Lyrical Excerpt Practice Guide 2016-2017 Dr. Allison … Alto Lyrical Powerpoint.pdfedited by famous...
Transcript of Lyrical Excerpt Practice Guide 2016-2017 Dr. Allison … Alto Lyrical Powerpoint.pdfedited by famous...
Taken from “48 Famous Studies” by W. Ferling, edited by famous saxophonist Marcel Mule
The excerpt you are preparing is from Etude #17.
BecausetheETSBOAexcerptsaretakenfromMule’sedi<on,Ihavefollowedhismarkedornamenta<onalthoughitisdifferentfromornamenta<onfoundinothersources.
Ifyouoryourprivateteacherhasplayedtheseetudes,youmayfindsomeofthe
ornamenta<onisdifferent.
Therearemanydifferentedi<onsoftheFerlingbookthatsaxophonistsuse,includingoneseditedbyothersaxophonistssuchasRonaldCaravanandEugeneRousseau(lyricalonly)
Before going any farther, please go through this excerpt and write in measure numbers.
Measure7beginswithafermata–youcancounttherestofthatlineasonemeasure.Line3willbeginwithmeasure8.
The marked tempo is ♪=72. This means you will count 8 beats in each measure.
Other editions mark the tempo ♪=76-88, and I chose to
play it around ♪=76.
Try not to let your tempo get slower than ♪=72. It makes it very difficult to breathe!
I always practice with a metronome on so I make sure my
counting is correct and I am keeping a steady beat.
Measure 3
Playthegracenotesonthe“+ofthree”
Inbeat8,whenyouseestaccatosunderaslurmark,usealighttonguetogivethesenotesaliVlesepara<on.
Thenotesinbeats5-8shouldsoundrelaxedandeven.Checkyourtempoasyouplaythissec<on.
Measure 5
Prac<cethismeasurewithoutthetrillatfirstandworkoutwherethegracenotesshouldbeplaced.
Thegracenotebeforethetrillcomesbeforethebeat.YoushouldplayF#exactlyonbeat5.
Thegracenotesattheendofthemeasureshouldbeplacedjustbeforethedownbeatofmeasure6.YoushouldplaytheGinmeasure6exactlyonthedownbeat.
Onceyoufeelcomfortablewiththegracenotes,tryaddingthetrill.ThenotesinthetrillareF#toG.Inalyricalpiecelikethis,Iprefertostartthetrillslowerandthenspeeditup.
Measure 6 Ifyouwriteouttheornamenta<on,itlookslikethis:
Note:Ornamenta<oninMule’sedi<ondiffersfromoriginalFerlingbookandmanyotheredi<ons
Trytostayrelaxed.Theornamenta<onshouldsoundcleanandflowing.
Measure 7
Tryholdingthefermatasforatleast3beats.
Aaerthefermata,youhavesomefreedomwiththerhythminthiscadenzasec<on.Myrecordingwillgiveyouoneexampleofhowitcanbeplayed.MygoalwastoplayitcleanlysoyoucanheareverynotethatiswriVen.Becarefulnottogotoofast!
Thecadenzaoccursat:50onmyvideoifyou’dliketocheckouthowIplayedit.
Checkyouraccidentalscarefully–therearesomeBnaturalsandsomeBflats.Inthesecondhalfofthecadenza,watchoutforBb’sthatcarrythrough!
Vibrato
Listentomyrecordingofthisexcerptandmarka“V”aboveeverylongnotewhenyouhearmeusevibrato.Nowtryityourself.Dotheseplacesworkforyou?Arethereanyotherplacesyouwouldaddvibratotoenhanceyourexpression?