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Favorite blog posts, September 2017

January 1, 2018September 30, 2017 by Bret Pimentel

Flutist Jennifer Cluff offers advice on (not) playing with pain.
Clarinetist Jenny Maclay invites you to enlist for Baermann Boot Camp starting October 1st.
Cate Hummel shares tips on basic flute care.
Flutist Jolene Harju discusses breaking the habit of playing “test notes.”
Rachel Taylor Geier challenges you to test your flute knowledge with a quiz.
Oboist Jennet Ingle finds inspiration in fancy fountain pens regarding “flourish.”

Each of these fine woodwind bloggers has been featured here repeatedly, so be sure to subscribe to their RSS feeds and/or social media streams. And get in touch to let me know who else I should be following! (You, maybe?)

Favorite blog posts, August 2017

January 1, 2018August 31, 2017 by Bret Pimentel

Saxophonist Steve Neff explores the “holy grail” mindset with regard to mouthpieces.
Flutist Nicole Riner offers tips on making a living as a freelancer.
John Isley discusses finding a personal voice on wind controller.
Oboist Jennet Ingle discusses integrity in musical interpretation. (Note: also some political content.) Jennet’s new video series on reedmaking is also worth checking out.
Clarinetist Jenny Maclay shares a method for transitioning back into serious practicing after summer vacation.
Kristopher King shares an interesting bassoon museum piece.
Erin Nichols shows off acoustic paneling made especially for flute playing.

Favorite blog posts, April 2017

January 1, 2018April 30, 2017 by Bret Pimentel

Bassoonist Anna Norris suggests showing up for auditions.
Michael Shults switches between jazz and classical saxophone.
David Freeman transcribes recorder parts for Stairway to Heaven (but plays them on an electric keyboard…).
Michael Lowenstern addresses a bass clarinet reed question.
Flutist Vanessa Breault Mulvey discusses squeezing’s detrimental effect on flute playing.
Saxophonist Bill Plake discusses tone imagination.
Flutist Jolene Harju shares ideas for getting the most out of your lessons. I also liked her “Fundamentals Workout Planner.”
Jennet Ingle learns something about disappointing performances.
Saxophonist Jay Brandford shares an Eric Dolphy anecdote about dedication to detail in practicing.
Matt Stohrer shares his procedure for “setting up” a new saxophone. This is sort of a commercial post, but instructive about what a new instrument might need to play to its best potential.
Flutist Jennifer Cluff explains anchor tonguing.

Favorite blog posts, November 2016

January 1, 2018November 30, 2016 by Bret Pimentel

Ben Britton looks at some common saxophone tone production issues.
Flutist Deanna Mathews Kilbourne reminds us to play in tune, even alone.
Oboist Jennet Ingle provides a peek into a “portfolio” career.
I mentioned previously this post by clarinetist Jenny Maclay on cueing (and attempted to expand upon it). Jenny also takes a look at the A-flat clarinet.
Cate Hummel gives advice on what order to teach new notes to beginning flutists.
Saxophonist Steve Neff explores the question of how much the mouthpiece matters.
I’m still enjoying Rachel Taylor Geier’s “practice blueprints” for flute repertoire. Here is Bach sonata #4.
“Ericdano” at jazz-sax.com suggests some essential gig gear.
Cynthia Ellis offers a brief thought on dynamics and the piccolo.

Favorite blog posts, September 2016

January 1, 2018September 30, 2016 by Bret Pimentel

So many great woodwind blog posts in September. The flute bloggers are on fire!

Deanna Mathews Kilbourne offers some fingering tips for the flute’s notoriously sharp C-sharp.
Oboist Jennet Ingle explores quarter tones. Also, an open letter to her students about making their own reeds.
Flutist Nicole Riner shares some creative practice tips.
Ed Joffe discusses the history of woodwind doubling.
Flutist Angela McCuiston gets into some nuts and bolts of teaching lessons remotely via internet.
Bassoonist Jolene Mason experiences burnout.
Flutist Andrée Martin warns against mindless, repetitive practicing.
Joan Martí-Frasquier provides an annotated list of amateur/student-appropriate baritone saxophone repertoire.
Flutist Rachel Taylor Geier offers some suggestions on lesson scheduling.
Viviana Guzman reports on the National Flute Association conference.

