1. Basic Points You Should Know
a) Saxophone assembly / Posture
b) Breathing
c) Embouchure
d) Fingering
e) Daily Training
f) Maintenance
The clinician discusses and demonstrates fundamentals of saxophone
assembly and care, detailed aspects of breathing, tone production, and
supportive daily exercises. Includes close views of proper embouchure
placement and effective finger technique, articulations, and long tone
exercises, with many reinforcement practice suggestions and self-help
options.
2. Make playing even more fun
a) Solutions for common problems
b) Useful technique to improve
For advancing musicianship, upper and lower registers, vibrato, faster finger
and tonguing technique, alternate fingerings, portamento and glissando, and
pops style playing are addressed and performed.
3. Saxophone family
Proper, as well as improper use of the Soprano, Tenor and Baritone
Saxophones is demonstrated.
4. Learn more about the saxophone!
After a discussion of saxophone construction materials and qualities, a
detailed explanation of types and selection of mouthpieces, reeds and
ligatures is carefully presented.
5. Performance
Danse Bohemienne / C. Debussy
Inter mezzo from "L'Arlesienne" / G. Bizet
Le Cygne / C. Saint-Saens
Csardas / V. Monti
6. Let's practice together
Inspirational daily training exercises that teach and reinforce use of long
tones, tonguing, vibrato, technical speed and portamento. The concept or
style is demonstrated with repetition for student response, practice and
achievement.
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