The Clarinet ABC Game
Are you bored, looking to pass some time during a long road trip, or just looking for dorky clarinet games? Challenge your clarinet friends to a game of clarinet ABCs, where you take turns coming up with clarinet-related terms for every letter of the alphabet. There are infinite possibilities for every letter, so don’t be afraid to get academic, goofy, or crazy!
Here’s what I chose for my clarinet ABCs, using the first thing for each letter that popped into my head:
- A – Albert system
- B – Baermann (is anyone surprised?)
- C – clarinet (duh)
- D – Denner (as in Johann Denner, our instrument’s creator)
- E – Evette & Schaeffer clarinets
- F – fundamentals
- G – glissando
- H – half-holing
- I – International Clarinet Association
- J – Jeanjean Vade-mecum
- K – Kroepsch
- L – long tones
- M – Mozart concerto
- N – Nielsen concerto
- O – Optimum ligature
- P – Penzel Mueller clarinets
- Q – Q series clarinets by Backun
- R – reeds
- S – slap tonguing
- T – tonguing
- U – Uebel clarinets
- V – Vandoren
- W – Wurlitzer clarinets
- X – X-series ligatures by Rovner
- Y – Yamaha
- Z – Zonda reeds
What are some of the best items you came up with for each letter?
6 Comments
Marie Coulter
Thanks! I never heard of Vincent Oneppo before I attended the International Clarinet Celebration in Portland, Oregon. Vincent Oneppo is a clarinetist and a saxophonist. He studied clarinet with Bernard Portnoy, Leon Russianoff, and Kalmen Opperman while a student at New York University, and with Keith Wilson at the Yale School of Music. The Uhl is just an etude book, but I never studied from the Uhl book.
jennymaclay
Thank you for sharing! You should take a look at the Uhl – it’s a great book!
Marie Coulter
A Altissimo
B Benny Goodman
C Chalumeau
D David Shifrin
E Eddie Daniels
F Fred Ormand
G Gonzalez reeds
H Half notes
I Intermediate
J Jean jean Advanced etudes
K Ken Peplowski
L Legato
M McClune mouthpieces
N Neck strap
O Opperman
P Practice routine
Q Quarter notes, stuck on Q
R Rose etude book
S Stanley Drucker
T Thomas Gilmore Masse
U Uhl etude book
V Vincent Oneppo
W Wonkak Kim
X
Y Yi He, Chinese American clarinettist
Z Zinners as in mouthpiece crafting
jennymaclay
Love this list, especially the Vincent Oneppo and Uhl!
Marilyn Fleming
Audio Recorder
Bell
Cork Grease
Dynamic Range
Etude
Flat
Gold keys
Humidity pack
Intonation
Joint
Key
Ligature
Mouthpiece
Nickel Keys
Overtone
Pad
Quarter Note
Reed
Swab
Tuning Rings
Up beat
Video Recorder
Wind
X
Y
Zwei Duets
jennymaclay
Love this list!