Woodwinds

Every successful clarinetist is looking for a sound that is focused, clean, clear, even, rich and has a warmness and depth that will resonate and project to the back of the hall. Most importantly, effective sound production will enable the…
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An interview with inventor/trumpeter Don Novy by Banddirector.com
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Band directors realize that oboe and bassoon players must always work on their reeds to play with a good, characteristic tone. However, many band directors allow the single-reed players (clarinet and saxophone) to take a reed out of the…
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Most mouthpieces marketed to students in the past and today have a very wide tip opening (the distance from the tip of the mouthpiece to the tip of the reed). A wide tip opening requires a soft reed to play. The theory is that a student can…
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