DOCUMENT smsumt ED139 704 SO 010 059 lITLE Teaching Woodwinds. MS_ITUpON New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curricdlum Development. DTE 76 160p. F-$0.. 83 fl$8. 69-Plus_ _ Postage. Air DE Bands (Music )\;Biblibgraphies; Elemeitary SecondaFy Educationl *Musical Instruments; *Music-Education; Music Meading: ',1eMusic Techniques; ResourCe Guides; *Skill DeveloRment,; Teaching Guides ., ABSTRACT The guide .contains suggestions for the selection, repair, and-care of WoodwEnd instruments and equipment; goals and procedures for beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of st dy; mild specific annotated reference lists. The book is arrangea into five major sections by type of instrument: flute, oboe, clarinet; saxophone and bassoon-. Each section contains (1)an Tintroduction discussing historical background of the instrument,,selection, care, pair, and tuning procedures; (2) method criteria; 7(3) teaching and 1 arning-techniques for beginning, intermediate, and advanced leve s; and (4)annotated bibliographies of relevant bookS, methods, Perilicals, recordings, and films and filmstrips. The longest secti n on teaching techniques focuses on breath ciontrol, fingering, tone quality, articulation, range, and style. All sections emphasize the need for studentslito clean instruments regularly and properlY, and to practice in groups as well as alone.A' final section contains -a bibliography of 59 general resources such as instrument repair manuals, other teaching guides, and indexes of music"al wind instrument makers. (AV) Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * to obtain the best copy. available. 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SENT OFFICIAL, NATIONALINVITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION ORPOLICY 74- fitehotation Chart tri order to establish a deLl u1si ic for pitch fdentill, caition inill five palt ,.of tIii s pubhelition, the t011owing dldrt has b.en used as zi stitI ard refercuCc: A - MA I IN 'AIMENIIIMA ME =MEM El MAVEN I SIM EWIIIMMIUMMEIMMMMIMIIIIMAMI Ir AIMEMIIIPM ME I IdillinENIIIIIMIliwinall.MMia32WAMOINCOME111111EllWPATNEEMIIIIIMMAIEIWIMMEIM IS A. 11MbAWI !MENNEN. EIMMElatil I 1 2 3 CC b2.C3 The University of the State of New YorldThe State Education Department Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development/Albany, 1976 41. OF TfIE STATE OF 'NEW YORK- - Regents of The University (vith years whei terms expire) Si THEODONEM. BI:ACK, A.B., Litt.D., LLD.; Pd.D., D.E:L., CAarsettgor Sands-Paint 7 -CAM 1-1, PRORZREIMER, JR., A.B., NI.B. A., D.C.S., 19m ALEXkHDER 3. ALLAN. JR/. LLD., Litt.D Troy 198 JOSEPUC. 1NDELICAT0, M.EL. L.H.D, _ Brooklyn-- . -' , ,' ,B, CLARK, A.B.. M.S., Ph.D., LLD., L.H.EK. timings ort Hudson, ROW E. lyEW6MB., ego WILLAnD A,GNICH, LLB.,LH. D.. IL D. Buffalo EMLYN 1. GRIMM. A.B.,.J.D. EralkiyE S. KN,LEI B.S.. M.A. - Baysicle WILLIAM JOVANOVICH AH LLD., Litt_D_ Briarcliff Manor 1983 MARY ALICE KENDALL, B.S. Irundequoil 1964 JoiicE.L. BAT.ISTA. B.A:, J.D.__ 982 LOuis E. Y.AvNER.- LL * PrunYork 1979 ;LAURA B. CROD0N. B.A., M.A. Clifton Park 1980/ MARTIN C.1 HARM, ELA.. L A.. LL B. Great Neck 1)Deeident of T e University. and Cortinqsaloner of Education .Ew LD B. Nvoli F mutive DepOty Commission-er of _duration G RDON ploAcH 4 _ray Coomthsioner foi. Heinen tulayy and tinning '-.EdUration _ THOMAS D. SHELIX)N Associate Commissioner for Iiidriwtiiiii.il Serve Assistant C0M11168ioner for Gel al Education nod C(writ:War Servieea VINIENNE N. ANDERSON Director, Di .urr.ethumr0r,r Serviee s GORDON E. VAN Uporr Gina, Bureau of General Education Curriculum DVlopmelit HERBERT HOTHAMLEY Directoe. Divisiou of iluw -Miles and Arts Education -Chief, Bureau Of MU/AC Education'. F6REWORD Teaching Woodwinds is one of w_series orinstructional elides for botti genemliits and 4,eciahsts inmusic education., AuteUded es a basic resource it contains inggestioni -for1the. :selectiorr, .care; and repair of woodwind instruments And equipment; goals and procedures for beginning, intermediate, arid advanceoi levels ofstritly;and specific,- annotated'refer ence lits Theproject wasinitiated by A. Theodore llitrimiiformerly_ chief of the Bureau ,uf Mupic Educationi no,w executive director of the Music Educators National Con, ce, arid will ultimately include individual publications for eiching strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard in- straments, and voice. - The:manuscript forthis publication was written by