Woodwind Methods

Useful as a college woodwind methods class or as a quick reference manual for school band and orchestra directors, this volume provides concise descriptions of instrument similarities and differences, breath support, reed adjustment, and transposition. Includes instrument assembly, embouchure, hand position, and articulation; detailed fingering charts with primary fingerings and selected alternate and trill fingerings; progressive musical exercises and compositions that teach new fingerings; alternate fingerings, vibrato, flicking and multiple articulation; troubleshooting for mechanical or reed problems, repair and maintenance; recommendations for selecting reeds, mouthpieces and ligatures, instruments, method books, and study literature; and constructing a basic woodwind "toolbox."