Billaudot Clarinette En Scène Vol.1 - Perrier, Martin

Essential Information About This Method

• Highly Structured Progression: 20 progressive lessons, with a new note introduced at each step and short exercises to advance without overload.


• Comprehensive Work from the Start: ear training, sight-reading, memory, and finger dexterity are developed simultaneously for a solid foundation.


• Clarified High Register: early introduction of the twelfth key to understand the twelfth mechanism and stabilize embouchure, breath, and air column.


• Motivation Through Ensemble Music: arranged nursery rhymes and original pieces in duets (2 clarinets or clarinet and piano) to play "in context" from the very first pages.

Summary of This Method

"Clarinette, en scène! Volume 1" offers an accessible and rigorous introduction to starting the clarinet in B-flat or C. The clear layout and step-by-step progression make learning smooth: each lesson introduces a new note, immediately reinforced by very short exercises designed to strengthen sight-reading, inner ear, memorization, and finger sensation.

The method also stands out for its approach to the high register: the student is guided fairly early towards the twelfth key to understand the twelfth mechanism and approach the high register with reliable reference points. This approach helps build a healthy technique directly linked to embouchure, breath control, and attack stability, while maintaining a secure pedagogical framework.

At the other end, the extreme low notes are addressed progressively and appropriately, especially for small hands. The path begins with right-hand-only exercises (mouthpiece on the lower joint), then integrates the full clarinet to facilitate the acquisition of complex fingerings without tension.

To anchor technique in the joy of playing, "Clarinette, en scène! Volume 1" relies on a lively repertoire: arranged nursery rhymes and original compositions by Gilles Martin, offered in duets for two clarinets or clarinet and piano. This ensemble aspect stimulates listening, intonation, and phrasing sense, while giving the student concrete musical goals, lesson after lesson.

Technical specifications

Publication

Methods

Composer	Gilles Martin	Genre	Educational method for clarinet
Arranger	Gilles Martin	Difficulty	Beginner
Instrumentation	Clarinet in B-flat or C; duets for 2 clarinets or clarinet and piano