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Favorite blog posts, May 2014

January 1, 2018May 31, 2014 by Bret Pimentel

Kind of a short list this month, so either all the bloggers are on summer vacation or I am getting pickier.

The eminent Nicholas Daniel gives us the inside scoop on judging a high-level oboe competition.
Saxophonist Ben Britton shares some ideas about overtone practice. (Also: I got a sneak preview of the new overtone book Ben mentions, and it’s excellent. Review to come.)
Flutist Jennifer Cluff reports on an Emmanuel Pahud masterclass.
Saxophonist Matt Otto suggests playing with no tongue.
Trent Jacobs shares an interesting idea about trying new bassoons.

Favorite blog posts, April 2014

January 1, 2018April 30, 2014 by Bret Pimentel

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, April 2014 edition.

Favorite blog posts, February 2014

July 21, 2022March 1, 2014 by Bret Pimentel

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, February 2014 edition.

Favorite blog posts, January 2014

July 21, 2022February 1, 2014 by Bret Pimentel

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, January 2014 edition.

Favorite blog posts, December 2013

January 1, 2018December 31, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

Here are the woodwind-related blog posts that made my “nice” list for December. (One from late November seems to have slipped in here, too.) On his new blog, Timothy Owen explains how he tunes his saxophone like an M-16 assault rifle. Bassoonist Betsy Sturdevant (of the Columbus Symphony) reveals her basic reedmaking method. Cooper Wright doesn’t just play … Read more

Farewell: Yusef Lateef

January 3, 2018December 26, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

Earlier this week jazz musician Yusef Lateef passed away at age 93. Lateef was known for his adventurous woodwind doubling, playing saxophone and flute, plus the oboe and a number of woodwinds from non-Western cultures. Here he is playing some tasty flute: I’ve seen oboists look a bit uncomfortable when the topic of Yusef Lateef … Read more

Farewell: Frank Wess

January 3, 2018November 5, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

Last week Frank Wess, one of the great woodwind doublers in jazz, passed away at age 91. He was best known for his years with the Count Basie band, and for being an influential figure in bringing the flute into its own as a jazz instrument. If you’re not familiar with his playing, definitely check … Read more

Favorite blog posts, October 2013

July 21, 2022October 31, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

Here are my picks from October. I strongly suggest that you read all of these, share them on your favorite social media outlets, leave thoughtful comments to the authors, and subscribe with your favorite blog-reading apparatus. A whole lot of clarinet bloggers have posted in the last couple of days about the Robert Marcellus masterclasses now … Read more

Fingering Diagram Builder, version 0.51: flute half-holes

January 1, 2018October 20, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

Okay, nerds. I got email from a composer acquaintance who pointed out, correctly but also politely, that the Fingering Diagram Builder was lacking a bit in the area of flute half-holing. Here is a minor release to fix that problem. Now you can do some different half-holes on an open-holed flute’s rings. Here is the … Read more

Favorite blog posts, August 2013

January 1, 2018August 31, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

Read these excellent mostly-woodwind-related blog posts from the past month, and thank me later: Bassoonist David Wells shares and comments on early 20th-century recordings of the Weber Andante e Rondo Ongarese by William Gruner and Fernand Oubradous. Multi-instrumentalist Mark Catoe shares some clear thinking about teaching the concept of time signature. This will benefit even some of my … Read more