Favorite blog posts, August 2024
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, August 2024 edition.
Favorite blog posts, July 2024
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Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, August 2024 edition.
Review: PiezoBarrel “Wood” clarinet pickup
I’m a little late to the party here after Chris Mothersole’s recent article in The Clarinet, but I recently acquired a “PiezoBarrel” wind instrument pickup and wanted to share my experience. The PiezoBarrel pickup is a way to electrify wind instruments, for amplification and for the application of electronic effects, such as guitar effects pedals. …
Favorite blog posts, June 2024
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Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, June 2024 edition.
Use your metronome most of the time
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in MusicianshipWhy should you use a metronome when you practice? How much should you use a metronome? But doesn’t playing with a metronome make your playing sound too mechanical? What about when you’re practicing something that doesn’t fit well with a metronome, such as changing time signatures? What if you’re “not good” at playing with a …
Favorite blog posts, May 2024
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, June 2024 edition.
Favorite blog posts, April 2024
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Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, April 2024 edition.
Thumb position for oboe, clarinet, and saxophone
Proper position of the right thumb for oboe, clarinet, and saxophone can affect player comfort, ease of technique, and risk of injury. (Thumb position is important for flute and bassoon as well, but I find the issues different enough that I won’t lump them in here.) For oboe and clarinet, the right thumb supports the …
Favorite blog posts, March 2024
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, March 2024 edition.
Go ahead and use a fakebook
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in MusicianshipI felt a lot of stress and pressure during my years in college and graduate school, about jazz and Learning Tunes. Nobody who is anybody uses a fakebook! You have to Learn the Tunes! Do you know All the Tunes? Why don’t you know More Tunes? My teachers told me I would never make it …
