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Re: Playing G above staff when trying to go down to C below

Author: qualitycontrol
Date: 2014-10-21 07:28

Slurs down to the chalumeau become harder as they go deeper into that register, and it's good to learn to master them.

A good exercise I use for warmup and to develop this skill is to play from C to B slurred, followed by a staccato B, and then B slurred to C followed by a staccato C. This makes for a two triplet pattern, both two slurred one staccato. After this, you slur down to Bb, and then to A, Ab, G and so on and so forth, but always back up to clarion C. Go down as low as you can go and you'll probably find that if you approach the slur down to C slowly (by chromatically going down) you'll find it quite easy, you'll just need to remember how your positioning your tongue and pushing your air through the horn to keep it easy when you have to do it on the spot.

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