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Bret Pimentel, woodwinds

Saxophone, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and world and electronic woodwinds

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  • Woodwind Doubling in Musicals
  • Fingering Diagram Builder
  • Note Image Generator
  • Random Note Picker
  • jQuery Accidentals
  • ReedCast™
  • Woodwind blogroll
  • College and university degree programs in woodwind doubling
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  1. Woodwind teaching resources for school band directors (and others)
  2. Oboe reedmaking resources
  3. Update: COVID-19 wind playing resources
  4. University/conservatory degree programs in woodwind doubling, part II: jazz
  5. University of New Mexico offers new multiple woodwinds degree

Recent

  • Giving feedback in masterclasses and competitions
  • Advice on multiple-woodwinds graduate degrees and teaching careers
  • Fingering Diagram Builder, version 0.82
  • Favorite blog posts, September 2020
  • Stop teaching clarinet and saxophone embouchures like this

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