Embouchure

The clarinet is a woodwind instrument that are typically used for orchestral bands, jazz bands, and other genres of bands. There are five pieces to the clarinet, the mouthpiece, barrel, upper joint, lower joint, and the bell. Assembling a clarinet at first seems quite difficult because it has the most pieces in the woodwind family, but in actuality it is quite easy once you do it once or twice. When you assemble, clarinet players typically start with the bottom and up. Although there is not wrong

all prepared as a group to make it the best we could for the audience. Three things that I learned in preparing and presenting my part of the performance was listening to each other as a section, learning my rhythms for the songs, and adjusting my embouchure to be able to play from high to low notes without squeaking. There were parts of the music where the woodwinds would be playing a different rhythm, than the bass players. You have to be able to listen to your section, to be able to not get mixed

produces, and its purpose has evolved from ancient flutes, to medieval flutes, to the Baroque and Romantic flutes, and, finally, modern flutes. The ancient flute started out as simple “hollowed out bones or sticks with an embouchure hole” (“Timeline of Flute History”), the embouchure hole being where the player blows into the instrument. Evidence of the ancient transverse flute is found in artwork from Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (“Timeline of Flute History”). European transverse flutes

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I believe that the concert was a good indicator of my skill in playing our two songs. I think that Festivo went well for me, especially in the case of timings, which were a bit strange at first, but they ended up coming through good. I definitely still need to work on my dynamics for it however, though I mostly just need to balance them with the lower instruments. On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, however, was not good for me. I am still finding it very difficult to get the low notes that make up the

Imagine yourself as someone who is excelling is everything. Nothing is hard for you! You are smart and talented and there is no such thing as a ‘challenge’. Until, you come across learning something new. This challenges you. You are frustrated and you really want to quit because this isn’t easy. But later, you get more help and you end up being one of the best people at what you do. Guess what? This is the exact same thing that happened to me with my trumpet. But look at me now. I’m in a lot of activities

In the closing scene of Act II of Swan Lake, Siegfried lifts Odette high into the air right when the piano forte string hit is played; Odette is slowly lowered as the famous oboe solo beginning on an F sharp gracefully drops down to a B. In Beethoven’s Symphony Number 5, the entire symphony is silent while the oboist has an improvised solo in a still concert hall. In the Symphony in C by Bizet, the oboe solo is embellished with beautiful sixteenth note turns, which still manage to sound graceful

Singer. She has not player clarinet in a few months. She was the best candidate for me to teach trumpet. To start the lesson, I taught her to create the buzz by saying ‘M’. Once I got her corners set, I went on to get her to push air through her embouchure. She was tensing up a lot during this, so I advised her to stay relax and not tense up too much. When she relax, she got that buzz out. Then, we added the mouthpiece to the mix, and she got it the first or second try. This was the first thing I

a big deal when I leave. I still watch every performance, listen to the perfect translation of emotion into music and music into emotion. Even if it’s the same program, I listen. Take mental notes. Scrutinize the flutes’ posture, the trumpets’ embouchure, and the percussionists’ transitions. There is nothing that ever goes wrong. Christmastime means performances filled with gaudy, poorly composed pieces whose only purpose is to rouse the spirits of audiences. But still, the band manages to add

there are many ways a trumpet player to tackle this issue that can make endurance less of an issue when performing. To build endurance the trumpet player should spend deal of their practice on fundamental. This will help build strength in the embouchure that is require to play for an extended amount of time. When practicing fundamentals, the trumpet player should be focus on practicing in a way that is diligent and careful. Orchestral trumpeter Irving Bush wrote, “The acquisition of endurance is