“Dr. Coughlin offers a concise and fun approach to beginning jazz clarinetists that gets right to the point and has the student playing immediately from the first page. . . . This series offers an excellent and easy to use hands-on approach for beginning clarinetists to develop the fundamentals of playing jazz. It is nice to see an author/player/teacher focusing on the youngest clarinet students, giving them a chance to get hooked on this wonderful music at the earliest stages of their musical development.”
- John Cipolla’s review of the books in The Clarinet -
The official magazine of the International Clarinet Association
March 2008, Volume 35, No. 2
Read John Cipolla's entire review
An active educator and author, Kyle Coughlin has written several woodwind books. He created the publishing company SkyLeap Music to make his works available to the public. His beginning jazz books also include free online audio files to help students learn the language of swing and jazz.
The following books are available both in print and in PDF format:
Beginning Jazz Clarinet Studies, Volume 1
Beginning Jazz Clarinet Studies, Volume 2
Beginning Jazz Saxophone Studies for Alto, Volume 1
Beginning Jazz Saxophone Studies for Alto, Volume 2
Beginning Jazz Saxophone Studies for Tenor, Volume 1
Beginning Jazz Saxophone Studies for Tenor, Volume 2
Christmas Clarinet Duet Book
Christmas Saxophone Duet Book
Christmas Flute Duet Book
The Beginning Clarinet Songbook is near completion. The website can be visited here.
Dr. Coughlin has also developed many interactive web projects to help musicians improve. The SkyLeap Music site includes interactive clarinet fingering charts, pitch name games, online metronomes, and more.
The Interactive Online Clarinet Fingering Chart
Flopsy the Whimsical Clown’s Pitch Name Games
MetronomeBot -- The Online Talking Metronome
Clarinet Space -- an educational site with lots of helpful info for clarinetists of all levels
RhythmBot -- an educational site to help music students understand the various aspects of rhythm
Please follow the links to discover the products offered at the SkyLeap Music website. |
