What tempo should I play Rose Etude 2 at?

The printed tempo is a word, “Allegro”, not a number. Start around ♩ = 54, practise at 72 and aim for about 96 quarter notes a minute. The player takes any tempo between those and more.

Is this in written or concert pitch?

Written pitch, as printed for B♭ clarinet. The player plays it at the pitch it sounds, a tone lower than written.

Where can I get the sheet music for Rose Etude 2 (32 Etudes No. 2)?

It is public domain. The notes here come from Carl Fischer, New York, 1913 (plate 17015-32), which is scanned on IMSLP. Keep the printed page in front of you for slurs and dynamics, which the player leaves out.

Rose Etude 2 (32 Etudes No. 2)hear it, slow it down, play along

Cyrille Rose (1830–1903)
B♭ clarinet
Allegro
C major
3/8
55 bars

Setting out the notes…

Tempo

♩ = 54

Loop

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What it works on

Sixteenth notes in 3/8 and C major, Allegro, over three octaves of the clarinet from low F to high F, so the line crosses the break again and again.

A way to practise it

Find the bars where the line crosses between the throat notes and the upper register and loop them slowly. Keep the right-hand fingers down across the break wherever the notes allow it.

The page prints the tempo as a word, “Allegro”. The numbers below are my suggestions for getting there, in quarter notes per minute; tap them in the player.

Slow ♩ = 54
Practice ♩ = 72
Goal ♩ = 96

What you hear

The notes and rhythms of the study, played at an even volume. Slurs, bowings, dynamics, fingerings, trills and turns are not in this version, so keep the printed page in front of you; the scan is linked under “Where the notes come from”.

Rose 32 Etudes

Rose Etude 2 is No. 2 of Cyrille Rose’s 32 Etudes for Clarinet. All 3 Rose 32 Etudes studies on this site, with key and tempo for each.

Questions

What tempo should I play Rose Etude 2 at?: The printed tempo is a word, “Allegro”, not a number. Start around ♩ = 54, practise at 72 and aim for about 96 quarter notes a minute. The player takes any tempo between those and more.
What does Rose Etude 2 (32 Etudes No. 2) work on?: Sixteenth notes in 3/8 and C major, Allegro, over three octaves of the clarinet from low F to high F, so the line crosses the break again and again.
Is this in written or concert pitch?: Written pitch, as printed for B♭ clarinet. The player plays it at the pitch it sounds, a tone lower than written.
Where can I get the sheet music for Rose Etude 2 (32 Etudes No. 2)?: It is public domain. The notes here come from Carl Fischer, New York, 1913 (plate 17015-32), which is scanned on IMSLP. Keep the printed page in front of you for slurs and dynamics, which the player leaves out.

Photograph your own part with ScoreLens.

This player is the one in the app. Point your phone at the page on your music stand, and ScoreLens reads it and plays it back, slower or in another key. It is best on single-line parts and reads piano too. Handwriting is out of reach for now.