How to Practice: Cavallini Etude No. 2

For this month’s Etude Intensive in the Community we are learning an etude from the Cavallini Caprices, a wonderful series of concert etudes akin to Paganini’s Caprices for violin. The second etude challenges us with arpeggios that cross back and forth over the break, plenty of pinky finger gymnastics and a good articulation workout. But it’s also a tuneful, musical etude, extremely idiomatic to the clarinet: light and playful and sure to delight.

Join me for a practice session on this fantastic etude: I’ll share tips, tricks and useful fingerings and give you some guidance for how to master this etude. Bring your clarinet along as you’ll be able to play along in this workshop-style livestream!