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Tutorials and Buying Guides
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We do our best to share helpful, relevant information to our musical community.
FYI/disclaimer: These guides are intended for anyone looking for general information about the listed topic, some of the information listed in a particular topic will not apply to your specific situation. We are always happy to speak with you about your specific needs by phone, text, or email. Before attempting any of the activities listed make sure you have the permission of your parent, guardian, or teacher if applicable.
Tutorials:
-Band Instruments:
• How to clean a piston brass instrument (trumpet, baritone, euphonium, tuba, etc.)
• How to clean a rotary brass instrument (french horn, f attachment trombone, tuba, etc.)
• Band Instrument recommended maintenance routines
• How to check whether your woodwind instrument needs service
• My instrument is stuck together?!?!?!?!
• My mouthpiece is stuck!!?!?!
-Orchestral Instrument:
• How to restring and tune using pegs or fine tuners
• Violin Sizing Guide
• Daily maintenance
-Guitar:
• How to restring an acoustic steel string guitar
• How to restring a classical guitar or ukulele
• How to restring an electric guitar (pitfalls of floating bridges)
-Ukulele:
• How to strum a ukulele
-Percussion (Drum set, marching, and concert percussion):
• How to change and tune a drum head
• How to tune timpani
Buying Guides:
• What teachers need to know about how music stores sell to schools and why
• Should you rent or purchase an instrument for beginning band and orchestra?
• Will we purchase your musical instruments or accessories?
-Piano (Acoustic/Electric):
-Audio Equipment:
• Microphones
• Amplifiers
• Mixers
• Speakers
• Monitors (including headphones)
• Cables
-Band Instrument:
• Step-Up Instrument Buying Guide
• Reeds
• Woodwind Mouthpieces
• Brass Mouthpieces
• Valve Oils and Greases
• Mutes
• Cases
-Orchestra Instrument
• Step-Up Instrument Buying Guide
• Bows
• Cases
• Rosin
• Shoulder Rests
• Chin Rests
-Ukulele:
• Ukulele Buying Guide
• Acoustic or Electric
-Guitar:
• Acoustic Guitar Guide
• Bass guitar
• Tone Woods
• Strings
• Cases
• Capos
• Cables
-Drums and Percussion Gear:
• Drum Set
• Cymbals
• Mallets and brushes and sticks, Oh my!
• Hand Drums
• Backline Percussion
-General Accessories:
• Music Stand
• Music Stand Lights
• Earplugs