This Rubank gem represents a compilation of two celebrated clarinet methods, completely revised, re-edited and re-styled for modern studios and classrooms. The wealth of valuable materials, used for clarinet instruction since the late 19th century, was reorganized by Rubank editor Harvey Whistler into a progressive educational format to meet the needs of beginning to intermediate clarinet students. In his edition Whistler also provided:

• Additional material to comprehensively cover the low register and crossing the break

• Instructional units organized by key as well as topic, culminating with melodic studies incorporating each new idea

• Exercises for tone development, particularly in the upper register, incorporated into each unit