The Mazzanti Method, Piccolo
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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.
Contents
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