Product Description

This is the ultimate beginner's pack for anyone who wants to learn to play clarinet. You get a great book/CD pack plus a corresponding DVD that cover all the basics, including: How to assemble and care for your instrument, producing a sound, reading music notation and rhythms, a fingering chart, a glossary of musical terms, and much more. The CD includes audio instruction as well as 74 full-demo tracks. Perfect for those who want to teach themselves or in a classroom setting. Also available: Play Clarinet Today! - Level 2 (HL00842047) and Play Clarinet Today! - Songbook (HL00842048).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97346 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780634052989
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Not for serious players
Rather late in life, I decided to learn clarinet. After reviewing all the method books on Amazonm I selected this and it's Level 2. I found the books not for the serious student. There is very little material on scales or arpeggios or on things like using the register key. Mostly the teach you how to play songs. If you don't read music, it gives you lots of material on this. If you do read music (I do) then what is left is not much. The Level 2 is more of the same. The most worthwhile part is the DVD, which shows you how to assemble the instrument, put the reed in, and how to hold it. You also get some visuals on embouchure. I eventually bout Gustave Langenus' 'Complete Method for the Clarinet'. Part one is available from Amazon. It expects you to read music.

HOW TO PLAY 4 NOTES ON THE CLARINET, NEVER MIND THE REST
This is a bad deal. The DVD and the documentation teach one the first four notes of the clarinet, but what about the rest?

DON'T GET SUCKERED INTO THIS BAD DEAL.

Self education.
I'm 47 and picked up a clarinet for the first time. Book is very simple but the play along cd makes all the difference.