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A Link Between Wind Instruments and Edison (Quick Tip)

A Link Between Wind Instruments and Edison (Quick Tip)

What do musicians and Thomas Edison have in common? If we say both have to be creative and inventive, we…
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The Relationship Between Oral Cavity and Aperture for Wind Instruments

The Relationship Between Oral Cavity and Aperture for Wind Instruments

Helping students gain an understanding of what is necessary to physically create and maintain an open, resonant tone can be…
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Clarinet Tone Production

Clarinet Tone Production

Advice about clarinet embouchure in the clarinet pedagogy literature is fairly consistent no matter where one looks. Keep the chin…
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Teaching Tone, Vibrato, and Dynamics in Online Platforms

Teaching Tone, Vibrato, and Dynamics in Online Platforms

You may find it surprising to hear me say that I haven’t significantly changed the way I teach tone, vibrato,…
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Clarinet 101: Getting Beginning Clarinetists Started the Right Way

Clarinet 101: Getting Beginning Clarinetists Started the Right Way

Get your beginning clarinet players in tip-top shape and have fun doing it!  Beginning clarinet instruction doesn’t need to be…
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Expanding the Flute’s Dynamic Range

Expanding the Flute’s Dynamic Range

Does your flute section play at a mezzo forte dynamic most of the time? Are you constantly asking them to…
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