These 101 exercises are conceived by Pedro Rubio to engage the most common problems approaching to the bass clarinet. This because many bass clarinet players start playing this instrument coming from the clarinet and they find many difficulties in sound, emission and technique.

With the second book, 30 Estudios progressivos en sistema alemán de escritura, Pedro Rubio faces the problem of different kind of notation: the French system in treble clef, the German system in bass clef and the mixed system with both keys. He maintains the idea of the exercise’s increasing difficulty. The first exercise is written in three versions: French system, German system and mixed system; from the second the book is divided in two main sections: exercises 2-10 in French system (Version A) facing German system (Version B) and exercises 11-30 in German system only.

These exercises are useful for who approach the bass clarinet for the first time because they allow them to develop sturdy bases for their playing.

Elisa Marchetti