Q: . There are several ingredients that you can only gather while in the Nether, so you'll need to go to the Nether in order to kick off the potion-brewing process. The Nether is incredibly dangerous, especially for new players. Consider setting the game difficulty to "Peaceful" while in the Nether to avoid dying until you want Ghast tears, Magma cream, Blaze rods and Blaze Powder. You'll gather two things while in the Nether: Nether Wart: A mushroom-like item found on the ground in Nether fortresses. It grows on soul sand. Blaze Rods: Blazes drop blaze rods when killed. You will need to bump the difficulty up to 'Easy' for Blazes to spawn. Soul Sand: If you wish to grow more Nether Wart in the Overworld, you can grab some of these brown blocks that look like they have faces trapped inside. Exit the Nether by going back to your Nether portal and hopping through it. Just make sure a Ghast doesn't put it out. Open your crafting table, place three cobblestone blocks in the bottom row of the crafting grid, place a blaze rod in the middle square, and move the brewing stand to your inventory. Select it in your inventory, then select the ground to place the brewing stand. In Minecraft PE (Pocket Edition), just tap the brewing stand icon and then tap 1 x to create the brewing stand. On the console version of Minecraft, select the brewing stand and press A on the Xbox or X on the PlayStation). Open the crafting table, place a glass block in the middle-left, bottom-middle, and middle-right squares, and move the stack of three glass bottles into your inventory. In Minecraft PE, just tap the glass bottle icon and tap 3 x. On the console version of Minecraft, select the glass bottle icon and press A on the Xbox or X on the PlayStation. Open the crafting table, place a blaze rod in any of the squares, and move the resulting powder into your inventory. In Minecraft PE, tap the blaze powder icon, then tap 2 x. On the console version, select the blaze powder icon and press A on the Xbox or X on the PlayStation. Base potions don't have any effects, and need to have another ingredient added to make them do something. The ingredients you choose will dictate what kind of potion you create. Spider Eye - Dropped by Spiders, Cave Spiders, and Witches. Used for poison potions. Glistering Melon - You can craft a glistening melon by surrounding a Melon with eight Gold Nuggets in the Crafting Grid. Used for instant health potions. Golden Carrot - Can be crafted by surrounding a single Carrot with eight Gold Nuggets in the Crafting Grid. Used for night-vision potions. Blaze Powder - Can be crafted by crafting a single Blaze Rod, dropped by Blaze enemies. This will produce two Blaze Powders. Used for strength potions. Fermented Spider Eye - Can be crafted from a Spider Eye, Mushroom, and Sugar. Used for weakness potions. Pufferfish - Can be caught by fishing or (As of Update Aquatic) in a Water Bucket. Used for water-breathing potions. Magma Cream - Dropped by defeated Magma Cubes, or can be crafted by combining Blaze Powder (Crafted from Blaze rods) and a Slimeball (Dropped by Slime). Used for fire resistance potions. Sugar - This can be crafted from single pieces of Sugar Cane. Used for speed potions. Ghast Tear - Dropped by Ghasts. (Can be difficult to obtain since Ghasts tend to hover over lava). Used for health regeneration potions. Rabbit's Foot - Dropped by defeating Rabbits (2.5% drop rate). Used for leaping potions. You can further modify a potion by adding another ingredient after it is created. This will usually increase the amount of time the potion is active. You can also make potions throwable so that they splash on impact. Redstone - You can find Redstone by mining Redstone Ore. This will typically yield 4-5 Redstone. This can make potions last longer. Glowstone Dust - Can be obtained by breaking a block of Glowstone. You can receive up to four Glowstone Dusts per block of Glowstone. This can make potions stronger, but shorter. Gunpowder - This can be found by defeating Creepers, Ghasts, and Witches. This makes potions throwable. Fermented Spider Eye - This secondary ingredient can also be used to further modify potions. It typically reverses or corrupts the effects of the potion. (Crafted from a Spider eye and mushroom) Find a water source (Like a Cauldron full of water or body of water), equip the glass bottles, and select the water to fill your glass bottles with it. Once you have a stack of three glass bottles, you're ready to begin making potions.
A: Travel to the Nether Gather Nether ingredients. Return to the normal world. Craft your brewing stand and place it on the ground. Craft glass bottles. Create blaze powder. Find secondary ingredients. Collect potion modifiers. Fill your glass bottles.

Q: Don't wear any type of balm or cosmetics on your lips. Either brush your teeth first or gargle with mouthwash before you play your bassoon. Otherwise, food and bacteria residue can build up on your reeds and affect how they play. Keep your instrument at a 45 degree angle across your body. Holding it straight up can interfere with fingering and playing the lower register. Embouchure refers to the placement of your mouth, lips and tongue when playing an instrument. Place the reed in your mouth. Cover your teeth with your lips, keeping your lips relaxed. Don't bite down on the reed or flatten out your lips. Imagine that there is a drawstring in your lips, and someone is pulling the string towards the back of your mouth, forming a cushion over the reed with your lips. Your upper lip should almost touch the first wire. Keep your chin muscles stretched downward and your cheeks smooth. Practice in front of a mirror to make sure your embouchure is correct. Use the tip of your tongue for articulating; for example, accent and staccato. Think of the way you would move your mouth to say the word "dough." If you are playing very fast, there is a special method for that called "double tonguing." Repeatedly make the noises of the letters "d" and "g" in succession inside your mouth, up against the reed. Breathe in with your diaphragm and out with your abdominal muscles. To better grasp this technique, try relaxed breathing by lying on your back on the floor (without your bassoon). This is a simple way to observe how you properly breathe with straight posture. Consult a fingering chart and keep it nearby for reference while you are still learning. The whisper key is your left thumb's home base. Don't rest your right thumb on the bassoon. If you want to play sheet music, you'll need to learn music notations. You can learn how to read music and play the bassoon simultaneously by taking lessons. Practice fast and slow air flow. This will help you to observe how air stream affects pitch. Blow into the bocal slowly. Then increase your air flow without changing your embouchure. Practice vibrato. Vibrato is when you add pulsing to notes. Try not to use pressure from your jaw to make a vibrato effect. Use your abdomen primarily and your larynx secondarily to create vibrato pulsations.
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Make sure your mouth is clean. Position the bassoon. Practice embouchure. Place your tongue properly. Breathe comfortably. Learn fingering. Try different air techniques.