32 Etudes and 40 Studies for Clarinet (Dover Chamber Music Scores)

The exercises in this book range from what I would consider the upper end of "intermediate" through advanced. A typical skilled high school player would benefit from a lot of the exercises, but many will still be out of reach at that point.The pieces aren't exciting and most aren't especially pretty, but they offer great practice in every key. Most are very fast, so they give you a lot of practice with rapid fingerings. If you're looking for something with longer notes to perfect your tone vs. your ability to rapidly play many different combinations of notes, this probably isn't what you're looking for.As another review mentioned, the only bad thing about this book is that it uses perfect binding and it doesn't lay perfectly flat. I would add, though, that the notes aren't close to the inner crease, If you really bend it backwards, you can get it to stay open wide enough for easy playing. If you're still bothered by it, I guess you could always photocopy the page you're working on and lay it flat. There's also the option of removing all the pages from the book and playing them loose. I wish the binding were better, but it's not a dealbreaker.

Literally the same as any other version of Rose you could buy but cheaper and all in one book. I don't get why people go out of their way to buy 2-3 separate books for the whole set. I've had this copy since high school and it's gotten me through undergrad and don't see myself switching over anytime soon.

Five stars for the content (simultaneously enjoyable to play and helpful for developing technique) but only two stars for the book design; allegedly the book is designed to open flat to a given page but this isn't the case, but of course there are easy ways around that.

This book combines 32 Etudes and both volumes of 40 Studies into a single book. These three volumes are excellent for developing the five principles of clarinet playing and are three of the most well-known clarinet method books. Unfortunately, the publisher has used a standard "perfect binding" so the book will not lie flat upon a music stand. A saddle-stitch, comb, or spiral binding would have been much more appropriate and useful. I would highly recommend finding the original Fischer editions even though collectively they cost more. (Five stars for content, one star for presentation, three stars overall.)

A good edition that has all of his 40 studies and 32 etudes in a single volume. NOT the best edition available of either.

It is an excellent study for players between intermediate and advanced, challenging but not impossible.

When I realized I accidentally ordered and charged myself for 2 of these etude books (which are great books by the way!), I emailed Amazon RIGHT away to say I would be returning one for a refund. They said that since I was a good customer, they would refund my money without my return of the book-- so I got to keep the second copy! I couldn't believe it. What great customer service, totally didn't see that coming. Thanks, Amazon!

Had to purchase this for my applied lessons in college. Great exercises!

Bought for my daughter who is working towards grade 8.She really enjoys working through these, so for us it was good value for money.Quick delivery too.

Beautiful

Arrived quickly, very clear print and good quality music. Exactly what I needed for my studies. Thankyou

Recommended to me by my private instructor at university. Great collection of studies and this edition is wonderful.

Good musical material to study. Poor paper and smudgy ink degrades the experience.