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Taylor & Francis Ltd Teaching Woodwinds 2007 Edition by Harold Gene Griswold
For one semester/quarter courses in woodwind methods. Teaching Woodwinds has draws on the authors thirty-five years of experience teaching woodwinds to students. Organized by specific teach topics from the fundamentals of hand and finger position to articulation and intonation. Drawing on a classic set of teacher/student duets, the included twenty-five class lessons enable students to learn by doing and by listening as they play duets with the instructor. Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations Used in this Book Fingering Diagrams Used in this Book 1. FUNDAMENTALS Daily Care and Assembly Body Position Hand/Finger Position Embouchure Mouthpiece/Reed Pitches Pop Tests Touch-Tone-Teaching Breathing Articulation Intonation Vibrato 2. ADDITIONAL TEACHING GUIDES AND CHECKLISTS Student Selection Common Problems Selecting Instruments Single Reed Mouthpiece Selection Single Reed Selection Single Reed Adjustment Double Reed Selection and Adjustment Emergency Repairs Lower Single Reed Instruments Transposition Chart 3. HANDS-ON OVERVIEW: PART I Practice Tips IntroductionBasic Scales Hand Positioning Octave/Register Mechanisms Primary Break Crossings Middle Registers More on Break Crossings More Octave/Register Mechanisms 4. HANDS-ON OVERVIEW: PART II Basic Scale: Chromatic-Low Registers Basic Scale: Chromatic-Middle Registers Clarinet Throat Tones: Training the Left Hand Break Crossings: Chromatic Right-Pinky Key Clusters-Low Registers Left-Pinky Key Clusters-Low Registers Right-Pinky Key Clusters-Middle Registers Left-Pinky Key Clusters-Middle Registers Right Forefinger Clusters Left Forefinger Clusters Twig Keys Role of the Thumbs Bassoon Thumb Clusters 5. HANDS-ON OVERVIEW: PART III Introducing High Registers Introducing Secondary Break Crossings Connecting the Three Registers 6. FINGERING REVIEW Seven Steps for Learning/Teaching Fingerings (See Chapters 3, 4, and 5)Fingering Charts for the Basic Fingerings Hands-on Review: Major, Minor, and Chromatic Scales Blank Fingering Charts 7. TECHNIQUE/TUNES: TWENTY-FIVE CLASS LESSONS 8. TEACHER / STUDENT DUETS 9. ALTERNATE FINGERINGS When to Teach General Categories of Alternate Fingerings Frequently Used Alternate Fingerings Application of Alternate Fingerings Chromatic Arpeggios Trills Woodwind Quintet 10. REVIEW QUESTIONS 11. TERMINOLOGY 12. BLANK FINGERING CHARTS BIBLIOGRAPHY Books Web Source Woodwind Anthology The Instrumentalist INDEX