Hi all;
I've been working on practicing mouthpiece transitions on my double alto G, and was wondering if anyone has a song that might be good to use as a practice tool alongside more standard intervals and scales. Something whose range crosses the threshold between chambers, at least semi-frequently. Thanks in advance!
Try taking a simple narrow range tune and transpose it into different keys so the switch comes in different places?
Pick something you're really familiar with so it'll be obvious if you go wrong.
You can take a tune with figures that require leaping between chambers, such as Frank's reel or Sidney Smith's March, and then practice them slowly until you are able to play them smoothly. I would advise reading the examples below as if you were playing a D ocarina, but you can transpose the notation to the range of the DAG if that is easier, search 'abc notation transposer'.
Jack's idea of taking some tune and transposing it through sequential keys also sounds good to me.