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ARNO BORNKAMP

THE DNA OF THE SAXOPHONE

Saxophone

English

21 lesson(s)

4 hours 35 minutes

Arno Bornkamp is a unique figure in both the saxophone world and the Classical music world in general. In his career, now spanning nearly 40 years, he has amazed the music world of his energetic and stylish interpretations, full of lyricism and passion. He believes in the saxophone as an instrument with an infinite amount of nuance and colors, reflecting the human soul with all its shadings of light and dark. Bornkamp is a natural storyteller on his instrument, and offers a highly personal take in his interpretations of all the music he plays.

WELCOME TO ARNO BORNKAMP'S CLASS

From a retrospective to technical lessons
Arno is showing his secrets in this exclusive online class

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01 LESSON: THE DNA OF THE SAXOPHONE

Jazz, Orchestra, Quartet, Experimental
Go deep into Arno's retrospective

02 LESSON: MOUTHPIECE SOUND

The very important element of the sound with a saxophone is the mouthpiece

03 LESSON: MOUTHPIECE: SOUND EXAMPLES

Adolphe Sax Mouthpiece
Selmer Airflow Mouthpiece
Sigurd Raschèr Mouthpiece by Buescher

04 LESSON: MOUTHPIECE: SOUND EXAMPLES 2

Meyer New York Mouthpiece
Selmer Soloist Mouthpiece

05 LESSON: MOUTHPIECE: SOUND EXAMPLES 3

Otto Link Tone Master New York Mouthpiece
Selmer C** Double Star Mouthpiece

06 LESSON: SOUND

Sound is something that you have to listen
Things that I want or try to do with sound

07 LESSON: ARTICULATION: LEGATO

A very important musical parameter, musical expression that really comes from the idea of singing

08 LESSON: ARTICULATION: TONGUE STOP & PORTATO

Articulation can be done in a hundred thousand ways
The basic idea of articulation is what I would call the tongue
stop.
Portato is very often confused a bit staccato or a light staccato

09 LESSON: PHRASING

Phrasing is a very inclusive parameter that we should really learn how to do

10 LESSON: AGOGIC

Agogic Is very connected to pronunciation in the language when we speak

11 LESSON: INTONATION

You have to learn like a practical thing to learn

12 LESSON: FINGERINGS FOR INTONATION

Intonation is something that we do, with our body knowing our instrument, knowing how our instrument behaves

13 LESSON: FINGER TECHNIQUE

How to use fingering in order to facilitate the Legato

14 LESSON: MUSIC STYLES

Saxophone became very big in jazz

15 LESSON: COMPOSERS

Serguéi Prokófiev
Luciano Berio
Jacob Ter Veldhuis

ARNO BORNKAMP / JACOB TER VELDHUIS

Saxophonist Arno Bornkamp and composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis have collaborated on a number of musical projects, bringing together their unique styles and talents. Their collaboration has resulted in a wide range of exciting and innovative works.

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