The Texas Music Educators Association Convention 2018 is coming up soon. If you’re attending, these articles give you a real…
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hand position
Clarinet Tips on 4 Important Topics
This article covers the topics of hand position, crossing the break, venting and voicing. Clarinet Tips on Hand Position Bad…
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First Steps of Snare Drum (Part 2)
In my last article, I spent a great deal of time focused on getting the student to set up the…
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Teaching Snare Drum, Day One
Teaching Snare Drum, Day One. We all know that those very first moments of instruction and learning on a new…
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Common Match Grip Problems for Beginning Percussionists
Just as attention is spent on the beginning wind player’s embouchure, equal attention must be spent on the beginning percussionist’s…
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Saxophone F# & C – There’s a Time and Place for Every Fingering
This is the second post in a series on saxophone fingering options. As I discussed in my previous article on…
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Crossing the Break on Clarinet – Smoothly!
There are many factors that contribute to clarinet players going smoothly from A to B in the staff. Many people…
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