Clarinet & Piano

Henri Rabaud (1873-1949)

Quality: 6

Solo de Concours, op. 10

Difficulty: 6

1901

4:27

Fischer, 1972 (Recital Clarinetist)

Highest Note: alt. G

Description

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1901, 1908, & 1937 Contest Piece

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Beginning & end are technical, middle is lyrical

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Runs are mostly scalar or triadic

Necessary Qualities

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Air between notes

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Clean fingers

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Very little articulation

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Change between duple & triple subdivisions

Pedagogical Suggestions

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Sing middle part to decide on phrasing, etc....

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Practice scales & triads

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Slow work with a metronome on subdivisions

Recommended Recordings

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Soames/Higgins; Clarinet Classics