WELCOME TO MARIANO GARCIA'S CLASS
I'm very happy to be here sharing with you some ideas about how I see the saxophone and music. I'm going to talk about many different things some of them related with more technical aspects or more related with a profession or music or life way.
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01 LESSON: BALANCED EMBOUCHURE
Common types of embouchure, about the three main types I've been practicing for a few years
02 LESSON: OTHER EMBOUCHURE POSSIBILITIES
Two other options when the embouchure is not balanced with the axis of the teeth
03 LESSON: EXAMPLES EMBOUCHURE
Example of non-balanced embouchure
04 LESSON: TONGUE POSITION
The most important part of embouchure, what happened inside is the one that produce the sound
05 LESSON: BREATHING
The most important thing is the way that we breathe, more that the way that we use the air
06 LESSON: BUILDING A BETTER SOUND
Exercises for getting a better sound.Looks like magic, but this is very simple
07 LESSON: BREATHING EXERCISE
Another exercise that I really like to practice
08 LESSON: VIBRATO: WIDENESS
Different techniques of vibrato and how I mix them for playing with some examples
09 LESSON: VIBRATO: SPEED
Maybe the most important because is something that we need to work to control better the possibilities of our instrument
Vibrato speed file
10 LESSON: VIBRATO: CONCLUSION
Short summary of the vibrato lesson
11 LESSON: VIBRATO EXERCISE
Specific exercises for good vibrato, colour and speed work
12 LESSON: VIBRATO TECHNIQUES AND MIXED VIBRATO
Different techniques, like a classical or like diaphragm or flute technique or the mix techniqueHow I use it and how I practice
13 LESSON: STABLE INTONATION
Intonation is something that we are always thinking about, especially when we play chamber music, also when we play solo saxophone
14 LESSON: GOOD FINGERS POSITION
Improve control and speed
15 LESSON: HOW TO PRACTICE A SCALE
You like scales?I'll give you some tips of how I practice scales
16 LESSON: IMPROVE YOUR TONGUING
Articulation and coordination, how to cordinate exactly the tone with articulation and different techniques
17 LESSON: PRACTICE FLEXIBILITY
In the flexibility we are going to work a lot of intervals
18 LESSON: PLAYING IN DUO WITH PIANO
Playing in duo with a pianist is maybe the most common situation for every saxophoneThink about some aspects that maybe can help us to improve our performance with a piano player
19 LESSON: PHRASING
Phrasing for performance it's the most important aspect of the playing at the beginning, after reading about the style or about the composer
20 LESSON: ORGANIC FEELING OF TEMPO
What is organic? Is something that is alive, is in movement because it is movement is not regular, if is regular it's a machine, but that organic movement is non-regular
21 LESSON: RECORDING
I would like to share with you some tips and my experience producing a CD
22 LESSON: MOTIVATION
Increasing our motivation, I think is something very important
CONCLUSION
Keep on working, practicing, enjoy and be happy
