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Preparation It is my basic assumption that you will be teaching this concept to several elementary (or at least beginning) students at one time. I also assume that right now you have a clarinet (in its case) in front of you and that you will follow along step by step to carefully learn this concept. LABELING BARRELS Using...

Over the years of performing and teaching, I've noticed a tremendous inconsistency of ideas regarding embouchure "warm-ups". Because this is such a vital area of concern, I began questioning and investigating the subject to see what I might discover. Some very interesting things have shown up which I'd like to share here with you. To start with, I've had the...