Piccolo Saxo 1

Contents

Breathing; inspiration, expiration - exercises and breathing games. / First contact with the saxophone; practice of different sounds with mouthpiece only, neck and mouthpiece and sounds of keys. / Articulation; practice of staccato and legato. / Improvization; free improvization, with known notes and rhythms, improvization with different rhythmic patterns, improvization with suspensive and conclusive phrases in the keys of C major, F major, G major and A minor. / The position of the body and colocation of the instrument. / Relaxation, relaxation exercises. / The notes from C3 to C5. / Time signatures: 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. / Note values: semibreve, dotted minim, minim, dotted crotchet, crotchet, quaver and all their rests. / Keys: C major, F major, G major, A minor. / Tuning: exercises and unison melodies. / Accidentals: F sharp and B flat. / Expression: f, mf, p. / Sightreading, unseen exercises. / Memorization: memorization of short fragments. / Imitation: Practice of rhythmic and melodic imitation. / Composition: composition of short fragments with known element. / Contemporary notation (introduction). / Listening: presentation of works for saxophone and those in which the saxophone plays an important part./ Repetoire: popular melodies, duets and trios. / Research: research project.