Mary Anne Bennink, flute specialist and instrumental musicteacher in the Jamestown publicschool system; Philip R. MacArthur, = principal oboist with the Synicuse Symphony Orchestra, -first oboist of the Center Orchestra of Lake Placid, and assoCiatein musk at Syracuse University: Thomas Nazaro,, clarinetspe- cialisl -andchairthan of the music departmentin the Salamanca,public school system; Donald ,F. cantwell, saxophone specialist and director of instrionental music at Whitesboro Central School; and Thomas C. Closser, first "basL soonist of the Tri-City Operim and the Binghamton Symphony, And directorof, theBinghamton ,Central High School Or- chestra. Edited by Bennett Reimer, professor of music at Case- Western Reserve University, the -material was published '11 tentative fOrm and distributed fbr tryout in _200 public schools throughout the State. The manuscript was then revised by Mrs. Bennink, author of Lhe section on flute, in accordance with the suggestions from the teachers in-the 'tryout schools and the following specialists: GraVenor Atherton of Wilmington, Delaware, Donald Hartman of the State UniversityCollegeat Fre- donia, John Oberbrimner of the Syracuse Symphony Or- chestra, apc1 James Pellerite of Indiana University, .who reviewed the chapter on teaching flute; Mnald E. NlcCathren of Duipiesne University, Harold Sachs of Forest Hills High School, and William C. Willett, of. theMutt College Of :kiosk," who reviewed the clarinet section; 6 Iii e following members of the' World ,,Smophone Con- gress: Kenneth M. pearls of the UniverSity Of Corg James Tioulikiof Ealt, Carolina University, -Lee Patrick of 7:t1ie_ University of Kentucky, SigUrd Rasclier of \Shushan; New' York,- James Stoltie of the State 'University College ,at Potsdam, Lawrence Teal of the University of Michigan, ' and Lawrence Wyman of the State University College at, -Fredonia; and Ralph Rasrnusson of Falconer Central 110431, -who reuiewed the .suggestions -for teaching saxOphone; William J. S-crilmer of the American Symphony .0r- - chestra, who reviewed the chaiiter on bassoon; and Eugene -J. Cunningham, 'associate in mnsic education, anCharles j. Trivia, then associate in music eduedion and now supervisor of the Humanities and Performing Arts Unit, who retiewed the entire manuscript at various stages.of its development. Maching Woodwinds was wxikten under the carefulsuper- vision of John A. Quatraro, aissociate in music education (now deceased), and prepared for press by.Richard G. Decker (now deceased) and Rita A, Sator, associates' in secdndary cur- riculum development Special recognition belongs to Richard Latin, a student at Darkmouth College, 'for his remarkable illustrations. HEIVERT BOTHAMLEY ,Chief, Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development CORDON E. VAN Director, Division Curriculuth Sc'rt:ices iv 4 'CONTENTS PAGE 1 uthon 1 STOBICAL ACKGROUND .1 MON. CARE, AND REPAIR, ... 2 G PROeEDUBES ., 5 IL Me .:. Criteria 6 , IB. T i and Learning 7 BE INNING LEVEL t 7 F gering 8 Br ath Control 9 .At4cuiation 9 T Quality 10, Mu cianship 11 INTE MEDIATE LEVEL 12 Flngtring 12 Artilotion 13 Vzbrao 13 Toneuality 14 Mustnship 15 ADVANc ED LEVEL 16 Tone Q ality and intonan. .. ... ... .. 17 Musicia ship 18 IV. SeMeted Res urce Materials 8 BOOKS A D PAMPHLETS 8' METHOD 22 PERIODICALS . 23 FILMS AND FILMSTRIPS RECORDINGS - THE OBOE L Introduction HISTOR1CAt BACKGROUND SELECTION,\ CARE, AND REPAIR 28 Thejnstnuneht The Reed.. TUNING PRO EDURS . 31 'II Method Criteria 32 Teaching and Learning 33 BEGINNING kFVEL . , .. 33 Tone Product' n and Embouchure 34 Fingering Artietdation - Tone Quality.. ..... .. ........ : ....... ... Musioianstiip...... 37 INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 37- Torte Quality.... ,.......,. 37 eahnicia Fa-linty IntonatiOn .... .. ... ......-. .-.. 38 ,3r, Expression ... .... .. ....... 39 Musiceading ,.. ..... ... 41 The 0 e Reed ... .. : ... ... 41 ansitip 43 .... .. '44 esouree Materials , 46 .BOO S AND PAMPHLETS '.. : . ....... ... 46 METIODS ....:....... ...... .. ... ... 47 SPEçiIFIC SUPE"LEMENT:ARY MATERIAS. 49 DU T COLLECTIONS.. ... .. ...... 49 ORGHESTRAL STUDIES ....`... .. ......... 50 FI S AND FILMSTRIPS .. .. ... 50 RE_ RDINGS ....... ,. , .,.-..... .. .. 51 THE CLAR NET - .......- . .. ...... ......... - . ... .. 52 I. Ilitraiduction , . 52 H.STORICAL BACKGROUND S LECTION, CARE, AND REPAIR.... ,," .... .. 53 /The Instrument..... .... .............. ... ..53 I The Mouthpiece 54