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supercantaloupe · 1 year

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damn they want the undergrads to perform for an admissions thing when we get back to school. what do i even have that's only 3-4 minutes to play

#sasha speaks #oboeposting #besides like. i guess a barret etude or two would work. but thats kind of boring for an event right?#barret is great as far as etudes go (so much better than ferling...) but its not what id call performance material #but everything else i have is like. six or seven minutes minimum

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profblahson · 1 year

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Okay so I’m posting this more for me to get over my fear of sharing the Not Perfect Performance Side

Rough run of Ferling Etude 2 in C Major on Alto Sax

There’s still articulation that I want to fix, and my breath support and phrasing is still rough in spots, but overall, having only had this book for like, a week or two, and having Not Practiced in literal years (thanks Covid), I’m pleased with my progress. Feeling more like myself again

#profblogson #practicing #alto saxophone #it’s technically a video but I ain’t having no camera facing me while I’m focused like that lmao

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saxlockian · 4 years

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I’m back! 🎷

#ferlingfriday is here with no. 23 - andante!

Views, likes and subscribes are really appreciated! 💖

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#saxophone #music #musician #sax #youtube #alto saxophone #saxophonist #alto sax #youtuber #classical music #ferling etude #ferling #classical music and saxophone 🎷#classical saxophonist #classical saxophone

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crazymusicianpoop · 5 years

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Day 5:

Today was another frustrating one because I think my hands are tired from all the technical work, so I’m going to take it easy in my practice this weekend like I’ve planned. Despite all the technical finger stuff being rough, I feel like my tone has improved a bit more the last week. I’ve been doing breathing exercises and taking the reed out to work with it alone and I think it’s helping. I’m going to make a post about my new routine this weekend, I’m really glad to have a schedule. Today I finished Ferling #3, I got through it and I’m super happy. There’s a couple finger issues but that’s the best it’s gone this week

#music #music major #oboe #musician #life of a musician #college #orchestra #band #my life #practice #practice room #practice challenge #30 day practice challenge #day 5 #recording #ferling #etude

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theowlet-blog · 7 years

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I just realised I entirely forgot to share this video, which is a bit silly as the idea for it came from tumblr! Next one coming in just over a week :)

#oboe #ferling #etude #hautbois #double reeds #vlog #sight reading #this is so bad

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superior-webcomic · 6 years

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ferling etudes are scary. sight reading is scary. practicing for districts is scary. Halloween may have been like a month ago, but honestly i am t e r r i f i e d .

well, judgement day is a month and two days from now. can you hear that? it’s the sound of me SCREAMING IN UTTER FEAR. (not that i haven’t auditioned before, but this’ll be the first time i ever audition for the Senior band. it never gets less scary to me though.) i really really want to make it if you can’t tell. oh boy. but alas, i have the confidence and sightreading ability of a potato.

#i mean #THEY TAKE 8 ALTOS #HOW MANY PEOPLE DO I HAVE TO BEAT???#WAY TOO MANY

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charlottejmusic · 5 years

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SAXOPHONE PRACTICE DAY 23

21/1/19

I’ll admit it. DAY 22 was a bit of a dud start to WEEK 4. But on DAY 23 I was feeling a lot fresher, and was ready to get back into the swing of things proper.

Here is the WEEK 4 practice routine:

What’s great about this week is that all the different sections of practice are included. From here on it’s just about extending the time I take practising each one. If the worst comes to the worst and I don’t have the full length of time one day to practise that week’s routine (WEEK 5 and onwards), I can slot in a WEEK 4 practice routine, and still cover all my bases.

You might have noticed that the new addition to this week’s routine is studies. I’m using that book that all saxophonists know: Marcel Mule’s transcriptions of Ferling’s 48 Ètudes. Originally written for oboe, this book includes a fast and a slow study in every major and minor key, starting with C major (no flats of sharps) and ending with Gb minor (6 flats). It’s designed like this so that each study is progressively more difficult, and in theory once you’ve learned all of them you’ll be a pro at playing in all 24 keys.

Now I have been using this book for donkeys years, but never got to the end. I usually practise the first few, then end up leaving studies out of my practice routine for a while, then come back to it and start again. I have practised the first two studies in the book so many times that I couldn’t face playing them again, so this time I am starting with Study 3 - a slow one in A minor. I’ve decided to learn this one on sop, and maybe the next one on alto. I need to figure out a system to decide which ones to play on alto and which ones on sop.

Jazz and Classical players alike use this book; Charlie Parker was known to have practised each study in all 12 keys. I want to follow in his footsteps and do the same, so that I can improve my technical facility (generally what ètudes are for) and more finely tune my ears. I also want to compare the sax versions to the original oboe ones, as I’ve done this for a couple and it turns out that Marcel Mule has a habit altered the dynamics, phrasing and articulation pretty drastically. I want to go over each one and figure out which elements of the oboe and sax versions work best for me, and create my own interpretations.

Here’s where I am with Study 3 at the moment. I’ve got some sense of line but feel like it could push forward a bit more in places to give it more of a sense of direction. Also the way and places I’m breathing are breaking it up a bit, so I need to work that out. The tuning on a couple of top notes wobbles so I need to get it in tune and keep it steady, and I need to have crisper articulation. Finally although some note endings are nice, I can give most of them (especially on the last note) more rounded endings.

#saxophone #sax practice #soprano sax #etudes #studies #ferling #marcel mule #show your work

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aurorabouvier-blog · 7 years

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Etude 15 from the Ferling Alto Saxophone book, with additional harmonization.

#alto saxophone #sax #saxophone #ferling #etude #harmony #music #musician #artist #aurorae

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saxlockian · 4 years

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Happy Ferling Friday 🎉🎷