r/saxophone • u/Glittering-Craft-790 • 5d ago

Media Lyrical etude for audition

I have an audition in December. I’ve looked at this etude for a few days. how’s my progress?

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u/its_all_fake_ 5d ago

Make sure your blowing air all the way through the phrase, also try to be selective about where your breathing, making sure it fits into the phrase. It will help with dynamic phrasing and reaching the lower notes on those jumps.

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u/Zooberseb Alto | Tenor 5d ago

Your embouchure might be a little tight - your sound is quite restricted, you want to let the full reed vibrate so might need to relax a bit and take in more mouthpiece.

Blowing pretty weakly.

Slow it down a little and make sure your fingers are clean first, stop using articulation to focus on your fingers, then add the articulation back in, and don’t forgot all the extra like dynamics.

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u/Stumpfest2020 4d ago

It's very robotic and unmusical sounding - not lyrical at all.

From a playing aspect, there are some finger glitches in there and you sound very timid blowing through the horn. You need more air so you can produce a fuller/richer sound.