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Lyrical Excerpt Practice Guide 2016-2017

Dr. Allison Adams

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.

Measures 1-2

Countverycarefully!

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!

Measure 10

TrillFingering:

UsesideBbandtrillyourleaindexfinger.

Vibrato

Listentomyrecordingofthisexcerptandmarka“V”aboveeverylongnotewhenyouhearmeusevibrato.Nowtryityourself.Dotheseplacesworkforyou?Arethereanyotherplacesyouwouldaddvibratotoenhanceyourexpression?

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