Helpful Suggestions

Sound: This piece has a range of low G to C. You can find the fingerings here. The piece is marked mezzo forte so you should play it medium loud. G is for Great introduces the pitch low G. Be sure to cover all of the holes completely so that the notes will sound properly.

Rhythm: Your time signature is two-four time, which means that there are two beats in a measure and the quarter note is equal to one beat. Playing along with MetronomeBot's talking metronome in duple meter will help you maintain a steady tempo.
The note values consist of quarter notes, half notes, and whole rests.

Melody: This piece consists of 4, four-measure phrases. It is written very simply so you can focus on placing your fingers properly on the tone holes of the clarinet. It also uses the slurs that we learned in Lesson 9.

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