- oboeinsight (Patty Mitchell): Acknowledge the Listeners!
- Sam Newsome’s Blogspot: Soprano Sax Talk: Teachers Versus Role Models, and The Note Onion Theory
- Jenny Maclay: Common Clarinet Emergencies and How to Fix Them, and Questions to Ask Yourself for a More Productive Practice Session
- Jennifer Stucki, oboist: How does the altitude affect your reeds?
- Recorder Jen (Jennifer Mackerras): How to take apart stuck plastic recorder joints
- Angela Lickiss-Aleo: IDRS Class on Contemporary Techniques
- eflatclarinetproject (Jennifer Fraley): Getting Back to Practicing
Woodwinds: Saxophone
Favorite blog posts, May 2019
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, May 2019 edition.
Favorite blog posts, April 2019
Jennifer Stucki, oboist: Why is my Reed Playing Sharp and Flat? Rachel Yoder, clarinet: Objective Language in Applied Music Instruction Just Flutes Blog (Roderick Seed): Tips on Andersen Etudes: Op15, No. 3 Sam Newsome’s Blogsite: Soprano Sax Talk: Acute and Chronic Practicing Bassoon Blog (Betsy Sturdevant): Contrabassoon for Dummies The Flute Examiner (Kelly Wilson): 11 … Read more
Favorite blog posts, March 2019
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, March 2019 edition.
Favorite blog posts, February 2019
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, February 2019 edition.
Switching between saxophones
If you are an alto saxophone player and pick up a tenor or baritone for the first time, it’s pretty common to have a thin, weak tone, to be on the sharp side, to struggle with low note response, and to have issues like the top-of-the-staff G and G-sharp squeaking. If you are a tenor … Read more
FAQ: Ligatures
These are questions I am often asked about clarinet or saxophone ligatures, by blog readers or by my students. Is there a ligature that can accomplish _____ for me? If you are looking for something to hold the reed onto the mouthpiece, then yes. If you are hoping to achieve something loftier, then probably not. … Read more
How to get 10 good reeds from a box
If you are getting less than 80% playable reeds from the boxes you are currently buying, buy different ones.
Favorite blog posts, September 2018
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, September 2018 edition.
Recital videos, August 2018
Here are some videos from my recent Delta State University faculty recital. I enjoyed tackling Brett Wery’s challenging Sonata for multiple woodwinds (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone) and piano, plus some little oboe pieces and the André Previn bassoon sonata. As always, the goal was to challenge myself, so, as always, the performance had some hiccups. But … Read more