Pedagogy
| Teaching Clarinet Fingerings with Teaching Machines |
Citation: Vol: 12, No. 4, 1964.
Article title: Teaching Clarinet Fingerings with Teaching Machines
Author: Leslie E. Woelflin.
Journal: Journal of Research in Music Education
Article title: Teaching Clarinet Fingerings with Teaching Machines
Author: Leslie E. Woelflin.
Journal: Journal of Research in Music Education
- Corrects problem immidiately, so teacher does not have to spend time correcting problem (fingerings and factual knowledge).
- Split college studnets with no expierence into three groups, a control group, teaching machine with clarinet with no mouthpiece, teaching machine groupe with clarinet with mouthpiece).
- Teaching machine was successful (could be used to reinforce teachings (personal feeling))
| The Tios of New Orleans and Their Pedagogical Influence on the Early Jazz Clarinet Style |
Citation: Vol 16 No. 4, 1996
Article Title: The Tios of New Orleans and Their Pedagogical Influences on the Early Jazz Clarinet Style
Author: Charles E. Kinzer
Journal: Black Music Research Journal
- Tio was said to be the most influential woodwind player in his hometown.
- Tio was not only a teacher, but also a performer.
- Papa Tio conducted.
Performance
| Verbal Timbre Descriptors of Isolated Clarinet Tones |
| Effects of Tone-Quality Changes on Intonation and Tone-Quality Ratings of High School andCollege Instrumentalists |
Citations: Vol. 47 No. 2, 1999
Article Title: Effects of Tone-Quality Changes on Intonation and Tone-Quality Ratings of High School and College Instrumentalists
Author: John M. Geringer and Micheal D. Worthy
Journal: Journal of Research in Music Education
Listeners could not attened to either timbre or pitch without attending to the other.
College woodwind players can hear difference in pitch better between unlike woodwind timbres than like woodwind timbres.
Student musicians think darker tone means the instrument is flat and a brighter tone means the instrument is sharp.
Article Title: Effects of Tone-Quality Changes on Intonation and Tone-Quality Ratings of High School and College Instrumentalists
Author: John M. Geringer and Micheal D. Worthy
Journal: Journal of Research in Music Education
Listeners could not attened to either timbre or pitch without attending to the other.
College woodwind players can hear difference in pitch better between unlike woodwind timbres than like woodwind timbres.
Student musicians think darker tone means the instrument is flat and a brighter tone means the instrument is sharp.
Reeds
| Clarinet Reed Position in the 18th Century |
Citation: Vol. 12, No. 1, 1984
Article Title: Clarinet Reed Posistion in the 18th Century
Author: T. Eric Hoeprich
Journal: Early Music
Players of the 18th century clarinet are taught by English tutors to play with the reed on top.
Large number of clarinetists played with the reed facing down instead of up.
Clarinets from Germany, Austria, and Bohemia cause problems because they do nt stamp their mouthpieces.
Article Title: Clarinet Reed Posistion in the 18th Century
Author: T. Eric Hoeprich
Journal: Early Music
Players of the 18th century clarinet are taught by English tutors to play with the reed on top.
Large number of clarinetists played with the reed facing down instead of up.
Clarinets from Germany, Austria, and Bohemia cause problems because they do nt stamp their mouthpieces.
| A Research Study of a Technique for Adjusting Clarinet Reeds |
Article TItle: A Research Study of a Technique for Adjusting Clarinet Reeds
Author: Lawrence J. Intravaia and Robert S. Resnick
Journal: Journal of Research in Music Education
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Performers usually uses or makes his or her own reeds. Hand made reeds are much better than mass produced reeds.
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Looked for ways to adjust reeds without disrupting the structure and balance of the reed.
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Look at all aspects of the reed (table, butt, rails, ect.).
Mouthpieces
| Clarinet Sounds |
Citation: Vol. 121 No. 1648, 1980
Article Title: Clarinet Sounds
Author: Gueseppe Gabarino
Journal: The Musical Times
Article Title: Clarinet Sounds
Author: Gueseppe Gabarino
Journal: The Musical Times
- Book written to hlep with technique.
- Students or other clarinetists should use different mouthpieces, reeds, and embouchures and find out what works best for them.
| The Effect of Interior Shape and Size of Clarinet Mouthpieces on Intonation and Tone Quality |
Citation: Vol. 11, No. 2, 1963
Article Title: The Effect of Interior Shape and SIze of Clarinet Mouthpieces on Intonation and Tone Quality
Author: Walter Larry Wehner
Journal: Journal of Research in Music Education
Article Title: The Effect of Interior Shape and SIze of Clarinet Mouthpieces on Intonation and Tone Quality
Author: Walter Larry Wehner
Journal: Journal of Research in Music Education
- Mouthpiece is of major importance to good tone quality.
- Experiments were done on mouthpieces of different bore sizes.
- Results of experiements used to improve beginning clarinetists playing.
Instruments
| The Early History of the Clarinet and Chalumeau |
Citation: Vol. 14, No. 4, 1986
Article TItle: The Early History of the Clarinet and the Chalumeau
Author: Cary Karp
Journal: Early Music
Article TItle: The Early History of the Clarinet and the Chalumeau
Author: Cary Karp
Journal: Early Music
- Doppelmayr has said nothing specifically about the Denner's order of their inovoations.
- Before chalumeau was just a resgister on the clarinet there was a specific clarinet to play the chalumeau.
- It is thought that the mouthpiece was originally made for the chalumeau.
| Finding a Clarinet for the Three Concertos by Vivaldi |
Citation: Vol. 11, No. 1, 1983
Article Title: FInding a Clarinet for the Three Concertos by Vivaldi
Author: T. Eric Hoeprich
Journal: Early Music
Article Title: FInding a Clarinet for the Three Concertos by Vivaldi
Author: T. Eric Hoeprich
Journal: Early Music
- Easier to express the style of the times on clarinet of the time.
- Denner clarinet would be better to perform the concertos with, but cannot be used to perform them.
- Denner and Boekhout clarinets were made of boxwood.
| Fundamentals of Acoustical Design of the Soprano Clarinet |
Citation: Vol. 54., No. 6, 1968
Article TItle: Fundamentals of Acoustical Design of the Soprano Clarinet
Author: Lee Gibson
Journal: Music Educators Journal
Article TItle: Fundamentals of Acoustical Design of the Soprano Clarinet
Author: Lee Gibson
Journal: Music Educators Journal
- The first goal of the maker is to have good intonation in all registers.
- Hainvg correct pitch relationships between registeres is dependent on the engloargement of the left hand joint and barrel.
- Mouthpiece is vital part of the clarinet.
Other Fun Information
| The Clarinet in England during the 1760s |
Citation: Vol. 33, No. 1, 2005
Article Title: The Clarinet in England during the 1760s
Author: Albert R. Rice
Journal: Early Music
Article Title: The Clarinet in England during the 1760s
Author: Albert R. Rice
Journal: Early Music
- The clarinet was first played in concerts in 1726.
- Thomas Arne first used the clarinet the piece Thomas and Sally or The Sailor's Return.
- William Herschell was one of the first composers o use the clarinet in a symphony.
| Classical Clarinet Technique |
CItation: Vol. 16, No. 3, 1988
Article Title: Classical Clarinet Technique: Documentary Approaches
Author: David Charton
Journal: Early Music
Article Title: Classical Clarinet Technique: Documentary Approaches
Author: David Charton
Journal: Early Music
- Wachter, not well known., played in seven concerts between 1782 and 1790.
- Different views of reed playing (reed above or reed below).
- In just the the classical the clarinet evolved quite a bit.
