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I have an audition on March 29th and I won't find out my results until May or June. However I am fortunate enough to have several other music festivals and provincials to worry about in the meantime. But I always look at things like this: you are either going to play badly, just fine or incredibly w...

The only time I would use the second finger for F# would be if my third finger had a serious cramp and nobody in the audience was looking. I know the third finger is a little more troublesome (a.k.a. not lazy lol) but just get to the point where you are comfortable playing F# with it, and then it wo...

I, myself used to have airy tone, and the principle factor contributing to it was shallow breathing. Assess your breathing. Make sure, whether you are standing or sitting that you are upright but relaxed. I stress the relaxed part; relax your "abs"(these are not the muscles you breathe with), should...