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Initially intended as a 3-volume series of increasing difficulty, the middle volume titled Clarke's Technical Studies (1912) would gain a following independent of the other volumes, becoming "one of the most widely used trumpet method books" [1] and drawing comparisons to the Arban Method. [2]
Nilo Wellington Hovey was born in Iowa on September 22, 1906, to Leroy Dana and Lois Graham Hovey. Raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Hovey participated in the Cedar Falls Municipal Band, initially on saxophone, but eventually on most of the reed instruments, and attended Iowa State Teacher's College (now the University of Northern Iowa).
The following are lists of makers of clarinets, clarinet mouthpieces, clarinet ligatures, and clarinet reeds. Note that some of the following are simply brands for instruments from original equipment manufacturers.
The roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico. [25] The roadrunner was made popular by the Warner Bros. cartoon characters Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, created in 1949, and the subject of a long-running series of theatrical cartoon shorts. In each episode, the cunning, insidious, and constantly hungry Wile E. Coyote repeatedly attempts ...
The Road Runner taunts his nemesis by dodging at the last possible moment, allowing the coyote to slam into the rock floor. The chase moves to the real roads, and the Road Runner taunts him with a Beep-beep before blasting into Mach 187, disappearing beyond the 10 mile horizon in only 6 frames of film, causing Wile E.'s entire jaw to hang open ...
In its early development, the clarinet could not be tuned across the range of the instrument, so the chalumeau was still used for music in the lower range. Later developments in the key work allowed better intonation throughout the range of the clarinet, and the chalumeau register on the clarinet eventually rendered the chalumeau itself ...
McGill is originally from Chicago, Illinois, growing up in the city's Chatham neighborhood. [2]He studied music at the Merit School of Music in Chicago, attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and is an instructor at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University [3] and the Mannes College of Music.
The work consists of an "outward" section labeled Original, followed by a "return" section labeled Miroir (Mirror), each lasting about 15 minutes. [3] Each section is composed of six sheets or cahiers (notebooks) marked A–F. [4] In the solo clarinet version, the performer plays the six Original sections in a sequence he or she chooses, after which the six Miroir sections are played. [4]