Category: General Interest
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Clarinet Music Composed by Women
A website site is dedicated to the discovery, preservation, and promotion of clarinet music by women composers. Visit Read more
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Gaetano Donizetti
Background on little-known (at least for clarinet) composer of a piece I’m working on. The piece is an unaccompanied study composed in 1821, quite early for unaccompanied clarinet solos. Read more
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Intonation Concepts: lessons from the baroque trumpet
The baroque trumpet could not play all notes in a scale, and it had no keys — all pitch changes were controlled by the embouchure. Some notes sound “out of tune” in the context of today’s equal temperament scale Read more
People/Orgs: Allison Balsom -
Klezmer Lesson – Scales and Rhythms
Orit Orbach, the Israeli International solo Clarinetist teaches you how to play Klezmer Read more
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McGill Researcher Uses Advanced Tools to Study Wind Musicians’ Breathing
McGill Professor Isabelle Cossette aims to ‘bridge’ knowledge between the scientific and musical fields. She uses sophisticated breathing measurement instruments to assess how wind musicians breathe, and how this can be optimized. Read more
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The Aging Clarinetist: How to adapt your playing to physical change
This video discusses the natural effects of aging on clarinet playing, particularly aging of the eyes, hands, ears, and lung capacity. Read more