METHODE pour la Clarinette Basse

Jason Alder writes:
"The first method ever written for bass clarinet was in 1898 by Pierre Sainte-Marie, the bass clarinetist of the Monte Carlo Symphony. This edition has been edited by Philippe Cuper and reprinted in 2020 with English translations. The fingering chart in the beginning is for a bass clarinet to low E3 and with two manual register keys rather than the modern single automatic, as was the common instrument at the time. The chart shows fingerings all the way to A-flat6, as this is necessary for Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, however it advises to generally not go past G6.

The first set of exercises focuses on varying scale patterns crossing the break from the throat tones, which necessitated using both of the manual register keys. This isn’t relevant for modern instruments, but I have still found the exercises very useful with my students for achieving clean transitions when changing registers and for all the varying combinations using the little fingers. The second set of exercises are similar patterns but reaching into the altissimo register, and interestingly, primarily “open” altissimo fingerings are recommended. There are also exercises for repeated intervals into the altissimo, full chromatic scale from E3 – A-flat6 , and major and minor scales and triads each extending all the way down to E3 or F3 and up to F6 or G6."

As featured on Jason Alder's list of recommended etude and method books for bass clarinet: https://clarinet.org/etude-and-method-books-for-bass-clarinet/

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