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James Galway

These notes are from a James Galway Master Class at CU in Boulder, Colorado, Fall 1999.


  • Different Notes
    • G is a very strong note
    • C and C# Tend to be Sharp
    • To get high notes crisp you must practice  going from high to low
  • How to hold
    • Right hand should be curved
    • Relax the Left hand
  • Playing
    • During rests practice breathing
    • Projection
  • Memorizing
    • Look at small phrases then connect them together
  • Tonguing
    • Abstract
    • Double
      • "Du-Ga"
    • Harder to tongue the higher the note
  • Other
    • Scales accrue in music all the time
He also gave us a cool warm up lick:
Gulway Warm up

This lick should not be played fast, play each note until you get a nice clean tone.