Tag: Music Theory
A Set of Pentatonic Scale Exercises to Super-Charge Your Technique, Ear, and Improvisation
Tweet This article was written by guest contributor, Bobby Stern, a long time professional saxophonist, jazz player, educator, Bari Woodwinds endorser and author of “The Melodic Minor Handbook: A Jazz Player’s Perspective” as well as a new self published eBook “Slick Licks That Stick!” This is a very useful series of exercises for building your chops and acclimating your ear to different [...]
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Killer Exercises to Get Your Fingers Flying Gracefully Through Every Key
Tweet This guest article is from saxophone and multi-reed player, composer, recording artist, and educator Sam Sadigursky of SamSadigursky.com. For those of you who have read my previous articles, I’m a big proponent of taking the time to get comfortable in any major or minor key. The exercises I’m going to be covering in this [...]
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Saxophone Powerhouse Eric Alexander Shares Jazz Secrets in New E-book
Tweet I had the opportunity to read world-renown saxophonist Eric Alexander’s new e-book, Improvising with the Whole Step Triad Combination Scale. The book is focused around a concept Eric refers to as the “whole step triad combination scale.” I have been a long-time fan of Eric Alexander and am extremely excited that Eric has come out with [...]
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Write an Etude, Become a Better Improviser
Tweet This guest post is from Randy Hunter of RandyHunterJazz.com. There are a lot of steps on the road to becoming a top notch jazz improviser. You learn the technical aspects of playing your instrument, practice scales and patterns, study harmony and ear training; then you have to work at assembling your ideas in a creative [...]
Category: Best of the Blog, Best Saxophone Tips and Techniques
Three Quick Lessons from Three Classic Sax Licks
Tweet This guest post is from world touring keyboard player Steve Nixon. He is the owner of the jazz education website www.freejazzlessons.com. Ok, saxophone players. I have a confession to make right off the bat. Even though I’m a piano player I’ve always had a secret connection to the saxophone. The first time I heard [...]
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Musically Stuck! So What Gives?
Tweet Let me get this right; you practice long-tones, scales, exercises and patterns from a popular saxophone method book – every day – but you’re still not experiencing the progress you expect. Maybe you’ve been working to learn a particular tune for some time, but just can’t seem to make the improvements you desire. You [...]
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10 Sources of Inspiration for Saxophone Players
Tweet Is that once-burning desire to burn on the horn starting to flicker? Are the hours you used to devote to practicing now in jeopardy of being traded in for hours in front of a TV set and a bag of Ruffles? Or maybe you’re still practicing your tush off, but progressing at a snail’s [...]
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Audio Master Class Interview with Tim Price
Tweet With this post, we continue on to the second installment in the kickoff to my upcoming saxophone instructional program called Bulletproof Saxophone Playing. This time we’ve got an inspiring master class interview with the incredibly passionate Tim Price – a world class saxophonist and music educator who’s played alongside jazz’s greatest names in the [...]
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