Welcome to the wonderful world of clarinet

playing. Your teacher has shown you how

to hold your instrument and make a sound
on the mouthpiece.
Let's play our first song!

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1. Our First Note

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2. Our Second Note

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3. Three's a Crowd

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4. Four In a Row

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5. A Funny Pair

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7. Catch That Note

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8. Keep On
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9. Our Third Note

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10. Couch Potato

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11. Puppy Dogs

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12. Our Fourth Note

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13. Apple for the Teacher

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16. Half Notes Happen

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17. Hot Cross Buns

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How many lines can you find?

How many spaces can you find?

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18. High Dive

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19. Mary Had a Little Lamb

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20. Bad News

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21. Dreydl, Dreydl

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23. Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me!

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25. Yankee Doodle Cha Cha

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29. The Cabbage Song

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30. Old MacDonald

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When you reach the repeat sign under the first ending, stop and
go back to the beginning. When you get to the first ending again,
skip it and go to the second ending.

31. Stodola Pumpa

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32. London Bridge

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A "slur" is a curved line that connects
two or more notes of different pitches.
Tongue the first note and move to the

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next notes without tonguing. Don't stop blowing.

A "tie" is a curved line that connects

two or more notes of the same pitch.

Hold the note for the combined value of the notes.

33. Southern Roses

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Note(s) that come before the first
full measure of a piece of music.

Hold (keep blowing) the note

until your director tells you to stop,

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34. Snake Charmer

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Go back to the beginning
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37. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

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38. Ode to Joy

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A "flat" lowers the note one

half step. It stays in effect
for the entire measure.

"B Flat"

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Use your "A" key and your "register" key.

39. Yankee Doodle

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A "time signature" tells you how many
beats there are in each measure of music.

40. Little Cabin in the Wood

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A "key signature" changes
certain notes throughout
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41. It's a Ringer!

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42. Polly Wolly Doodle

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44. O Come Little Children (Melody)

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The Israeli National Anthem, HATIKVA, means "The Hope."

Hatkiva expresses the hope of the Jewish people that they
would someday return to the land of their forefathers.

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Playing the same music beginning at different times.

49. Are You Sleeping?

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Forte
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50. Minka, Minka

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51. Rollin' Back and Forth

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Roll your finger from the first hole

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A dotted quarter note gets one
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52. America

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53. Technical Foul

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54. Rhythm Wreck

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A natural sign cancels a flat or a sharp.
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56. It Just Comes Naturally

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57. Don't Be Fooled

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58. Go, Fight, Win!

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59. Bach Minuet

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60. Rueben and Rachel

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61. When Love Is Kind

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64. Big Breath Slurs

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65. When the

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66. William Tell Overture

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67. This Old Man

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70. Bye, Baby Bunting

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Mary Had A Little Lamb

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London Bridge

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High "C"

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High C

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Takin' a Walk to Low G

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In a Far Off Land

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Walking Away

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Down the Ladder

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Long Slurs

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The Long Ladder

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76. Simple Gifts

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