Playing The Instrument; How To Make Sound; Playing Songs - Roland AEROPHONE AE-20 Owner's Manual

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Playing the Instrument

How to Make Sound

Hold the mouthpiece lightly in your mouth and blow into it.
Blowing harder produces a louder sound, and blowing softer
produces a softer sound. Biting down hard on the mouthpiece
raises the pitch, and loosening your bite lowers the pitch.
MEMO
¹ Your mouth may get tired and air or saliva may tend to
leak out of your mouth more easily after you play the
instrument for a while, until you get used to playing. Be
sure to take a break every so often.
¹ The Aerophone makes sound without the reed vibrating.
Different ways you can play the Aerophone
Operation Effect
Breath strength
Volume or strength of sound
(speed)
Tonguing (how your
How quickly the sound rises (the difference
tongue is applied)/
between saying "too" or "whoo")
legato (the way you
Speed of attack and release
breathe)
Bite strength Pitch, tonal brightness, vibrato depth
Performance keys/
Scale/octave
octave keys

Playing Songs

Learning the notes C-D-E-F-G
¹ Play in a style that matches the relaxed mood of the
music.
"From the New World" 2nd mov
¹ Being aware of the long slurred phrases, play without
interruptions in the sound. Take deep breaths.
"From the New World" 2nd mov
¹ Move the keys quickly even when playing slower
songs. Moving the keys in a sluggish way may cause
unintended notes to play.
& 4 4 . Ï
¹ Try playing this with an oboe tone (P05 Woodwinds).
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A C
From Dvorak's "New World" Symphony, Op. 95, No. 9 in E minor, 2nd movement
(measures 1–8)
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Embouchure
Touch the mouthpiece with your upper front teeth at a point
about 1 cm from the tip. Let the back of your lower lip touch your
lower front teeth. Close your mouth so that your breath does not
leak out of the gaps between your mouth and the mouthpiece.
* Putting the mouthpiece further into your mouth causes the bite
effect (bite control) to be less responsive.
MEMO
The mouthpiece is a type of controller, and you use the speed
of your breathing, the strength of your bite and your tonguing
when playing the AE-20.
C4 D4
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A A C B
upper teeth
tongue
lower teeth
lower lip
E4 F4 G4
Dvorak
Dvorak
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E D
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C C
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