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Interview:
A Conversation with Eugene Migliaro Corporon
“You cannot play if a piece if you don’t know how to listen to the piece. Like everybody else, there are times when I have to slow the tempo down so that we can figure out what is going on. Sometimes my reason for slowing things down is to give us time to hear a complex rapid passage, not necessarily practice it but just hear it.”
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Woodwind Clinic:
Flute Vibrato in Minutes
Learning to use vibrato artistically takes a lifetime, but flutists can learn the basic principles quickly.
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Brass Clinic:
Tips for Beginning Tubists
“While having beginners on other instruments strive for four-bar phrases is usually appropriate, young tubists will likely be able to play these longer phrases only with a weak and uncharacteristic sound. Instead, encourage them to play out, and allow more frequent breaths.”
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String Clinic:
Thumb Technique
“One trick I have found useful is to put scotch tape on the inside of the thumb once it is correctly bent. If the student then feels the tape pulling and stretching, that means the thumb is starting to straighten out, which it should not do.”
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Percussion Clinic:
3 Timpani Grips
The German, French, and American timpani grips each can be used for a different purpose. “The French grip produces a brighter tone and makes it easier to play legato and let the mallets rebound.”
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