Tipbook Clarinet provides you with the information you need to choose the instrument that's right for you. It answers all your questions and more, with information on how workmanship, materials, and other elements make for different instruments with vastly different prices, as well as chapters on learning to play, choosing an instrument, buying mouthpieces, necks and reeds, cleaning and maintenance, and a glossary of key terms. Also included are the Tipbook Fingering Charts and the unique Interactive Tipcodes that allow you to hear online audio examples..

Hugo Pinksterboer (text), Gijs Bierenbroodspot (design and illustrations).
240 Pages. EAN 9781423465249 List price U.S. $14.95

Tipbooks can be purchased at bookstores, music stores, and other outlets as well as at www.musicdispatch.com and other internet bookstores.


Press reviews
· I’ve come across few books on the clarinet with the same immediate appeal as this one; In terms of broadening one’s outlook on the instrument, I think this book is an excellent buy. – Clarinet & Saxophone
· Comprehensive approach; easy-to-follow layout makes them a joy to read. – Music Trades
· Technical information presented in commendably easy to understand language; Totally recommended; amazingly comprehensive. – Jazz Journal

The Internet offers loads of additional information on your instrument. Some good starting points for clarinetists are:
· The Online Clarinet Resource - www.ocr.sneezy.org
· The Clarinet Pages - www.woodwind.org
· Canadian Clarinet Resources - www.homestead.com/canadaclarinet/index.html
· Internet Bass Clarinet Society - www.new-music.org
· The Clarinet Site - www.klorg.com/adam
· World Clarinet Alliance - www.wka-clarinet.org
· Clarinet Zone - www.clarinetzone.i12.com
· The Orchestral Clarinetist - www.orchestralclarinetist.com
· The Jazz Clarinet homepage- www.mikecassara.com/clarinet
· The International Clarinet Association - www.clarinet.org
· Sherman Friedland's Clarinet Corner - clarinet.cc
· European Clarinet and Saxophone Society - www.eurocass.org