Saxofo Método
Saxofo Método
Saxofo Método
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PRIMERA PARTE 150 Ejercicios de progresin cromtica. Cambio de registro (grave-medio) Registro Grave 11 17
FIRST PART 150 Chromatic progression exercises. Change of register (lower-middle) Lower Register Upper Register 11 17 22
Registro Agudo
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SECOND PART 60 Chromatic progression studies, with different articulations and formulas
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Antonio Jurez Bayn Naci en Villaverde de Arriba. Len (Espaa). Realiz los estudios de solfeo en el Conservatorio Provincial de Msica de Len de la mano del profesor D. Fructuoso Adn Martnez con quien inicia sus estudios de Saxofn. Durante varios aos form parte de la Banda de Msica del Ejrcito en Len, continuando sus estudios de Saxofn con el eminente profesor de Clarinete y Saxofn D. Flix Mozo Nez, titular de la ctedra de Clarinete del Conservatorio Superior de msica de Maracaibo. En Barcelona curs estudios con el prestigioso profesor de Saxofn y Clarinete de los conservatorios Superior de Msica del Liceo y Conservatorio Superior Municipal de Msica de Barcelona. D. Marcelino Bayer Gasp. Realiz estudios de esttica general, historia de la msica espaola y armona con el profesor y especialista en contrapunto y armona de este conservatorio, D. Jos Garca Gago. Desde su llegada a Barcelona form parte de la Banda de Msica de la Polica Armada como saxofn solista, y tras culminar los estudios superiores obtuvo el Ttulo Profesional en la carrera de Saxofn en el Real Conservatorio Superior de Msica de Madrid. Ha dirigido la Banda de Msica de la Polica Armada en Barcelona y tras ese periodo, aos ms tarde, dirigi la Banda Sinfnica de Bada del Valls (Barcelona). Tambin ha dirigido y formado parte de otras agrupaciones musicales y del cuarteto de saxofones psilon. En la actualidad se dedica a la enseanza de la msica como profesor de Saxofn.
Barcelona, 3 de mayo de 2009.
Antonio Jurez Bayn born in Villaverde de Arriba. Len (Spain). He studied music at the Conservatorio Provincial de Msica de Len (Len Provincial Music Conservatory) under Fructuoso Adn Martnez, from whom he began to learn the saxophone. For several years he played in the Len Military Band, continuing his saxophone studies under the eminent clarinet and saxophone teacher Flix Mozo Nez, the professor of clarinet studies at the Conservatorio Superior de msica de Maracaibo (Maracaibo Music Conservatory). In Barcelona he studied under the prestigious saxophone and clarinet teacher, Marcelino Bayer Gasp, at the Conservatorio Superior de Msica del Liceo (the Academys Music Conservatory) and the Conservatorio Superior Municipal de Msica de Barcelona (Barcelona Municipal Music Conservatory). He studied general aesthetics, the history of Spanish music and harmony with the teacher at this conservatory, the specialist in counterpoint and harmony, Jos Garca Gago. When he arrived in Barcelona he joined the Armed Police Force Music Band as solo saxophonist, and after completing his higher education he graduated from the Real Conservatorio Superior de Msica de Madrid (Royal Music Conservatory in Madrid). He directed the Armed Police Force Music Band in Barcelona for some time and then, several years later, he directed the Bada del Valls Symphonic Band, in the province of Barcelona. He has also directed and played with other musical ensembles and formed part of the Epsilon saxophone quartet. He is currently working as a saxophone teacher.
Barcelona, 3 May 2009.
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Bayer Gasp, iniciador de la escuela clsica del saxofn en Espaa, Adolfo Ventas, Pedro Iturralde, iniciador del jazz en nuestro pas y un maestro indiscutible en la tcnica de los armnicos, Manuel Mijn, catedrtico de saxofn en el C.S.M. de Madrid y uno de los pioneros y estudiosos del saxofn clsico. Francisco Martnez, prestigioso solista y cofundador en 1989 de la Universidad Europea del Saxofn. Merece tambin ser citado, entre otros muchos, por su reconocido prestigio como solista el cubano Miguel Villafruela. Por otra parte, es de significar que al pujante prestigio del saxofn han contribuido, no solo estos prestigiosos saxofonistas, sino tambin reconocidos fabricantes de instrumentos, que han venido introduciendo mejoras tcnicas en el instrumento (aunque no las suficientes), que han facilitado y facilitan al instrumentista la ejecucin de ciertos pasajes y ejercicios con mayor facilidad, precisin y brillantez, logrndose al mismo tiempo una mayor y mejor afinacin.
