Cossack Caper from Finger Fitness Etudes

This free sample is from Kristen Denny-Chambers’ fantastic Finger Fitness Etudes. Grab the whole book here!

Here’s her blurb for the book, below:

Uninspiring, endless finger drills got you down? Have a little fun with Finger Fitness Études for Clarinet and Auxiliary Clarinets! This book contains 38 tuneful and original one-page études, each of which introduce two finger drills that are incorporated into fun and challenging music. You can play these on Eb, Bb, A, alto, bass, contra... any clarinet in the clarinet family!

Get your right thumb into gear: for Low C bass clarinets, here are 10 selected études specifically re-written to get you comfortable with those low notes.

Much of the melodic material is in the chalumeau range with purposeful occasions for crossing the middle break. Without exceeding high C#, the music is in a "friendly" range for all clarinets. Ideal for developing pre-college students, undergraduate players and clarinet enthusiasts, these études will get your fingers in shape while having fun making music in the process. Advanced and professional players will love them too. Pick up the tempo and they really become fun finger twisters!