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WINDS Training Series

WINDS Band Training Series shares successful fundamental training techniques practiced by leading music educators in Japan. Each issue of WINDS focuses on an essential concept of band development, offering valuable information for both students and instructors.
  • [DVD] Mastery Clinic for Bassoon with Chinese subtitles
    [DVD] Mastery Clinic for Bassoon with Chinese subtitles
    Introduction The talented and entertaining professional Masayuki Okamoto engagingly shares his fascination with the bassoon, presenting essential details in a clear and understandable manner, encouraging instrument. 1. Basic points you should know Assembly, posture, breathing and embouchure; performance details including tonguing, long tones, fingerings and related issues, half-hole, speaker key,... Introduction The talented and entertaining professional Masayuki Okamoto engagi...
  • [DVD] Mastery Clinic for Percussion Vol. 1 Basic Rhythm Training
    [DVD] Mastery Clinic for Percussion Vol. 1
    Basic Rhythm Training
    Lecturer/Performer: Yumiko Watanabe Introduction Master Performer and coach Yumiko Watanabe describes the essential role of the percussion section as a “second director” in the ensemble, and the percussionists’ need to have a reliable grasp of time, an appropriate sound product, and above all, a sense of unity with the ensemble and conductor. First steps to producing a good... Lecturer/Performer: Yumiko Watanabe Introduction Master Performer and coach Yum...
  • [DVD] Mastery Clinic for Percussion Vol. 2 Snare Drum
    [DVD] Mastery Clinic for Percussion Vol. 2 Snare Drum
    Lecturer / Performer: Yumiko Watanabe [Introduction] After introducing percussion basics such as stick and mallet training and tone quality in “Basic Training Methods” Volume 1, Master Performer and coach Yumiko Watanabe now focuses on Snare Drum in her series describing the important role of percussion in any ensemble. A good knowledge of the instrument and its performance basics are... Lecturer / Performer: Yumiko Watanabe [Introduction] After introducing percussi...
  • [DVD] Mastery Clinic for Percussion Vol. 3 Bass Drum, Cymbals, Timpani, Tom-tom
    [DVD] Mastery Clinic for Percussion Vol. 3
    Bass Drum, Cymbals, Timpani, Tom-tom
    Lecturer / Performer: Yumiko Watanabe Percussionist Yumiko Watanabe, performing and demonstrating with the help of students, introduces in great detail three major percussive instrument groups. Her overviews include the functional role of each instrument within the full ensemble, as well as its performance, maintenance, tonal options and expressive potential. The clinician engages and inspires... Lecturer / Performer: Yumiko Watanabe Percussionist Yumiko Watanabe, performing...
  • [DVD] Mastery for Percussion vol. 4 Marimba, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Glockenspiel
    [DVD] Mastery for Percussion vol. 4
    Marimba, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Glockenspiel
    Lecturer / Performer: Yumiko Watanabe Percussionist Yumiko Watanabe continues the Mastery Clinic for Percussion series with a comprehensive look at the keyboard mallet family. She reveals her passion for productive fundamental training by covering all the essentials of this diverse percussion group: history, construction, mallet and instrument types, care and maintenance. Musical training begins... Lecturer / Performer: Yumiko Watanabe Percussionist Yumiko Watanabe continues t...
  • [DVD] Popstage Spectacular!
    [DVD] Popstage Spectacular!
    Energize your Concert Band - Thrill your Audiences! [Contents] The Opening How is Pops Stage opening done? Performance Featuring Solo Instruments You can be in the spotlight! Music with Motion The staple of Pops Stage: theatrical production! Singing Singing expresses your feelings! Stage Marching and Black Light Tantalize the audience with spectacular visual effects! Audience and performers... Energize your Concert Band - Thrill your Audiences! [Contents] The Opening How ...
  • Combination Set of Basic Training Director's Guide and DVD
    Combination Set of Basic Training Director's Guide and DVD
    The combination of WINDS DVD and WINDS Supplemental Training Methods offer detailed explanations of each presentation while defining specific goals and outcomes. An instructor’s guide identifies which class exercises are most applicable to the stated objectives. Volume 1, Basic Training for Wind Ensemble, outlines and elaborates on clinician Minoru Otaki’s instructional points and... The combination of WINDS DVD and WINDS Supplemental Training Methods offer deta...
  • Combination Set of Sonority for Winds - Director's Guide and DVD
    Combination Set of Sonority for Winds - Director's Guide and DVD
    The combination of WINDS DVD and WINDS Supplemental Trainig Methods offer detailed explanations of each presentation while defining specific goals and outcomes. An instructor’s guide identifies which class exercises are most applicable to the stated objectives. The combination of WINDS DVD and WINDS Supplemental Trainig Methods offer detai...