The Complete Woodwind Instructor

When teaching beginning students to play a woodwind instrument in a classroom situation, many educators, especially those who are not woodwind players themselves, have found it difficult to address the needs of each individual at every step of theirmusical and technical development.

As the difficulty level of the ensemble literature increases, so do the challenges faced by the student and the instructor. Until now, the resources that would help you understand the myriad of complex factors involved in successful woodwindperformance have been scattered between numerous publications. The Complete Woodwind Instructor provides you with a single source for up-to-date, comprehensive and practical information for teaching all woodwind instruments. Seasoned band directorswill find this text extremely useful while first year directors will call it indespensible!

Inside this valuable guide you’ll find methods for starting beginners and techniques for the developing player, including a complete task analysis of the assembly of the instrument, creating a sound, posture and hand positions and tone production.Every detail is addressed in this text, right down to care and maintenance issues and common repair solutions for each instrument. If you find it difficult to remember all of the fingerings for each woodwind instrument, the uncomplicated fingeringand trill charts found in the appendix of the text will be most useful. This new book even contains information on a variety of related topics which apply to teaching woodwind students, including: special equipment needs, recommended recordingartists, intonation exercises and tips for guiding students into private instruction.

All topics covered in this text have been thoroughly researched and documented. The logical layout and formatting of the text, in combination with numerous photographs make this an ideal text for college methods classes or simply the perfect tool toenhance your knowledge of the woodwind family of instruments.