Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Tone Quality Listening Assignment

Please find a recording (audio/video) that best represents good tone quality on your instrument. 
Ideally, this should be performed by a professional musician who has developed their sound over many years of practice.  Observe how the factors that impact tone quality (breath support, use of air, embouchure/bowing technique, posture and holding position, articulation/tonguing, dynamics, tuning) all come together to produce good tone.  If you find an excellent recording for your instrument, please post a link in the comment section for others to find.  Happy listening!

6 comments:

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SBR6jZPEig&feature=relmfu

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  2. This is an amazing flute player!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDXfwKZWuss&feature=related

    Sam G

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  3. seven year old girl with good tone quality. she holds her flute kind of low.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bS-jZ1GpKU

    Brianna

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  4. This is the video for the assignment in band. It is called "Angie Winans son Ryan Caldwell saxophone solo". It demostrates very good tone quality, his breath phrases are very long and his demonstration of dynamic changes is fantastic. I know he isn't a professional, but alent like this can't go unnoticed.
    Justen

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyL_uspiaFs

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  5. Here is a video of Dale Clevenger, a french horn player. Melody

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkKZr02tK9k

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  6. Flute video to check out by Olivia


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMG2_ltyWGw

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