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    Summertime Stamina

    A performer without stamina is like a sailboat on an ocean without wind. It may look great, but there is ...
    Chris Dillon
    May 26, 2011
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    Prep for Auditions

    Success in auditions requires preparation, practice and experience. These suggestions will organize your practice time and help you develop confidence ...
    Mary Karen Clardy
    March 23, 2011
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    Keep It Clean

    Keeping your instrument and mouthpiece clean will improve both the performance and longevity of your instrument (and prevent you from ...
    Chase Sanborn
    March 23, 2011
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    Eight-on-a-Hand

    Eight-on-a-hand comes in various shapes and sizes but is universally the first exercise a drum line plays when warming up. ...
    Lane Armey
    March 23, 2011
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    Keep It Warm

    Depending where you live in the country, it may be the middle to end of winter guard season. In this ...
    Chris Dillon
    March 23, 2011
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    Ask Questions

    Students and teachers are partners with the same goal: You seek information; we have the information you seek (hopefully). Effectively ...
    Chase Sanborn
    January 30, 2011
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    Time to Get Hyped!

    Drum lines are famous (or infamous) for ways in which they encourage bonding, notably through hypes. What's a hype? From ...
    Lane Armey
    January 30, 2011
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    From the Door to the Floor

    Winter guard season is upon us and with it brings an entirely new performance perspective. The audience and judges are ...
    Chris Dillon
    January 30, 2011
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    Lessons From Klose, Baermann

    Hyacinthe Klose. Carl Baermann. Names, as a clarinet player, you need to know. From James Snyder, the Clarinet Guy
    James Snyder
    November 21, 2010
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    Multiple Tonguing

    In a previous column I discussed single tonguing, using the syllables “t” and “d” to start the note. This article ...
    Chase Sanborn
    November 21, 2010
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    “Flam”- Boyant

    Flam rudiments are the most complex rudiments facing a marching percussionist. They are challenging to play and even harder to ...
    Lane Armey
    November 21, 2010
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    Showmanship: Write It In

    The best performers are those who take the leap to rehearse expressive qualities with every run-through. But let’s be real. ...
    Catina Anderson
    November 21, 2010
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    Starting the Day

    Every day is a new start for a flutist, and I begin the day with exercises to prepare for a ...
    Mary Karen Clardy
    October 2, 2010
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    Harness Your Air

    Notes on a brass instrument are produced by a combination of air compression and lip compression. The balance can be ...
    Chase Sanborn
    October 2, 2010
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    Achieving Sound Quality

    What does great sound quality mean? Play clean! As a marching percussionist, you hear that all the time, but that’s ...
    Lane Armey
    October 2, 2010
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    On the Move

    Proper marching is a critical element of clean, crisp routines. A strong core, sideline awareness and staying in step all ...
    Catina Anderson
    October 2, 2010
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    Overcoming Boredom

    I got an email recently from someone who is “bored” with their playing and wondered what suggestions I had to ...
    Jeff Coffin
    July 30, 2010
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    Tongue Talk

    The tongue helps determine the forcefulness of the initial air expulsion (the attack), the velocity of the air to follow ...
    Chase Sanborn
    July 30, 2010
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    Practice for Performance

    What do some of the best groups do that maybe yours doesn’t? They recreate the show experience in as much ...
    Lane Armey
    July 30, 2010
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    Engage the Upper Arms

    Many performers focus only on their wrists and forearm muscles when spinning or stopping the rifle. But the muscles in ...
    Catina Anderson
    July 30, 2010
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    The Skinny on Reeds

    Advice for reed players from Jim Snyder. From Halftime Magazine, a print and online publication about the marching arts.
    James Snyder
    June 4, 2010
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    Key Fluency

    Advice for brass players from Chase Sanborn. From Halftime Magazine, a print and online publication about the marching arts.
    Chase Sanborn
    June 3, 2010
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    GE Demystified

    Advice for drum lines from Dennis DeLucia. From Halftime Magazine, a print and online publication about the marching arts.
    Dennis DeLucia
    June 3, 2010
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    Aim for 100

    Advice for color guards from Catina Anderson, from Halftime Magazine, a print and online publication about the marching arts.
    Catina Anderson
    June 3, 2010
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    Focus on Phrasing

    Phrasing begins with the basic building blocks of music, scales and arpeggios, and musical expression adds content to basic notes ...
    Mary Karen Clardy
    April 2, 2010
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    Audition Advice

    As aspiring music students anxiously prepare for university auditions, faculty members hope that talented and teachable young musicians will arrive ...
    Chase Sanborn
    April 2, 2010
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    Organizations to Know

    Today, drummers and percussionists have a wealth of information and opportunity available to them. Here is a list of organizations ...
    Dennis DeLucia
    April 2, 2010
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    In the Toaster

    Advice for color guard performers from Catina Anderson. From Halftime Magazine, the sights, sounds and spirit of the marching arts.
    Catina Anderson
    April 2, 2010
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    Why Tone?

    Find out how to control your tone through all dynamic levels and performance settings from Jeff Coffin, three-time Grammy Award ...
    Jeff Coffin
    January 27, 2010
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    Close Your Eyes

    Tips for brass musicians from Halftime Magazine, a print publication about the marching arts.
    Chase Sanborn
    January 27, 2010
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