La nota C#, blancas con puntillo y silencios de blanca: digitación, ejercicios e introducción

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Una introducción a la nota C#, las blancas con puntillo y los silencios de blanca al saxofón alto, con digitación y ejercicios de James Rae.

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Music Lesson: Introduction to C Sharp, Dotted Minim, and Minim Rest

In this section, we introduce three items: C sharp, the dotted minim, and the minim rest.

C Sharp

C sharp is probably the easiest note to play badly on the saxophone because it doesn't involve any fingers other than the thumbs, which you are using to hold the instrument and position it.

Important Points to Remember:

Hold the Saxophone: Think of the sax as being held by the sling rather than by your hands. The thumbs just position the saxophone rather than actually take any weight.
Playing C Sharp:
- When you play C sharp, you have nothing at the front, no fingers at the front. Therefore, you have to rely on this balance for the note to work.
- C sharp is a semitone higher than the standard note C, but not as high as D.

Dotted Minim

As you can see from the diagram, dotted minims are note values of three crotchet beats.

Understanding Dots on Notes:

Dot After a Note:
- A dot placed after any note increases its length by 50%, regardless of the note's original length.
- For instance:
  - A two-beat note becomes a three-beat note.
  - A four-beat note becomes a six-beat note.
  - A hypothetical hundred-beat note would become 150 beats.
Clarification:
- The dot does not simply add half a beat as many people think; instead, it adds half of whatever the note is worth.
- Example: A dotted crotchet would be worth one and a half beats, while a minim, which is a two-beat note, becomes a three-beat note.

Minim Rest

We also introduce the minim rest, which is, as it says, a rest of two beats.

Exercise Example:

Play for two beats, then rest for two beats:
- Exercise 1: Play, rest, rest, play, rest, rest.
- This approach allows us to kill two birds with one stone: introducing C sharp and the minim rest.

Exercises Overview

Exercise 2: Introduces the dotted minim along with C sharp "just for a bit of fun."
- Example: Bum bum bum bum bum (instead of a boring normal C).
Exercise 3: Similar to Exercise 2 but with the reversed rhythm: short-long.
Exercise 4: Revisits the time signature of 3/4.
- Here, we have one note per bar since each note is worth three beats, being all dotted minims, with a tie note at the end to round things off.

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James Rae

James Rae nació en Tyneside en 1957. Estudió clarinete, clarinete bajo, piano y composición en la Guildhall School of Music and Drama de 1975 a 1979, bajo la tutela de los profesores Yona Ettlinger, Stephen Trier, Meriel Jefferson y Patric Standford, respectivamente. Desde que dejó la Guildhall, ha desarrollado una carrera muy exitosa y variada en tres ámbitos: la interpretación, la composición y la enseñanza. James Rae ha trabajado en numerosas producciones del West End y del Royal National Theatre, incluida la galardonada Oresteia de Sir Peter Hall con música de Sir Harrison Birtwistle, y ha recibido numerosos encargos como freelance con algunas de las principales orquestas y conjuntos del país. Es el líder del Phoenix Saxophone Quartet, que a lo largo de los años ha ofrecido numerosos recitales y emisiones para la BBC, y ha grabado la obra completa de Carey Blyton en dos álbumes, 'The Return of Bulgy Gogo' y 'Sherlock Holmes meets Dr Who'. Como compositor, James Rae es uno de los autores de música educativa para viento más publicados de Europa, con más de 250 publicaciones en su haber, editadas principalmente por Universal Edition. Su música incluye cuadernos de estudio instrumental, sonatas, métodos, transcripciones barrocas, clásicas y de jazz, además de numerosos volúmenes de dúos, muchos de los cuales figuran en todos los principales programas de examen de viento del mundo. También ha escrito cuatro musicales para colegios con Mike Cornick, y entre sus encargos de mayor envergadura se encuentran The Turn of a Wheel, una gran obra para banda de concierto estrenada en noviembre de 1999 para la North Tyneside Concert Band, de la que fue miembro fundador de niño, y la obertura Moving On en 2012. James Rae ha trabajado ampliamente como asesor de programas y compositor tanto para la Associated Board como para el Trinity College London, y ha participado de forma destacada en el desarrollo de los requisitos de lectura a primera vista para viento madera de ambos comités de examen. Como profesor, ha ocupado numerosos puestos tanto en el sector público como en el privado, y actualmente trabaja en la King's College School Wimbledon, donde dirige la Wind Orchestra y la Concert Band, y en la Shrewsbury House School de Surbiton, donde entrena a tres grandes bandas y a un grupo de cámara. Esa experiencia docente recorre toda su serie de saxofón para MusicGurus, que te lleva paso a paso desde tus primeras notas hasta convertirte en un intérprete seguro y con estilo: First Notes, New Keys & Low Notes, Expanding Your Range, Scales & High Notes, Extended Range & Rhythm, y Polish & Style. read more

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La nota C#, blancas con puntillo y silencios de blanca: digitación, ejercicios e introducción

James Rae

Lesson time: (5min 3sec)

Una introducción a la nota C#, las blancas con puntillo y los silencios de blanca al saxofón alto, con digitación y ejercicios de James Rae.

Free lesson

This lesson is part of the course Saxofón: escalas y notas agudas
Watch this lesson for free below.

C Sharp

C sharp is probably the easiest note to play badly on the saxophone because it doesn't involve any fingers other than the thumbs, which you are using to hold the instrument and position it.

Important Points to Remember:

Hold the Saxophone: Think of the sax as being held by the sling rather than by your hands. The thumbs just position the saxophone rather than actually take any weight.

Playing C Sharp:

When you play C sharp, you have nothing at the front, no fingers at the front. Therefore, you have to rely on this balance for the note to work.
C sharp is a semitone higher than the standard note C, but not as high as D.

Dotted Minim

As you can see from the diagram, dotted minims are note values of three crotchet beats.

Understanding Dots on Notes:

Dot After a Note:

A dot placed after any note increases its length by 50%, regardless of the note's original length.
For instance:
- A two-beat note becomes a three-beat note.
- A four-beat note becomes a six-beat note.
- A hypothetical hundred-beat note would become 150 beats.

Clarification:

The dot does not simply add half a beat as many people think; instead, it adds half of whatever the note is worth.
Example: A dotted crotchet would be worth one and a half beats, while a minim, which is a two-beat note, becomes a three-beat note.

Exercises Overview

Exercise 2: Introduces the dotted minim along with C sharp "just for a bit of fun."

Example: Bum bum bum bum bum (instead of a boring normal C).

Exercise 3: Similar to Exercise 2 but with the reversed rhythm: short-long.

Exercise 4: Revisits the time signature of 3/4.

Here, we have one note per bar since each note is worth three beats, being all dotted minims, with a tie note at the end to round things off.

About the instructor

James Rae

Meet the guru