Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Alexandre Silvério giving a LIVE lecture to the bassoon class of Arek and I in Poznan. This was streamed live on Facebook, May 26th 2020. In the video are students, graduates and teachers from the Poznan Academy of Music, some guests who joined us, and Alexandre Silvério.

OVERVIEW:
00:00, Silvério's bassoon ensemble playing
01:37, welcome / introduction
03:38, Alexandre Silvério starts
05:05, Silvério presents his book: “The Blues Scales - A Guide to Practice and Improvise for bassoon”
08:54, Silvério shows parts of his book on screen-sharing, with demonstrations
17:07, Silvério is playing with a playback which is included in his book
18:21, Silvério plays another exercise from his book
20:11, Silvério plays same exercise as 18:21, but now with the playback (all included in his book)
22:36, Q&A starts!
22:56, Question 1: “Do you find it hard to switch between being an orchestra musician and a jazz bassoonist? Do you have time for this?”
27:40, “How was your studies in Europe with Klaus Thunemann, what are you memories and impressions? And how the most classical basics affected your jazz playing?”
31:37, “Did Thunemann’s way of teaching basics affect the way you wrote your book: “The Blues Scales - A Guide to Practice and Improvise for bassoon”?
34:21, “What are the typical mistakes people make when they start to improvise? What should we avoid?”
37:43, “Who are some of your favourite jazz players nowadays?”
40:30, “Who’s your favourite classical music performer from today?”
42:31, “Do the reeds you use for classical music and jazz vary, or are they all the same reeds?”
44:34, “How to write down new musical ideas?”
48:05, “What is your opinion about bassoonist who are playing saxophone?”
52:02, “Check out Silvério’s video on how to amplify the bassoon”
52:36, “What is your warm up routine?”
54:47, “What kind of microphone do you use for recordings, and where do you place the microphones to get a good sound?”
57:07: “Recording setup for bassoon ensemble; do you use two microphones?”
57:57, “Which music beside the 20th century is the most similar to jazz? F.ex baroque composes who used to improvise a lot?”
59:37, “KOR speaks about the importance of improvisation”
1:00:14, “How do you practice the walking bass, on the bassoon?”
1:02:38, “How long time did it take for you to get comfortable with playing jazz in public, since you started with classical music?”
1:04:50, KOR asks: “Does jazz free up your fingers? Classical music often tends to make the fingers stiff.”
1:07:05, KOR compares fast classical music to metronome marks in jazz. Silverio shows metronome marks over 300 bpm.
1:09:18, “What are you thinking about while improvising?”
1:11:30, “How did you start practicing jazz? A special teacher? Listening from ear? How?”
1:13:55, “Do you believe incorporating jazz scales and improvisation is smart for young kids?”
1:15:04, jazz-fagottino / contrafagottino jokes, and ending the meeting