Sound and Articulation Studies 1) Firm. well formed embouchure throughout 21 No change in embouchure throughout 3) Air column constant and firm 44 Breathe berween smaller intervals, 5) Extend exercise to 3rd octave when vou are comiortable with embouchure conte 6) Alternate f-p when you are eomfontable withembouchure control and sound Russell Dagon68 EXERCISES OF MECHANISM ing each fe. The exercises of mechanism have for their object the formation of the fingering by aoe tazodag ger to act separately or simualtaneously. By these exercises may be acquired that equality of fing! and that purity of tone which are the finest qualities of an instrumentalist. _ ae In the following exercises we must accentuate the sound upon the first note of each division of the ‘ a nate after thedot- Each bar or each sketch should be played eight or ten times and as a finish play the note after the ted double bar. rain dimina ‘All the notes should be.slurred, ascending passages played crescendo, descending passages endo, 015 NI037= 52. saez =.) BA. - ae aS 50.minimizing the vowel position, slenipo SAEED | Remember: hes the face of the reed at a 0, MINIMIZING eed. ways do this exercise LEGATO--not Sta distance the tongue travels away from tl the middle hes 8 dip, .and the front approaclNo.1 | 1) Firm, well formed embouchure. 2) lone volume f (after totally controlled experiment with p) 3) Allon one air column and articulate on that air column-not wth ! 4) Doin all Major and Harmonic minor keys beginning very slowly and moving to ca. J.120 ial eo