The woodwind player's cookbook
Subtitle: creative recipes for a successful performance
Publisher: Meredith Music Pub.; Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Galesville, MD; Milwaukee, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9781574630978
Subjects: Instruction and study; Woodwind instruments
Description: From the Publisher:  This valuable collection of quick-to-read yet deeply insightful strategies is like finding expert trade secrets all placed in one convenient source. Contributors to the book were even eager to get a look at each other's ideas! With outstanding records of performance, workshop clinics, recordings, research, composition, leadership and teaching, the 57 authors provide their favorite "recipes" that range from overviews of successful programs to specific topics that will inspire all levels and types of ensembles and performers. Sample "recipes" include:  Developing Facility on the Bass Clarinet (J. Lawrie Bloom); Breathing Demystified (Leone Buyse); Recipe for Preventing Play-Related Health Problems (William J. Dawson, M.D.); How Should I Test a Saxophone Mouthpiece? (Eugene Rousseau); and many more.
Notes: "Charles West, project director/editor"--P. vii.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Acknowledgments; title: About the authors; title: Preparing a professional oboist / Ann Adams; title: Tasteful oboe playing-developing the fundamentals of tone / Valarie Anderson; title: Bananas, turkey, and almonds-a studio teacher's recipe for coaching a successful recital / Shelley Binder; title: Developing facility on the bass clarinet / J Lawrie Bloom; title: Breathing demystified: a recipe for success / Leone Buyse; title: Art of practice / Mary Karen Clardy; title: Recipe for preventing playing-related health problems / William J Dawson; title: Whistle while you play / Doris DeLoach; title: Clarinet makeover:  successful basics of jaw and tongue position can quickly and easily solve three of your students' most prevalent clarinet problems / Julie DeRoche; title: Spice up your ensemble with a dash of bassoon-a recipe for supporting and encouraging young bassoonists / William Dietz; title: Successful show performance / Mike Duva; title: Improved intonation for young clarinetists / Clark W Fobes; title: Musical modeling:  a method for developing musical expression / Edward Fraedrich; title: Instant first sounds on the flute-an appetizer for fun and success / Laurie Glencross; title: Recipe for jazz improvisation / Victor L Goines; title: Pulse and tonic versus beat and key / Susan Goodfellow; title: My director taught me the wrong fingerings! / Bruce Hammel; title: Basic recipe for determining the direction of a musical phrase / Diana Haskell; title: Successful intonation is more than a matter of good taste! / Wayne Hedrick; title: Build on what you already know-a different way to approach improvisation / Rob Holmes; title: Seduction of the ear:  the art of creating a beautiful sound / Bil Jackson; title: Shifting our values:  music performance vs music education / Celeste Johnson; title: Trusting your sound in performance / Lynn E Klock; title: Difference-maker tonic / Charles E Lawson; title: Developing the independent studio / Kenneth Lee; title: Playing the contrabassoon / Lewis Lipnick; title: Saxophone recipe cards:  personal practice and performance / Joseph Lulloff; title: Basic woodwind instrument care / Bruce Marking; title: Rich tone production with centered pitch a la whistle tones / Leslie Marrs; title: Developing a flexible oboe embouchure / James Mason; title: Connections / Scott McNeal; title: Recipe for difference tones-develops pitch flexibility and control / Gary Moody; title: Gourmet kitchen does not a chef make / Ricardo Morales; title: Recipe for pain-free playing / Christine A Moran; title: Teaching technical issues of the oboe; addressed through passion, singing, and acting / Paige Morgan; title: To air is human; to phrase, divine / Lynn Ann Musco; title: Woodwind doubling / James Nesbit; title: Performance anxiety-a mindful approach / Sheri Oyan; title: Working as a woodwind doubler / Elsie Parker; title: Bassoon reed taste test:  a recipe for the best intonation and response / Richard Polonchak; title: Orchestral performance:  preparing for the first rehearsal / Richard Ramey; title: Why etudes? a guide for woodwind players and doubles / Albert Regni; title: Successful pie dough and rich, flavorful-filling / Ibby Roberts; title: How should I test a saxophone mouthpiece? / Eugene Rousseau; title: High-altitude performing / Rebecca Kemper Scarnati; title: Fine-tuning the flute section / Helen Ann Shanley; title: Surefire method for transferring B-flat soprano clarinetists to the low clarinets / Richard Shanley; title: Developing the complete woodwind player / Kenneth Singleton; title: Clarinet choir in every band? Improving the quality of your ensemble through a real choir approach / Guido Six; title: Warmed-up clarinet or how to make certain you don't just have leftovers! / Robert Spring; title: Steve's supersonic seven-step saxophone souffle for high G-high notes that won't let you down / Steven Stuseck; title: Saxophone altissimo / Dale Underwood; title: Reflections and musings / Himie Voxman; title: Flashy fingers flambe / Michael Webster; title: How to play well with others / John Weigand; title: Good manners (of articulation) are essential / Mark O Weiger; title: Intonation hors d'oeuvres / Charles West.