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Clarinet

1. Preparethefollowingscalesandarpeggios:G,C,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,B,E,A,D.

• Youwill be asked to perform one ormore of the prepared scales and arpeggios,frommemory,ataminimumtempoofMMquarternote=120.

• Performaminimumof2octaveswherepossible.Studentswhowishtoplaya3rdoctavemaydoso.Scalesmustbeperformedincompleteoctaves.

• Thescalepatternis .Thearpeggiopatternis .• Thescalesandarpeggioswillbetonguedascendingandslurreddescending.

2. Chromaticscale:3octavesfromE

• A chromatic scale covering the range for the instrument (as given in theFloridaAll-StateSymphonicBandAuditionRequirements.)

• ThescalewillbeperformedinevensixteenthnotesataminimumtempoofMMquarternote=120,frommemory.

• Thescalewillbetonguedascendingandslurreddescendingwhereapplicable.

3. Soloofcandidate’schoice(about1minute)

4. 2Excerpts

FromN.Rimsky-Korsakov–movement3ofCapriccioEspagnol

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FromO.Respighi–III.ThePinesofJaniculumfromPinesofRome

IfanAclarinetisnotavailable,youmayplaythisexcerptonB-flatclarinet.

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OptionalBassClarinetexcerptfromR.Strauss–DonQuixote