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Vicki Coffman - Music Links

I'd greatly appreciate a report of any broken links to: vncoffmanPLEASEREMOVE@EVERYTHINGINCAPSyahoo.com

Flute, Clarinet, and Sax Graphics

http://www.oocities.org/vncoffman/Graphics.html

http://www.musicgraphicsgalore.net/graphics-5a.html

Practice tips

For students

http://www.ryanfraser.com/lessons/rules.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20030802023535/http://grahamenglish.com/ge_lessons/how_to_practice/how_to_practice.html

http://www.violinonline.com/practicetips.htm

http://individual.utoronto.ca/fordbarker/index.html (Click on "Tips")

http://bands.army.mil/masterclass/usmab/april2001/practice.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20070816153758/http://www.saxmusicplus.com/tips.htm

For parents

http://kyky.essortment.com/pianopractice_rhdz.htm

http://www.kenfoster.com/Articles/Practicing.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20030420190111/http://www.sharon.k12.ma.us/school/heights/Music/child.htm

http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/msd/mu/parenttips.htm (Scroll down to the bottom)

http://www.myschoolonline.com/content_gallery/0,3138,1121-151830-1-46790,00.html

Performance tips

Contest

http://www.bandlink.org/students/Clinic/saxtips.htm

http://www.bandlink.org/students/Clinic/SC0005.htm

Jazz

http://bands.army.mil/masterclass/tusafb/dec2000/jazz.htm

Performance anxiety

http://www.davidleisner.com/guitarcomposer/noname.html

http://www.mbmi.org/basics/mstress_RIAH.asp

http://web.archive.org/web/20060614142226/http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/har/journey.htm

General Information

Clarinet

http://www.sneezy.org

http://www.tishkoff.com/articles/articles.htm

Flute

http://www.markshep.com/flute/index.html

http://www.larrykrantz.com/tips.htm

http://www.larrykrantz.com/faqindx2.htm#quest

Saxophone

http://www.saxman.co.nz/first-sax.htm

http://www.saxontheweb.net/

http://www.saxmusicplus.com/articles.htm

Fingering Charts

All (including trill, altissimo, you name it....)

http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/fing.html

Clarinet (arranged both chromatically and by major/minor scale)

http://www.squirrelheads.org/clarinet/

Flute

http://www.gemeinhardt.com/res/fingering_diagram.pdf

http://clasesdeflautatravesera.com/Tabla%20de%20posiciones%20de%20trinos%20flauta%20travesera%20(Gemeinhardt).pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20021212123920/http://www.emersonflutes.com/charts.htm

Saxophone

http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/sax/

http://web.archive.org/web/20010607152624/www.oocities.org/Vienna/3353/cheesesax.html

http://www.saxgourmet.com/altfing.html (fingerings for pitch alteration)

Theory

Java tutorials

http://www.emusictheory.com/practice.html

http://www.emusictheory.com/interact.html

http://www.teoria.com/

Flash tutorial

http://www.musictheory.net/

Reference

http://www.teoria.com/reference/index.htm

Terminology

http://www.naxos.com/mgloss.htm

Ear training

http://www.ossmann.com/bigears/

http://www.earplane.com

Protecting your ears

Hearing loss prevention

http://www.music-injury.com/html/prevent_loss.html

Online hearing test

http://www.siemens-hearing.co.uk/uk/05-about-hearing/02-hearing-loss/01-hearing-test/hearing-test.jsp

Earplugs

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/erme.aspx

Music history--reference

http://www.wwnorton.com/concise/

Play-alongs/sheet music

Jazz

http://www.jazzbooks.com/

Popular and classical (also some jazz)

http://www.musicroom.com/index.ihtml

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/

http://www.halleonard.com/search_items.jsp?keywords=play+along+CD+clarinet&catcode=06&type=product

http://www.halleonard.com/search_items.jsp?keywords=play+along+CD+saxophone&catcode=06&type=product

Mailing lists and newsgroups

(Each instrument has at least one mailing list and one newsgroup; I have listed the most active)

Clarinet (mailing list)

http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Klarinet/index.html

Flute (mailing list)

http://www.larrykrantz.com/flutelst.htm

Saxophone (newsgroup)

http://www.bobrk.com/saxfaq/

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=alt.music.saxophone&sa=N&tab=wg

Web Rings

Single reed (clarinet and saxophone)

http://p.webring.com/hub?ring=clarisax

Clarinet

http://f.webring.com/hub?ring=clarinets

Flute

http://u.webring.com/hub?ring=fluteman

Saxophone

http://v.webring.com/hub?ring=saxophone

Klezmer

http://s.webring.com/hub?ring=klezmer

Tone and technique

Altissimo (saxophone)

(The links below are the result of my search for tips I found most useful; they are *not* a step-by-step method!)

