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Mazzanti Method Piccolo Daily Exercises

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Mazzanti Method Piccolo Daily Exercises

Mazzanti Method Piccolo Daily Exercises

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.

Introduction


PART I: SOUND


The Three Check points: Support, Larynx, and Embouchure


The First Check point: Support – Use Greater Pressure


Preliminary Exercises


Tone Exercises


Vocalises


Intonation


Flexibility of the High Notes


Tone Development Through Famous Melodies


Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, “Arpeggione,” Mvt. II


Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Mvt. II


Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Mvt. V


Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished,” Mvt. I


Massenet: “Meditation,” from Thaïs


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 – Open and Resonant


Low Notes


Variation Exercises (for Low Notes)


The Third Check point: Embouchure – 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 Bohème, “Vecchia zimarra”


Mozart: Don Giovanni, “Dalla sua pace”


Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, “O mio babbino caro”


Vivaldi: Flute Concerto No. 3 in D Major, “Il gardellino,” Mvt. II


Mozart: Sonata in C Major, K. 545, Mvt. II


Bellini: Norma, “Deh non volerli vittime”


Verdi: Rigoletto, “Tutte le feste al tempio”


Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, “The Swan”


Puccini: Tosca, “E lucevan le stelle”


Verdi: La Traviata, “Addio del passato”


Verdi: La Traviata, “Di Provenza il mar il suol”


Verdi: La Traviata, “Dite alla giovine”


Verdi: Rigoletto, “Si, vendetta, tremenda vendetta”


Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore, “Una furtiva lagrima”

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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.

Introduction


PART I: SOUND


The Three Check points: Support, Larynx, and Embouchure


The First Check point: Support – Use Greater Pressure


Preliminary Exercises


Tone Exercises


Vocalises


Intonation


Flexibility of the High Notes


Tone Development Through Famous Melodies


Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, “Arpeggione,” Mvt. II


Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Mvt. II


Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Mvt. V


Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished,” Mvt. I


Massenet: “Meditation,” from Thaïs


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 – Open and Resonant


Low Notes


Variation Exercises (for Low Notes)


The Third Check point: Embouchure – 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 Bohème, “Vecchia zimarra”


Mozart: Don Giovanni, “Dalla sua pace”


Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, “O mio babbino caro”


Vivaldi: Flute Concerto No. 3 in D Major, “Il gardellino,” Mvt. II


Mozart: Sonata in C Major, K. 545, Mvt. II


Bellini: Norma, “Deh non volerli vittime”


Verdi: Rigoletto, “Tutte le feste al tempio”


Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, “The Swan”


Puccini: Tosca, “E lucevan le stelle”


Verdi: La Traviata, “Addio del passato”


Verdi: La Traviata, “Di Provenza il mar il suol”


Verdi: La Traviata, “Dite alla giovine”


Verdi: Rigoletto, “Si, vendetta, tremenda vendetta”


Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore, “Una furtiva lagrima”