I am pretty sure these two topics have already been discussed, but I had a computer crash and lost some files + I cannot find them with the search function either...
1) Are there any good exercises/articles on how to play slurred octaves (from one note to the same note one octave higher) well?
2) What do tiny circles over certain notes symbolize? (Harmonics?)
Sorry to bring up these topics again , and thanks for your help!
Last edited by Bo on Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:48 am, edited 1 time in total.
Bo wrote:I am pretty sure these two topics have already been discussed, but I had a computer crash and lost some files + I cannot find them with the search function either...
1) Are there any good exercises/articles on how to play slurred octaves (from one note to the same note one octave higher) well?
2) What do tiny circles over certain notes symbolize? (Harmonics?)
Sorry to bring up these topics again , and thanks for your help!
1. I'm not sure if I have an exercise. Tomorrow when I practice I will look to see if there is anything in my books.
2. The tiny circles symbolize overblowing. That is where you finger the lower note and you speed up the air stream to cause it to jump to the next octave.
Bo.
Trevor Wye's book on Tone has a section called flexibility. You might want to take a look at those exercises. Other than that I haven't really found anything specific.
, and thanks for your help! 
