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tonebase Clarinet Course

Copland

Clarinet Concerto

Taught by renowned clarinet player

Sharon Kam

In this course, soloist Sharon Kam takes you step by step through an American clarinet classic, Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto. She shows you how to interpret key thematic materials, from accurate musical phrasing and pacing to proper articulation. Sharon also gives her best tips for confidently playing in the altissimo register and how to articulate a unique musical voice in the virtuosic cadenza. This is a course that will surely push your playing to achieve a more advanced technical and musical mastery!

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    Difficulty: 
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    Duration: 
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Course Syllabus

I. Slowly and expressively

In this first lesson, Sharon Kam takes you through a brief history of the clarinet concerto, giving context to important thematic material, guiding you through the phrases, and gives her best tips for nailing the notes in the altissimo register.

Cadenza

In this second lesson, Sharon Kam takes you through the virtuosic clarinet cadenza, with suggestions on phrasing, pacing, and precise articulations, while leaving room for you to make your own artistic choices.

II. Rather fast

In this final lesson, Sharon Kam guides you on on how to lean into the proper rhythmical pacing, fingerings, and appropriate articulation in order to accurately bring out the musical whimsy and excitement this whirlwind of a second movement brings.

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Sharon Kam is one of the world's leading clarinet soloists, with an international career second to none.

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