Favorite blog posts, October 2020

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Favorite blog posts, February 2020

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Favorite blog posts, August 2019

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Favorite blog posts, June 2019

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Favorite blog posts, July 2018

  • Saxophonist Ben Britton offers some hints on overtones. (Related: my review of Ben’s overtone book.)
  • Flutist Nicole Riner provides some bullet points on self-auditing your private studio’s business model, in two parts.
  • Clarinetist Jenny Maclay reminds us about proper head position.
  • Erin Nichols compares available bass flute models. (Sort of a commercial post, but there is useful information.)

Favorite blog posts, May 2018

  • Flutist Jolene Madewell improves her articulation with understanding of how the tongue moves.
  • Patty Mitchell discusses the oboe and getting into college.
  • David Pierce gives brief summaries of some books on bassoon reedmaking [update: link dead].
  • Saxophonist James Barger explains a method of vibrato development using a mobile app.
  • Clarinetist Jenny Maclay is organizing a Kroepsch studies boot camp for June.
  • Nicole Riner gives piccolo advice.

Favorite blog posts, April 2018

The flute bloggers were especially busy in April.

Favorite blog posts, February 2018

  • Flutist Nicole Riner assigns her students repertoire that reinforces skill development (a re-“print” from the 2012 A Flutist’s Handbook: Pedagogy Anthology Vol. 2).
  • Oboist Stephen Caplan reconsiders concentration in performance.
  • Bassoonist Barry Stees shares a simple but revealing way to test reeds.
  • Flutist Jessica Dunnavant discusses her complicated relationship with university teaching.
  • David Pierce considers a pedagogical order for the Vivaldi bassoon concertos (a re-“print” from a 1987 article in the Journal of the International Double Reed Society) [update: link dead].
  • Oboist Jennet Ingle figures out how to give a good tuning A every time.
  • Saxophonist Helen Kahlke avoids germs on the gig.

Favorite blog posts, December 2017

Favorite blog posts, November 2017