classical saxophone movement in Spain, Adolfo Ventas, Pedro Iturralde, who brought jazz to this country and an indisputable master of the harmonics technique, and Manuel Mijan, saxophone professor at the Madrid Conservatory and one of the pioneers and scholars of the classical saxophone. Francisco Martnez, a prestigious soloist and co-founder of the European Saxophone University in 1989. The Cuban saxophonist Miguel Villafruela also deserves a mention, among many others, for his renowned prestige as a soloist. It is also a significant fact that the increasing prestige of the saxophone has been aided, not only by these prestigious saxophonists, but also by renowned instrument-makers, who have been making technical improvements to the instrument (although not enough), which have helped and continue to help musicians to play certain passages and exercises more easily and with greater precision and brilliance, whilst also increasing and improving the instruments tuning.
Autors note
With my deepest respect and admiration for all of them, my only intention with this work, which is based on the chromatic scale, is to contribute a little of my modest knowledge so that saxophone professionals wishing to improve and enhance fingering techniques throughout the instruments range will find here the possibility of achieving this. For the exercises in this method that have not been given a particular tune or movement, they must be played slowly at first, gradually increasing in speed until the greatest possible speed is achieved, practising confidently and accurately and using all the possible fingerings for notes that have more than one, even using the marked devices and others known by the musician to play the note. This will make it possible to overcome the difficulties posed by certain passages due to the technical imperfections of the instrument. It goes without saying that, in the use of such devices and double or triple fingerings that are marked for the same note, the performer must correct and overcome the difficulties that arise and the imperfections of the instrument through study and his own skills, using all the available resources to solve any technical problems that might occur. This Advanced Level teaching book is a fundamental resource for completing a saxophonists training. The articulations and formulas recommended in each of the exercises, especially in those where irregular divisions have been used, such as quintuplets and sextuplets, are aimed at overcoming the difficulties of achieving complete mastery of fingering and rhythm and at perfecting and speeding up tonguing, which must be done with sensitivity, delicacy and elegance.
las dificultades que representa el adquirir el dominio completo de la digitacin y de la rtmica, as como a perfeccionar y agilizar el picado, que ha de hacerse de manera fina, delicada y elegante a la vez. La combinacin de todos estos elementos junto con los matices, constituyen medios de expresin de trascendental importancia, en los diferentes estilos de interpretacin, por lo que aconsejo el estudio cuidadoso de los mismos. Ello supone realizar una tarea dura y difcil, pero no imposible, si queremos abandonar una digitacin pobre y rutinaria. Pues nada le proporciona a un saxofonista mayor placer y satisfaccin que cuando siente, que algn pasaje musical lo puede ejecutar de una forma sublime y hermosa. Por consiguiente, si se realiza bien este trabajo, se lograr el objetivo deseado, cual es dominar por igual la difcil tcnica de la digitacin.
The combination of all these elements, together with certain nuances, form a means of expression that is of great importance in different playing styles, so it is recommended that they should be studied carefully. This means doing a hard, difficult, but not impossible job if we want to leave behind poor, routine fingering habits. Nothing gives a saxophonist greater pleasure and satisfaction than the sense that he can make a passage of music sound sublime and beautiful. Therefore, if this is done properly and as explained, it is possible to achieve the desired objective that all saxophone students aspire to: mastering difficult fingering technique with equal measures of tone,
Rules to consider
1. Some of the complementary fingerings that are marked under certain notes in this method simply establish the possibility of producing the desired note, but in no way do they guarantee that it will be played in tune, because to achieve that the note must be heard and felt by the performer before it sounds. However, they are necessary and very recommendable for completing and perfecting ones fingering in general, and above all, for playing passages in fast movements or short figures, which really would be difficult, if not impossible, to play with the standard fingering. This, of course, means that it is not a good idea to use them in slow movements or in long figures because, as I said, some of them can sound out of tune if not played properly. Here are a few examples of such fingerings.
