The Mazzanti Method - Vol.1 (Daily exercises for piccolo)

Description

Piccolo player Nicola Mazzanti is celebrated around the world as a foremost performer, teacher, and guest clinician. Mazzanti's lectures and workshops are known for his daily exercises for piccolo players, and The Mazzanti Method brings together his comprehensive collection of studies. Part I: SOUND is a complete course in itself, providing a wide spectrum of studies, discussions, "check points", repertoire melodies in twelve transpositions, tone, intonation, and more. Part III: MELODIES, OPERA, AND LIEDER provides enriching opportunities to bring these technical lessons to practical application by using the greatest cantabile studies from vocal repertoire.

Content:

• Introduction
• PART I: SOUND
• The Three Check points: Support, Larynx, and Embouchure
• The First Check point: Support û Use Greater Pressure
• Preliminary Exercises
• Tone Exercises
• Vocalises
• Intonation
• Flexibility of the High Notes
• Tone Development Through Famous Melodies
• Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, ôArpeggione,ö Mvt. II
• Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Mvt. II
• Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Mvt. V
• Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ôUnfinished,ö Mvt. I
• Massenet: ôMeditation,ö from ThaÙs
• Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet, Mvt. II
• English traditional song: The Water Is Wide
• Rabboni: Sonata No. 13 in D Minor
• Krakamp: Rosa
• The Second Check point: Larynx and Oral Cavity û Open and Resonant
• Low Notes
• Variation Exercises (for Low Notes)
• The Third Check point: Embouchure û Precise and Extremely Flexible
• Flexibility Exercises
• Variation Exercises (for Flexibility)
• Applying the Three Checkpoints: Singing & Playing and Harmonics Exercises
• Sing and Play Exercises
• Harmonics
• PART II: SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
• Introduction to Scales and Arpeggios
• Chromaticism
• Major Scales
• Minor Scales
• Three-note Arpeggios
• Four-note Arpeggios
• Three-note Broken Arpeggios
• Four-note Broken Arpeggios
• Agility
• PART III: MELODIES, OPERAS, LIEDER
• Introduction to Melodies, Operas, and Lieder
• J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 156, Sinfonia
• Puccini: La BohÐme, ôVecchia zimarraö
• Mozart: Don Giovanni, ôDalla sua paceö
• Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, ôO mio babbino caroö
• Vivaldi: Flute Concerto No. 3 in D Major, ôIl gardellino,ö Mvt. II
• Mozart: Sonata in C Major, K. 545, Mvt. II
• Bellini: Norma, ôDeh non volerli vittimeö
• Verdi: Rigoletto, ôTutte le feste al tempioö
• Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals, ôThe Swanö
• Puccini: Tosca, ôE lucean le stelleö
• Verdi: La Traviata, ôAddio del passatoö
• Verdi: La Traviata, ôDi Provenza il mar il suolö
• Verdi: La Traviata, ôDite alla giovineö
• Verdi: Rigoletto, ôSi, vendetta, tremenda vendettaö
• Donizetti: LÆelisir dÆamore, ôUna furtiva lagrimaö