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How do I play with an almost horizontal Bass Clarinet mouthpiece?
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76 year old coming back to clarinet after 25 years
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Ok to post recordings here? original tunes, riffage on bass and contrabass clarinets
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Where do you find sheet music for the other clarinets?
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SML gold horns ~ the rest of the story...
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The Beginner's Corner
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How to use Klose book (Clarinet)?
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Help me identify please
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Bass clarinet case layout
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Large Bore Clarinets
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Can the Yamaha YCL-255S Bb clarinet play altissimo?
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Choosing a Step Up Bass Clarinet Mouthpiece
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Possibly the best recording I've heard of the alto clarinet...
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pete
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Boosey & Hawkes english horn?
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The Family of Horns
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Treatment of Used but unplayed oboe
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Looking to identify this Woodwind!
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Double-Reed Performing
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From bassoon to ???, from ??? to bassoon
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Ray Pizzi on jazz bassoon
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Reeds
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Care and feeding of your reed
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The Double-Reed Family: Skills Development and Ins
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double tonguing
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Steve
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James Roe Blog
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Doubler's Forum
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Pearled Plateau metal clarinet
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What to do if I get offered to play professionally for the first time
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Consolidating your Practice Routine Material
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The Galway Piper
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Question about Treble and Descant Recorder fingerings
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Video: Is this a Tárogató?
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Chalumeaux With Baroque Fingering?
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pete
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pete
The Flute Family
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Looking for curved head for an Emerson Alto Flute
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Aria F200 flute
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Magic Lady ...
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pete
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not sure where to post this??
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pete
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Using D# key on flute
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The Flute Family: Websites/Blogs
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Subcounterbassflute
Dec 20, 2011
pete
The Music Business
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Pros and Cons to a Career in Orchestral Music
Jun 28, 2020
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Accounting 101
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How Much do Music Artists Earn?
Jul 24, 2015
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Mastering Contractor-Subcontractor Relationships
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Being a Band Leader ...
Sep 26, 2015
Tony Fairbridge
The Big Pile of Stuff & What to do with it
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New Digital Mixer
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Getting a Start
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10 Essential Qualities of Great Band Leadership
Dec 7, 2017
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Growing Your Base
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Reverbnation.com Review
Feb 9, 2017
Gandalfe
It's SHOWTIME!
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MORE COWBELL!!!!
Feb 21, 2015
SOTSDO
Managing the Gig from Hell
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Be still my beating heart...
Jun 23, 2017
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Coming soon - a big black box!
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Why I quit A.F. of M. after 35 years
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So I got that Nobley thingy.
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Loree Oboe Restoration
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Flutes
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Broken Flute w/ a Possible Bent A flat Key
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Saxophones
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Buescher true tone alto sax
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The wonders of Teflon tape
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My mouthpiece is stuck :o(
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Rollini transcriptions?
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New Alto Saxophone has crooked bell
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Rob on sax
Saxophone Makes and Models
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Boosey & Co. Saxophones
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Helen
Saxophone Media
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Summertime Bari Line
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Gandalfe
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Van Doren Optimum ligature users
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Steve
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An Overview of Jazz Theory
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Wade
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Embouchure Obstacles
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Wind Controllers
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Akai Controllers
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EWI USB - saxophone effect?
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Was the Casio DH 100/200 the last EWI for Casio?
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YDS 150 Video
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Notes_Norton
Tone Generators
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pete
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Wind Controllers
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Help US to Help YOU
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The First Noel for Woodwind Quintet
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Buying a used Wiener Oboe
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