Favorite blog posts, August 2016

January 1, 2018August 31, 2016 by Bret Pimentel

The Clarinet Online, the International Clarinet Association’s blog, gives reports on many of their August conference events. Jessica Harrie also makes a report, as does Chastine Hofmeister (two posts).
Cynthia Ellis shares a couple of third-octave piccolo trill fingerings.
The “Clarinet Things” blog outlines a method for practicing scales. Saxophonist Ben Britton shares some tips for polishing them.
Oboist Aaron Lakota gives some advice on breaking out of a “reed rut.”
Sandy Herrera is running a clarinet audition-prep challenge.
Woodwind player David Freeman relates an experience playing for a musical.
Eric Seddon comments on some jazz clarinet history.
Simon Barker offers advice on how to record a saxophone.
Oboist Jennet Ingle discusses her experience recording an album.
“Ericdano” reveals some saxophonists’ favorite electronic effects pedals.
Saxophonist Bill Plake explores “compression” and wind playing.

Favorite blog posts, June 2016

January 1, 2018June 30, 2016 by Bret Pimentel

Jenny Maclay gets a little judgy (not really) about deadly clarinet sins.
Flutist Meerenai Shim explains the “tongue ram” extended technique.
Clarinetist Denise Gainey shares somes memories of Kalman Opperman.
Jessica Valiente shares a chapter from her dissertation on charanga flute music.
Oboist Jennet Ingle submits her report from the International Double Reed Society conference. (Stay tuned for my own report.)

Favorite blog posts, May 2016

January 1, 2018May 31, 2016 by Bret Pimentel

Saxophonist Michael Shults advocates a thoughtful approach to musical versatility (doubling, playing jazz and classical music, etc.).
Wistam Boustany discusses power vs. economy in flute playing.
Oboist Jennet Ingle compares methods of ensuring playable performance reeds.
Saxophonist Sven Seebeck suggests tips for trying out mouthpieces.
Rachel Taylor Geier explains the flute’s C-sharp trill key.

Favorite blog posts, April 2016

January 1, 2018April 30, 2016 by Bret Pimentel

Saxophonist Steve Neff shares a Joe Allard overtone exercise. (Read the comments section, too.)
Clarinetist Diana Haskell shares some results of asking colleagues what are the most important things about orchestral playing.
Helen Bledsoe shares some flute intonation exercises (could be adapted to other instruments).
Clarinetist Jenny Maclay offers advice on dealing with the mental baggage of being a musician. (Reminder: blog posts are not a substitute for professional counseling.)
Woodwind doubler Kelsey Mire makes a case for fair pay for doublers.
Saxophonist Bill Plake digs into reasons inefficient practice techniques get perpetuated.
Bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson answers questions about gender in the classical music world.
Oboist Jennet Ingle seeks balance between expression and technique.
Woodwind doubler David Freeman shares a funny pit experience. There are possibly teachable moments there if you care to draw them out.
Cate Hummel discusses solutions to third-octave problems, as well as when to introduce dynamics and vibrato to students.

Favorite blog posts, March 2016

January 1, 2018March 31, 2016 by Bret Pimentel

David Wells discusses composing cadenzas for the Mozart bassoon concerto (and shares his finished product).
Jill Cathey shares some techniques she is using to improve her oboe reedmaking, including giving her reeds names.
Saxophonist Eddie Rich legislates three laws of practicing.
Cindy Ellis explains the function of each lip in the flute embouchure.
Jennet Ingle explains (and demonstrates in a video) a technique for cleaning out oboe reeds.
Manny Martinez suggests 10 classical saxophone recordings to check out.
Trent Jacobs uses a power tool to make bassoon reeds.
Cate Hummel continues her crusade against questionable “kiss-and-roll” flute embouchure pedagogy, and has an insight into that technique’s popularity.
Jeff Cunningham explores some of the “ups & downs” for beginning saxophonists. It’s good context and advice for woodwind doublers, too, who may be at beginner stage on a secondary instrument.
Bassoonist Andrew Burn shares some unconventional ideas about recital preparation.
David Freeman logs a gig experience covering Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album, and shares saxophone solo transcriptions.
Khara Wolf discusses aspects of high-altitude oboe reedmaking.
Helen Kahlke shares a review of an inexpensive bass saxophone. Don’t reach for your wallets yet, but the takeaway here is that playable, affordable, modern saxophones lower than baritone could be on the horizon.
Also, I am now a co-author, with Kellie Lignitz-Hahn, of the “Clarinet Cache” column in The Clarinet (journal of the International Clarinet Association), and the related blog. Check it out online or in your latest print issue.