Shanty Play-Alongs für Klarinette in Bb: B-flat Clarinet Book, CD & Online Audio

These arrangements capture the maritime romance and rhythmic swagger of shanties while dropping them into modern musical contexts. You'll find yourself inhabiting a rock groove one moment, a Caribbean sway the next, then a big band swell, all without leaving the sea behind.

Intermediate to advanced clarinet students who want repertoire that sits between classical studies and contemporary exploration. This collection works equally well for players in ensembles who crave solo-with-accompaniment experience and for private students ready to tackle arranged music with rhythmic and stylistic variety.

• Listen to the full playback version before touching your music. Notice where the arrangement leans into rock versus orchestral sounds, and match your tone color to that world.
• Work with the half-playback at a slower tempo first. Most students want to rush shanties because the rhythm feels propulsive; fighting that impulse with the recording's steady pulse builds both accuracy and confidence.
• Pay attention to the composed solos and added passages. These are not filler. They define the character of each arrangement and reward careful phrasing.

These pieces make excellent solo recital material, especially for students building a varied program. You can also program them in a pops concert or community performance where audiences expect arrangement variety rather than strict classical programming; the online audio ensures you'll never need to hunt for an accompanist.

• Playing across multiple stylistic and rhythmic frameworks (rock, funk, Latin, big band) within a single book
• Maintaining ensemble cohesion with professional backing recordings
• Tone color flexibility and adaptation to different musical contexts
• Navigating composed solos and instrumental passages that go beyond the original melody
• Rhythmic precision in groove-based and syncopated accompaniments