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Training Flexibility for Saxophonists by Using Throat and Oral Cavity Exercises (2020)

Youkyoung Chang
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. Name: Youkyoung Chang 2. Main subject: Saxophone 3. Research supervisor: Pete Saunders 4. Title of research: Training Flexibility for Saxophonists by Using Throat and Oral Cavity Exercises 5. Research question: What does a saxophonist need to do to gain throat flexibility to accurately perform overtones, altissimo register, glissando, pianissimo dynamics in extreme ranges, large interval leaps and singing while playing? 6. Summary of the results. This research is a guide to show a way of practicing to increase saxophone player’s throat flexibility. It is for students who are not able to control their throat when they play other saxophones which are not their main instrument. The specific skills dealt with in this paper are overtones, altissimo, glissando, singing while playing, large intervals and high and low registers with pianissimo dynamics, because all these techniques benefit from throat flexibility. Many people just study these techniques without understanding the principles. These principles are clearly described, and many exercises are given to develop the skills. Since it is required in most of these techniques to maintain throat flexibly, it is one of the most important areas of study. There are several method books and articles to help with this, but the methods are only focused on physical practice. This research attempts to present a way to practice with balance between mental and physical study. 7. Short biography (max 100 words) Youkyoung Chang is a classical saxophonist from South Korea. She studied her bachelor program in Sunshin Women’s University in Seoul. She has won various awards and gave performances in several wind orchestras in Korea as a guest member, as well as teaching young students and also adults. She came to the Netherland and entered the Royal Conservatorium in den Haag with a Holland Scholarship. Youkyoung has attended lessons and masterclasses with world-renowned saxophonists such as A.Bornkamp, V.David, J.S.Bunert. Currently, she is studying in the master program with Excellence scholarship and is a student of Raaf Hekkema.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsMusical Training Performance & Cognition, Technique
date22/01/2020
published19/08/2020
last modified19/08/2020
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightYoukyoung Chang
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/517399/723907
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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