is the upper half of the reed.
What is the vamp?