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Pinching and the rest of G major

Creative Arts and Sports · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes

Pinch the back hole for the upper register and add C, D, E, F-sharp and high G from the class chart.

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  2. Hold, embouchure and blowing
  3. Tonguing and slurring
  4. Fingering G, A and B
  5. Pinching and the rest of G major
  6. The G major scale on descant
  7. Repeat marks
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