- Steve Neff Music Blog: The Best Saxophone Embouchure: Where’s that Bottom Lip?
- Jazz-Sax.Com: Pedalboard 4.0
- ProneOboe (Jennet Ingle): When to Cheat
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): Should you take a practice break? and 21 Clarinet Compositions from the 21st Century
Woodwinds: Clarinet
Favorite blog posts, June 2020
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, June 2020 edition.
Should I tighten the screws on my woodwind instrument?
For many household items, screws should be tightened if they seem loose. But for woodwind instruments it’s a little more complicated. Woodwind instruments (flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and saxophones) have many screws on them. They are usually the slotted type, for which you would use a standard (“flat-head”) screwdriver. And some of them need to … Read more
Favorite blog posts, May 2020
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, May 2020 edition.
Favorite blog posts, March 2020
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, March 2020 edition.
Favorite blog posts, February 2020
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, February 2020 edition.
Favorite blog posts, January 2020
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, January 2020 edition.
Favorite blog posts, December 2019
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, December 2019 edition.
The right clarinet or saxophone reed strength “for you”
How do you pick the clarinet or saxophone reed that is the right strength “for you?” You mostly don’t, really. It’s important that the reed be a good match to the mouthpiece. In most cases the primary consideration is the mouthpiece’s facing curve and resultant tip opening. Generally, a shorter curve and/or wider opening require … Read more
Favorite blog posts, November 2019
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, November 2019 edition.