Saxophone Lung: What It Is, Why You Don’t Want It And How To Avoid It

I only stumbled onto this thing called "Saxophone Lung" by accident when I saw a youtube video from a TV news site talking about this trombone player who

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How To Create A Custom Fingering Chart

Bret Pimentel (on his website, Bret Pimentel Winds) has a web page about “how to create a customized fingering chart.” Check this out. This is a screen shot

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Three Things Successful Musicians Do That Mark Them For Success

I stumbled across a guy on YouTube that had an interesting video. Dave Good talks about “three things successful musicians do.” In his video, “The Three Things That

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Making Room For Wind Instruments On Your Worship Team

I originally posted this article over at my other site, WorshipWinds.com. But it seemed good to post it here too.Also, for what it's worth, this article isn't aimed

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Music Is A Language And Phrases Are The Vocabulary

Years ago, I took some lessons from a guy named Steve Woods. He was a music professor at a community college in the metropolitan Detroit area. And even

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Sometimes Less Is More (Remove Junk From Your Style, Sound Better)

Have you ever had one of those moments where you saw something, and then, once you did, it was all you saw? I remember once watching a movie

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Flute Doubling Tips From Kieth Underwood

Tips for "speaking flute as a second language." Learning English as a second language is different than learning it innately as a baby. Similarly, learning to play flute

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