Exercise 15

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Exercise 15 develops your high range and improves your tone and control.

To play Exercise 15

• Take a deep full breath
• Aim right in the middle of your mouthpiece
• Tongue the first note cleanly
• Play as brick-shaped notes as possible
• Make the slurs happen as suddenly as possible
• Play a long controlled decrescendo on the last note

It's imperative that you control the decrescendo from Place #6. If you don't you'll get a wobbly decrescendo, or a note that stops speaking or your tone will go dull. Keep a bright tone color all the way until the note fades out.