Wind Instruments: Lessons, Projects, Tips

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Bagpipes, Didjeridu, Clarinet,
Flute, Harmonica, Whistling...

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GENERAL/MIXED/MISC.

Brother Steve's Tin Whistle Pages

How To Play Quena

Jugs (Preparing & playing them) - The Corner Jugstore

The Launeddas, The Ancient Musical Instrument Of Sardinia (how to make, play, circular breathing technique...) - Launeddas Associazione Culturale Sonus De Canna

Making A Gemshorn - Marc Carlson's Homepage At TU

Oboe & Reed Information (reed adjustment, warmups, maintenance...) - The ASU Oboe Page

Transposed Tuning For Wind Instruments - Music Basics

Two Handed Whistling (also includes tips for one hand & mouth only whistling) - Steve Thompson's Homepage

Whistling Lessons - The Whistler

The Woodwind Fingering Guide

BAGPIPES

A Plastic Uilleann Pipe Chanter Reed - David C. Daye

Andrew's Articles For Pipers (season a bag, chanter reed basics, hemp tuning pins...) - Andrew Lenz's BagpipeJourney

Articles In Instruction (for bagpipes) - Bagpiper.com

Better Tuning for Intermediate Pipers - David C. Daye

Build PVC Bagpipes!

Highland Pipe Self Instruction Page - David C. Daye

Make An Uilleann Pipe "Penny-Chanter" - David C. Daye

CLARINET

Articles By Tom Ridenour (tuning, tone, embouchure...) - Ridenour Clarinet Products

Articles Of Interest (intonation, tonguing, voicing...) - Clark W. Fobes

How to Sight-Transpose Clarinet Parts - Graham's WWW Site

The Practice Room (How to play bass clarinet & break in reeds.) - Warm Up? We Don't Need No Stinking Warmup!

Taking Care Of Your Clarinet - Cosmo Music Company Ltd

DIDJERIDU

Didjeridu Tutorial - Dreamtime, A Didjeridu Resource

Dreamtime: The Didjeridu W3 Server (making a mouthpiece, repair, lessons...)

Ed Drury Music (make a didji, lessons, overtone tutorial)

How To Make Didgeridoos From Bamboo - Chris Wilson's Universe

Learning To Play The Didjeridu (use table of contents to navigate) - Hallflutes.com

FLUTE

Gazette Glimpses (yoga for flutists, practice tips...) - Greater Boston Flute Association

Gemeinhardt (see 'How To' at bottom)

Here's How To Make A Musical Bamboo Flute - Backwoods Home Magazine

Hoots, Hertz & Harmonics (experiments to help players understand flute mechanics) - The British Flute Society

How To Make Your Own Bamboo Flutes - Fluteman

Intonation, And A Few Things Pertaining To Playing In Tune - Sir James Galway

Larry Krantz Flute Pages (scroll down for menu: teaching tips, oiling wooden flutes, piccolo fingerings...)

Let's Play The Bamboo Flute (make a PVC shakuhachi)

Mark Shepard's Flute Page (scroll down for free tips)

Taking Care Of Your Flute - Cosmo Music Company Ltd

The Wonderful World Of Flute (double tonguing, ensemble etiquette, marching band...) - The Hornpiper's Tune

HARMONICA

Harp On! Chromatic Harmonica Reference (see left menu)

How To Get Started On The Diatonic Harmonica - eHow

JT30.com (scroll down on right menu: care, tone, mics, jam rules...)

Learn To Play Harmonica - Coast To Coast Music

The Secret To Playing Blues Harmonica: A Tutorial For Diatonic 10 Hole Harmonicas - Gringoloco Graphics