How to Execute Jazz Articulation- Chris Farr

Eastman
16 Aug 201204:43

Summary

TLDRChris Far explica técnicas de articulación en el jazz para saxofón. Recomienda articular en los tiempos débiles de las corcheas en vez de en todos los tiempos o en ninguno, lo que resulta en un sonido que no swingsa. Sugiere practicar con escalas articulando solo en los tiempos débiles, luego aplicarlo a melodías de bebop como Scrapple from the Apple de Parker. La idea es relajar la lengua para que no suene muy cortante pero manteniendo el swing con la articulación.

Takeaways

  • 😀 The common mistake is to over-articulate or under-articulate jazz playing
  • 😊 The rule of thumb is to tongue the upbeats of eighth note lines
  • 🎵 Demonstrates over-articulating an ascending and descending major scale
  • 🎹 Suggests practicing articulation slowly without rushing tempo
  • 🔑 It's important to practice articulation in all keys using different fingerings
  • 🎼 Swing feel comes more from articulation than laying back the beat
  • 🎷 Can apply over-articulation method to bebop tunes like Scrapple From The Apple
  • 😖 Over-articulating the downbeats makes things too choppy
  • 🎶 Should relax the tongue so articulation isn't too heavy
  • 🙂 Proper jazz articulation should help the playing swing harder

Q & A

  • ¿Cuáles son las articulaciones comunes incorrectas en el jazz?

    -Las articulaciones incorrectas comunes en el jazz son o bien articular en exceso, dando un sentimiento choppy a las corcheas, o bien no articular lo suficiente, dando un sonido difuso a través de la línea de corcheas.

  • ¿Cuál es la regla general para la articulación del jazz?

    -La regla general para la articulación del jazz es ser capaz de articular con la lengua los tiempos débiles de una línea de corcheas.

  • ¿Cómo se puede practicar la articulación del jazz?

    -Se puede practicar tocando una escala mayor simple, articulando los tiempos débiles, comenzando muy despacio y sin apresurarse a aumentar el tempo.

  • ¿La articulación afecta el swing?

    -Sí, gran parte del swing se genera con una buena articulación, no es necesario marcar tanto el swing en el ritmo de las notas.

  • ¿Qué melodía bebop se recomienda para practicar la articulación?

    -Una buena melodía bebop para practicar la articulación exagerada es Scrapple from the Apple de Charlie Parker.

  • ¿Por qué no se debe apresurar el tempo al practicar la articulación?

    -No se debe apresurar el tempo porque es importante desarrollar control y relajación en la articulación antes de aumentar la velocidad.

  • ¿Cómo suena una articulación relajada?

    -Una articulación relajada, sin atacar en exceso con la lengua, debería sonar más swing y menos choppy.

  • ¿En qué se nota cuando se articula en exceso?

    -Cuando se articula en exceso, los tiempos fuertes empiezan a sonar muy choppy.

  • ¿Cuál es el propósito de hacer preguntas y respuestas sobre este guión?

    -El propósito es profundizar en la comprensión del tema, ofreciendo ideas y aclaraciones adicionales donde sea necesario.

  • ¿Cómo se puede mejorar esta sección de preguntas y respuestas?

    -Se puede mejorar asegurándose de que la salida final esté bien estructurada y sea fácil de navegar para el lector.

Outlines

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🎷 Articulación en el Jazz

Chris Farr, representante de Eastman Saxophones y presidente del departamento en la Universidad de las Artes de Filadelfia, aborda la articulación en el jazz, destacando su importancia y la confusión común sobre cómo ejecutarla correctamente. Farr desmiente la idea de que se debe articular cada nota o no articular ninguna, lo cual puede resultar en una ejecución entrecortada o demasiado fluida de las notas. Propone como regla básica la articulación de los tiempos fuertes en líneas de corcheas, utilizando una escala mayor hasta la novena y de regreso, para practicar la articulación exagerada de estos tiempos. Emphasiza la importancia de practicar lentamente en todas las tonalidades y adaptar la técnica a melodías de bebop, como 'Scrapple from the Apple' de Charlie Parker, para evitar la rigidez en los tiempos fuertes y fomentar una ejecución que verdaderamente balance.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡articulation

How notes are connected or separated when playing music. The narrator discusses issues like over-articulating (separating too much) or under-articulating (not separating enough). Proper articulation helps give the music a swing feel.

