Woodwind and Brass Instruments

Woodwind and Brass Instruments
Author: Robert Dearling
Publisher: Chelsea House
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2000-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780791060919

Young musicians will be entertained by learning more about the playing, history, and creation of woodwind and brass instruments.

Brass Instruments

Brass Instruments
Author: Anthony Baines
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486275744

Evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas, and other brass wind instruments. Indispensable resource for any brass player or music historian. Over 140 illustrations and 48 music examples.

Woodwind Methods

Woodwind Methods
Author: Charles West
Publisher: Meredith Music Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Woodwind instruments
ISBN: 9781574634365

Intended for students and teachers alike, this book addresses the basics of playing wind instruments, and acts as a reference for a variety of different problems and issues. Includes music examples and fingering charts.

Professional Orchestration

Professional Orchestration
Author: Peter L. Alexander
Publisher: Alexander University, Incorporated
Total Pages: 693
Release: 2009
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780939067930

Alexander details dozens of woodwind and brass writing techniques previously known by only a few top professional film orchestrators, composers, and arrangers which are applicable to both live performance and MIDI mock-ups.

Woodwind Basics

Woodwind Basics
Author: Bret Pimentel
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998806327

Woodwind Basics: Core concepts for playing and teaching flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone is a fresh, no-nonsense approach to woodwind technique. It outlines the principles common to playing all of the woodwind instruments, and explains their application to each one.The ideas in this book are critical for woodwind players at all levels, and have been battle-tested in university woodwind methods courses, private studios, and school band halls. Fundamental questions answered with newfound clarity include:- What should I listen for in good woodwind playing?- Why is breath support so important, and how do I do and teach it?- What is voicing? How does it relate to ideas like air speed, air temperature, and vowel shapes?- What things does an embouchure need to accomplish?- How can I (or my students) play better in tune?- What role does the tongue really play in articulation?- Which alternate fingering should I choose in a given situation?- How do I select the best reeds, mouthpieces, and instruments?- How should a beginner choose which instrument is the best fit?Woodwind Basics by Bret Pimentel is the new go-to reference for woodwind players and teachers.

Trumpet Technique

Trumpet Technique
Author: Frank Gabriel Campos
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2004-12-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 019988322X

In the last forty years, many elite performers in the arts have gleaned valuable lessons and techniques from research and advances in sport science, psychomotor research, learning theory, and psychology. Numerous "peak performance" books have made these tools and insights available to athletes. Now, professor and performer Frank Gabriel Campos has translated this concept for trumpet players and other brass and wind instrumentalists, creating an accessible and comprehensive guide to performance skill. Trumpet Technique combines the newest research on skill acquisition and peak performance with the time-honored and proven techniques of master teachers and performers. All aspects of brass technique are discussed in detail, including the breath, embouchure, oral cavity, tongue, jaw, and proper body use, as well as information on performance psychology, practice techniques, musicians' occupational injuries, and much more. Comprehensive and detailed, Trumpet Technique is an invaluable resource for performers, teachers, and students at all levels seeking to move to the highest level of skill with their instrument.

Wind Talk for Woodwinds

Wind Talk for Woodwinds
Author: Mark C. Ely
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 749
Release: 2009-08-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0199716323

Wind Talk for Woodwinds provides instrumental music teachers, practitioners, and students with a handy, easy-to-use pedagogical resource for woodwind instruments found in school instrumental programs. With thorough coverage of the most common woodwind instruments - flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon - the book offers the most topical and information necessary for effective teaching. This includes terminology, topics, and concepts associated with each specific instrument, along with teaching suggestions that can be applied in the classroom. Be sure to look to the back of the book for a "Practical Tips" section, which discusses common technical faults and corrections, common problems with sound (as well as their causes and solutions to them), fingering charts, literature lists (study materials, method books, and solos), as well as a list of additional resources relevant to teaching woodwind instruments (articles, websites, audio recordings). Without question, Wind Talk for Woodwinds stands alone as an invaluable resource for woodwinds!

Abracadabra Flute

Abracadabra Flute
Author: Malcolm Pollock
Publisher: A & C Black
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2001
Genre: Flute
ISBN: 9780713660449

Abracadabra Flute has become a classic in the market, and here is a brand new edition. The cover has been redesigned, the music re-set, and new illustrations commissioned. Some new material has been added, supplying extra help where new notes are introduced and reinforcement exercises for tricky corners. As well as the new edition, there is now a CD available. Performed by professional musicians, it demonstrates each piece on flute with piano accompaniments from our book Abracadabra Flute Piano Accompaniments, enabling the pupil to hear how the pieces sound. Such a CD is invaluable for ensemble experience, and offers all the fun of playing with an accompaniment - perfect for home practice and concerts alike.

Teaching Woodwinds

Teaching Woodwinds
Author: Kelly Mollnow Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2014-09-13
Genre: Woodwind instruments
ISBN: 9781935510710

Teaching Woodwinds: A Guide for Students and Teachers is a comprehensive resource perfectly suited for university woodwind technique classes, band directors needing woodwind details, or anyone looking for in-depth information on how to play flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, or saxophone. Teaching Woodwinds is the only resource of its kind: a book and a website. The book contains playing exercises for each instrument, group exercises in score form, and fingering and trill charts. The website contains information about how to play each instrument including sub-chapters on getting started, technique, intonation, tone and much more, and offers over 300 full color images, 130 videos, audio files, PDF downloads, PowerPoint/Keynote quizzes, and hundreds of links. Designed to be a lifelong resource, the platform of a book and website has provided the authors with a rich palette with which to deliver the content with clarity and precision. This format serves as an effective woodwind methods curriculum, and will continue to be a valuable resource for music educators long after graduation.