Finger Dexterity Challenge - Week One!

Welcome to July's Finger Dexterity Challenge!

I explain the challenge in the video above, but essentially we're going to be using the Kroepsch studies to work on our dexterity, and challenging ourselves to learn and record as many of them per week as possible. I'm suggesting you aim for 4 per week and I'll be giving you tips and tricks for four studies per week starting at the beginning! You can download all of volume one on IMSLP. 

Unless you've decided to work through a different section of the 417 studies (in case you've already learned the ones in C major), this week we're going to be working on Studies 1-4. 

 You should have received from me a downloadable PDF of all of Book 1, but if you didn't receive that (maybe you didn't sign up originally) just post below and I'll send it to you!

Objectives for the Week

1. Watch the lesson above (it's a bit long this week because there's a lot of general advice) and let us know your plan for the week: are you going to aim to learn all four studies? 

2. Practice your four studies using your metronome and maybe using a timer to work through drilled repetitions (set your timer for 5 minutes and do as many repetitions you can, then sit for 30 seconds in silence)

3. Upload a video to your favourite platform (i.e., YouTube or Vimeo) and post it here by Sunday to share your progress

4. Cheer on your fellow clarinetists as they learn their studies!