2. En el caso del registro grave y especialmente en lo que se refiere a las posiciones del dedo meique de la mano izquierda Si, (La#/Sib) y (D0#/Reb), debido a la imperfeccin del saxofn, el ejecutante encuentra grandes dificultades para conseguir un mecanismo claro y lo ms perfecto posible. Sobre todo, cuando se trata de ligar, trinar y tremolar el Si
2. In the case of the lower register, especially in terms of the positions of the little finger of the left hand B, (A#/Bb) and (C#/Db), due to the imperfection of the saxophone, the performer has great difficulty achieving a clear mechanism that is as perfect as possible. This is particularly so when slurring, trilling and tremoloing B with (A#/Bb), B with (C#/Db), or -8-
con el (La#/Sib), el Si con el (Do#/Reb), o el (La#/ Sib) con el (Do#/Reb), ya que al no disponer de doble llave, como ocurre en el clarinete para sus notas graves, resultan realmente impracticables estas posiciones, ya que han de hacerse deslizando la yema del dedo meique por los rodillos correspondientes, lo cual supone a veces gran dificultad y constituye una tcnica pobre y rutinaria aun no superada, que dificulta el poder ligar, trinar y tremolar las notas que se han dicho con tanta facilidad como si del registro medio se tratara. Para conseguirlo, aconsejo que se utilicen tambin en estos casos otras alternativas, partiendo del principio de utilizacin de todos los recursos posibles, como se muestra en las fotos que se insertan a continuacin, las cuales reflejan como se ha de proceder si se quiere lograr un mecanismo ms limpio, perfecto y veloz en algunos de estos casos. Veamos: para el trmolo o Trino Si-(Do#/Reb), se pulsa y mantiene pulsado el (Do#/Reb) con la parte inferior de la palma de la mano en su base con el dedo meique, curvando luego ste lo suficiente hacia atrs, para con su yema pulsar el Si y batirlo con rapidez. En el caso del trmolo o Trino Si-(La#/Sib), se pulsa y mantiene pulsando el Si, y se gira la mueca un cuarto de vuelta hacia fuera y hacia abajo, hasta que la segunda falange del dedo meique pulse el (La#/Sib), repitiendo la operacin tan rpido como sea posible para trinar dichas notas. Trino Si-(Do#/Reb) / B-(C#/Db) Trill
(A#/Bb) with (C#/Db), as we do not have a double key, as is the case with low notes on the clarinet, making these finger positions completely impracticable, as it must be done by sliding the tip of the little finger along the corresponding rollers, which can sometimes be very awkward and result in a poor, routine technique that has not been mastered, making it difficult to slur, trill and tremolo the aforementioned notes with the same ease as in the middle register. To achieve this, I advise that other alternatives should also be used in these cases, working on the principle of using all possible resources, as can be seen in the photos below, which show what to do to achieve the cleanest, fastest and most perfect mechanism in some of these cases. For the B-(C#/Db) Trill or tremolo, press and keep pressing (C#/Db) with the bottom of the palm of the hand at the base of the little finger, subsequently curving the little finger back enough to press B with the fingertip and tap it quickly. In the case of the B-(A#/Bb) Trill or tremolo, press and keep pressing B, and twist the wrist quarter of the way round, outwards and downwards, until the second phalanx of the little finger is pressing the (A#/ Bb), repeating this operation as quickly as possible to trill these notes.
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Esquema del saxofn del mtodo de H.E. Klos, con incorporacin de la llave XIV. (fa# agudo).
Diagram of the saxophone from the H.E. Klos method, including the high F# key.
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Change of register
All saxophonists are aware of the difficulties of playing well in the range of notes covered by two different registers. The purpose of playing the following exercises correctly is to help change from one register to another without it being noticeable. This must be repeated as many times as necessary until the player achieves equality, speed and accuracy and is able to slur sounds properly where necessary. As well as using the standard fingering, it is also important to use all the marked fingerings and all those that are possible, without the sound losing its purity and avoiding moving any fingers that do not need to be moved. It is advisable to use the metronome for all the exercises.
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