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Masterclass

The Basics
of piccolo playing

1  7  14  24  April

Class 1   |   Start: 2pm (UTC)   |   Duration: 45 minutes
(Los Angeles 7am, NY 10am, London 3pm, Rome 4pm, Paris 4pm, Pechino 10pm, Tokyo 11pm)

Class 2   |   Start: 3pm (UTC)   |   Duration: 45 minutes
(Los Angeles 8am, NY 11am, London 4pm, Rome 5pm, Paris 5pm, Pechino 11pm, Tokyo 12pm)

Class 1   |   Start: 2pm (UTC)   |   Duration: 45 minutes
(Los Angeles 7am, NY 10am, London 3pm, Paris 4pm, Pechino 10pm, Tokyo 11pm)

Class 2   |   Start: 3pm (UTC)   |   Duration: 45 minutes
(Los Angeles 8am, NY 11am, London 4pm, Paris 5pm, Pechino 11pm, Tokyo 12pm)

Day 1

  • Brief introduction to the piccolo flute

  • Introduction to the concept of the three Check Points and their hierarchy (and integration)

  • Support work with vocals
  • Work on low notes

  • Questions

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Score

Day 2

  • Questions about the previous meeting
  • Physical and mental general flexibility

  • The three types of flexibility: large intervals, dynamics and intonation
  • The concept of articulation (mainly legato and staccato)
  • Working on the three types of flexibility
  • Questions

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Day 3

  • Questions about the previous meeting
  • Scales: the three types of scales

  • Arpeggios
  • The critical points of our mechanism

  • Working on these 3 topics

  • Questions

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Score

Day 4

  • Questions about the previous meeting
  • The “expressive” piccolo
  • Why working on easy melodies

  • Working method on easy melodies

  • Prompt: three easy melodies to work with
  • Vibrato and legato 
  • Questions

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Score