Product Description
My Clarinet
and Me consists of
fourteen short and delightful pieces written especially for absolute beginners
on B flat clarinet up to students at elementary level. The pieces are intended
as supplementary material to your usual tutor books. The music can be used with
any number of players and all the pieces remain in the lower register. Several
early pieces use only the notes E, D and C. Six of the pieces use only half
notes (minims) and quarter notes (crotchets). Although the pieces are arranged
in approximate order of difficulty you can play them in any order you want,
depending on the musical needs of the student. Your students are sure to enjoy
these pieces, which are both easy on the fingers and easy on the ear!
Several
pieces have a few measures (bars) rest in the middle not only to give the
player a break and add musical contrast but also to give the experience of
counting empty bars during the music. When space allows, piano cues appear in
the solo part. Some of the later pieces in the book have good performing
potential and could be strung together in any order to create a small suite.
Every piece
has a short piano introduction so that the student can sense the tempo and
musical style before playing. The keyboard accompaniments (also available as a
separate MP3 file) have been kept as simple as possible with the minimum number
of notes. Dynamic markings (e.g. piano and mezzo-forte) are used from the
start, but phrasing has been omitted from the solo part. This is because the
teacher is usually in the best position to suggest phrasing within the physical
capabilities of each student. Slurs have been employed sparingly and only when
necessary.
The book
includes a well-known folk lullaby from Wales and a lively folk song from
Thailand which is known by all Thai people because its taught in elementary
schools throughout the country.
The music
has been converted into pdf files at 1,200 dpi which will produce professional
looking printed copies of high quality. However, the output quality will also
depend on your own printer settings and capabilities. The publication consists
of a teacher's book (18 pages) and a student's book (8 pages) both contained in
the same pdf file. The sample MP3 (click on the Listen button above) contains
recordings of Starting Tune (No 1); Nice n Easy (No 2); Island Song (No 3), Waltzing
Around (No 7), Donkey Trot (No 12) and The Elephant Song (No 14).
Colin
Kirkpatrick studied at Londons Royal College of Music. He followed a career in
music education. He was a High School Music Director in London for about
fifteen years and later became a Music Education Adviser for local government.
The work
in education gave him many opportunities for composing. He has published a
great deal of music and his publishers include Boosey & Hawkes, Novello,
Paxton, Schott, Oxford University Press, Chester, Belwin Mills and Intrada
(Netherlands). His music has been performed and broadcast all over Europe as
well as in Japan, Thailand, Australia and the USA. He holds MA and PhD degrees.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.