(For a step-by-step method, get one or more of the books mentioned in the links below.)

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=8675nf%24327%241%40nnrp1.deja.com

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=vQOO7.71%24L5.167902%40newsrump.sjc.telocity.net

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=01bd8d8f%24ff5f0920%24157812ac%40RichMar.im.hou.compaq.com

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3AE6EA07.FEF31035%40seas.gwu.edu

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=40l5gs%24h8e%241%40mhafm.production.compuserve.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Da%2Bfew%2Bharmonics.%2BI%2Buse%2BhiA%2Balot%2B(on%2Bmy%2Balto)%2Bbut%2Bcan%2Bnever%2Bget%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D40l5gs%2524h8e%25241%2540mhafm.production.compuserve.com%26rnum%3D1

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=33AFC48C.2D4A%40concentric.net

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=362059d5.0%40139.134.5.33

Breathing

http://www.ryanfraser.com/lessons/start/breathing.html

http://www.hyptalk.com/diaphragmbreathing.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20020608230457/http://thencba.org/letter28-1.html (search for "Proper breathing techniques")

Breathing (circular)

http://www.didgeridoostore.com/howtoplay.html (bottom of page)

Embouchure (double-lip)

http://clarinet.cc/archives/2004/05/double_lip_embo.html

Embouchure (saxophone)

http://www.ryanfraser.com/lessons/start/embouchure.html

http://www.oocities.org/Vienna/8288/lips.html

High notes (bass clarinet)

http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/YPP/Joshua.html

Tone matching/overtones (saxophone)

http://mysite.du.edu/~abouton/PracticalSaxophone/Pages/ToneMatchingEssay.html

Warmup exercises

http://www.oocities.org/Vienna/8288/warmup.html

Equipment

Clarinet purchase tips

http://www.tishkoff.com/articles/instruments.htm

Instrument care

http://nielsen-woodwinds.com/t-41.aspx

http://web.archive.org/web/20041028175446/http://www.pewd.com/clarinet/care

Intonation tendencies (saxophone)

http://www.saxgourmet.com/inton.html

Metronome selection and use

http://www.tishkoff.com/articles/metronome.htm

Reed selection, care, and adjustment

http://www.markmillermusic.com/Clarinet/clarreeds.html

http://www.musiccentralwebsite.com/reeds_tips.htm

http://www.ridenourclarinetproducts.com/articles/adjusting.htm

http://www.saxlessons.com/reedadjustment.htm

Reed strength comparison

http://www.saxgourmet.com/reed_strength.htm

http://www.intlmusicalsuppliers.com/pdf/WWCOMPAR.PDF

Saxophone purchase tips

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~museyadz/instrument.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20040619231849/http://musichouse.com/Howtobuy/htb-astepupsaxophone.htm

http://www.oocities.org/sax411/sax/buying_guide/brands.html

Tuner selection and use

http://www.tishkoff.com/articles/tuners.htm

Star charts for printing

http://www.oocities.org/vncoffman/Patterns_Blank_.pdf

http://www.oocities.org/vncoffman/Patterns_Major_.pdf

http://www.oocities.org/vncoffman/Patterns_Minor_.pdf

http://www.oocities.org/vncoffman/Patterns_Mixed_.pdf

Vicki Coffman

Fort Bend County, TX (Richmond, Rosenberg, Sugar Land)

Tutor certified in music, math, computer science, computer applications, business, speech, English, theatre

TAKS, TASP, and SAT prep

Saxophone and clarinet lessons
Music theory and improvisation

email: vncoffmanPLEASEREMOVE@EVERYTHINGINCAPSyahoo.com
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