Patterns in Music: scales, arpeggios, & the like bass clef Instruments How to have great tone quality (wind players) Posture: Breathing: - stand (or sit) 'tall' - Inhale Naturally & in time - chest high - Keep shoulders down - keep your shoulders - allow your gut to expand down & back - Expel air quickly using a "tu" articulation Embouchure: - Focus the direction of your - Keep corners of your mouth airstream firm, but not tight - Imagine air moving quickly - lips should be flexible & all the way through the controlled (not tight or loose) instrument & out the bell - Keep embouchure forward (as (or tone holes) though you were saying 'who') - Keep Chin 'flat' Range: - Generally, keep the inside of your - When playing higher notes, mouth open to create resonance move air much faster through the instrument Articulation: - Raise the back of the tongue - Use the tip of the tongue on to help increase air speed the tip of the reed (WW) - Every time you go an octave higher, - Use the tip of the tongue on your air speed must double the front gumline (brass) Volume: Tuning: - When playing louder, lower your - Listen to lowest instrument in tongue in your mouth to allow the group for tuning for greater airflow - When flat, push in - Imagine your air in relation to: - When sharp, pull out a garden hose vs. a fire hose - If you're not sure what to do, slowly (same speed, different volume) bend the pitch until the beads go away, then adjust your instrument Playing your instrument is more enjoyable when you have great tone quality. tuning issues tend to go away quickly too! Enjoy! Warm-up: Slurs Chromatic Scales Concert Bb Concert F Bass Instruments Warm-Up: Range Expansion Vincent Chicowitz - Keep embouchure FIRM, but not TIGHT. - There should be no tension in your body while playing. - Take a full breath for each exercise. - Move air FASTER to play higher. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Bass Instruments Warm-up: Articulation #1A: Single Tonguing #1B: Triple Tonguing 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 #1C: Double Tonguing #2: Staccato #3: Legato #4: Fanfare Bass Instruments Major Scales Concert Bb Concert Eb Concert Ab Concert Db Concert gb Concert B Concert E Concert A Concert D Concert g Concert C Concert F Bass Instruments Natural Minor Scales Concert G Concert C Concert F Concert Bb Concert Eb Concert G# Concert C# Concert F# Concert B Concert E Concert A Concert D Bass Instruments Major Thirds Concert Bb Concert Eb Concert Ab Concert Db Concert Gb Concert B Concert E Concert A Concert D Concert G Concert C Concert F Bass Instruments minor thirds Concert G Concert C Concert F Concert Bb Concert Eb Concert G# Concert C# Concert F# Concert B Concert E Concert A Concert D Bass Instruments Clarke Studies: Major Herbert L. Clarke Concert Bb Concert Eb Concert Ab Concert Db Concert Gb Concert B Concert E Concert A Concert D Concert G Concert C Concert F Bass Instruments
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