Albert, Jean-Baptiste_24 Varied Scales & Exercises for the Clarinet

Compare different editions of this work Jean-Baptiste Albert (1845–1899) was a Belgian clarinettist and craftsman, one of three sons of Eugène Albert; Eugène was chiefly known for his mechanism refinements to the Müller clarinet design.  Ironically, while the "Albert/simple system" clarinet has been largely replaced by the Boehm and Oehler systems, J. B. Albert's Scales and Exercises book remains an extremely popular resource for establishing fundamental clarinet technique. All major and minor keys (up to 5 sharps and 6 flats) are included.  Each key contains a single page of the same 12 exercises; each exercise is 1–2 lines long: (1, 2) Scale: in sixteenth notes with eighth-note interruptions, and septuplets(3, 4) Broken scale, in groups of 3 and 4(5) Scale in thirds(6) Triad arpeggio(7, 8, 9) Broken triad arpeggio, in groups of 4, 3, and 2(10, 11) Triad arpeggio with lower chromatic neighbors, in sixteenth notes and sextuplets(12) Chromatic scale Each exercise essentially stays withi