{"id":50710,"date":"2021-09-12T10:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T17:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=50710"},"modified":"2021-09-12T10:56:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T17:56:57","slug":"pivot-around-middle-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2021\/pivot-around-middle-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Pivot Around Middle C"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"silhouette<\/a>For about 25 years now I have been using an exercise as a warmup that was provided to me by my friend, and fellow sax player & teacher, the late Hans Martini<\/a>, from Fredericton, NB.  Pivot Around Middle C is the perfect exercise to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Develop your tone.<\/li>\n
  2. Learn how to control your horn’s tuning on each note.<\/li>\n
  3. Learn each note’s pitch relative to another.<\/li>\n
  4. Control your tuning during crescendos and decrescendos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you play multiple horns and\/or setups like I do, Pivot Around Middle C is the perfect exercise to help you:<\/p>\n

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    1. Learn the nuances of each sax and\/or their various setups (different MP for example).<\/li>\n
    2. Develop the diaphragm control necessary for each horn. (Especially important for the larger saxes like tenor, bari and bass.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      After 20+ years of using a handwritten version of this exercise for both myself and my students, I finally used Musescore<\/a> to make it more legible. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n

      Long tones don’t need to be painful<\/h3>\n

      We all hate long tones\u2014I do as well\u2014but Pivot Around Middle C makes them painless. If you’re a beginning or intermediate player, when done properly, in <5 minutes a day you can do an exercise that will radically improve your sound and your intonation in about a month. (Based on what I have observed in my students.) <\/p>\n

      If you’re a multi-sax player, you will notice there is likely no faster way to keep your embouchure trained for all the various horns in your stable. <\/p>\n

      If you’re a sax teacher, give it to your students to try. I actually do the exercise with mine at the beginning of each of their lessons. (I generally give hour-long lessons.) It provides them with a tone and pitch to aim for\u2014assuming yours is right. \ud83d\ude09  <\/p>\n

      PDF of Pivot Around Middle C<\/h3>\n

      The new version of Pivot Around Middle C is available to view and download on my website<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

      And as is usual, if you have any comments, please don’t hesitate to leave them below. I am curious what your experience is once you’ve used the exercise a few times. Are you hooked? Hate it? Have something even better? Please let me know. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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