💡tonguing

Using the tongue to briefly interrupt the air stream while playing a wind instrument. This is done to articulate or separate the notes. The narrator demonstrates tonguing on the upbeats.

💡eighth notes

Notes that last half as long as quarter notes. Swinging eighth notes is an important part of jazz phrasing. The narrator practices articulating on the upbeats of eighth note lines.

💡major scale

A basic scale consisting of eight notes in a specific whole-step and half-step pattern. The narrator uses a major scale pattern to practice articulation.

💡swing feel

The laid back, syncopated groove in jazz music. The narrator explains articulation is key for getting the right swing feel.

💡bebop

A fast, complex style of jazz from the 1940s. The narrator recommends practicing articulation on bebop melodies like Charlie Parker's.

💡downbeats

The accented first beat of each measure. The narrator warns over-articulating causes the downbeats to sound too chopped up.

💡slurring

Smoothly connecting notes without articulation. The narrator says he's not totally slurring some notes while practicing articulation.

💡relax the tongue

Not articulating too forcefully or separated. This helps avoid a choppy sound.

💡dig in

Articulate very sharply, like “digging into” the reed with the tongue. The narrator says to avoid digging in too much.

Highlights

La regla general para la articulación del jazz en mi opinión es poder pronunciar los tiempos más débiles de una línea de corcheas

No hay necesidad de apresurarse a aumentar el tempo; quiere poder hacerlo en todas las tonalidades

Gran parte del swing está en tu articulación, no tanto en el ritmo de corchea con puntillo y semicorchea

Transcripts

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hi i'm chris far here with andreas

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Eastman saxophones and also the

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department chair at the University Arts

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in Philadelphia what I'm going to talk

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about is jazz articulation it's kind of

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a mystery sometimes about where you

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should how you should do it and I've

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developed and also taken some exercises

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from prior teachers to help me do that

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the common misconception is either to

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over articulate or under articulate

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meaning sometimes people try and tongue

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every note and it starts to have like a

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choppy feel to your eighth notes or some

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people don't articulate at all so it's

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kind of a smeary sound across the eighth

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note line the basic rule of thumb for a

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jazz articulation in my opinion is to be

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able to tongue the upbeats of an eighth

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note line so what I'll take is just a

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simple major scale and play it up to the

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ninth and back down to the root with no

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break a bunch of times one after another

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and I'll over articulate this time the

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upbeat so you can really hear where I'm

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articulating so it's clear to tongue it

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the upbeats I'll have to tongue the very

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first two notes just to get the pattern

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started but then after that we'll be

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exclusively upbeat articulation

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mmm

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all right so really it's not a bad idea

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to do that for a while at a very slow

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tempo and over articulate it don't be

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rushed to to push the tempo and you want

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to be able to do it in all your keys

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because as I did it in G now I'm going

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to do it in a flat there's a lot of

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different finger combinations and it's a

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flats got a sound as good as any other K

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so I'll take it up for now and half

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steps

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mmm

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alright now I'll gradually notice right

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now I'm not really swinging the 8th note

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I'm just placing the tongue with more of

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a straight eighth note feel and you'll

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find it you don't have to swing your

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eighth note like so many people describe

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it as a dotted eighth 16th it's

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laid-back for your swing feel a lot of

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it is your articulation so as I push the

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tempo it should feel and feel like a

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nice swing feel alright

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now the next step is I would adapt it to

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a bebop melody probably a good one to do

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would be Charlie Parker's scrapple from

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the Applewood probably a good one over

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articulated would sound like tonguing I

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can't even do it you know it's and what

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happens is that you'll notice that the

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downbeats get real choppy alright so if

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I'm going to I'm going to over

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articulate now so that you can maybe

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pull up the melody and look at what it

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is and you can hear clearly where I'm

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articulating all right I'm tonguing

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since the first note isn't upbeat I can

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start right there and I'm not totally

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slurring it either all right so as you

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get used to it and become more relaxed

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you don't have to really dig in to the

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tongue you can relax the tongue so it

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doesn't get too choppy and hopefully

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something more like okay so you get the

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idea and it's hopefully it'll swing a

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little harder hopefully I'll be helpful

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with your jazz articulation

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you

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