Tag: Saxophone Technique
A Lesson in Harmony, History, and Originality with Saxophone Hero Frank Tiberi
Tweet This article serves as the show notes for the Frank Tiberi podcast interview which you can listen to via any of the methods shown at the bottom of the page. If you’re a sax player, or improvisor on any instrument for that matter, chances are you don’t want to have to take a solo [...]
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Improving Your Sax Playing the Fast Way
Tweet I’ve recently begun to throw myself full force into practicing again. Although I’ve done quite a bit of professional playing in my day, the last few years have seen me doing a lot more work at the computer and a lot less at the horn. But unlike other periods where music performance was a more [...]
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Tips and Wisdom from Saxophone Virtuoso Greg Banaszak
Tweet This article serves as the show notes for this week’s podcast interview with Greg Banaszak. Greg Banaszak is a rare breed of saxophonist indeed. First off, let’s start with his status as, literally, one of the most esteemed classical saxophonists walking the planet at this time. The New York Times refers to him as “A [...]
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Mastering Challenging Intervals Part II – Whole Steps
Tweet This article is the first part of a series on challenging saxophone intervals. To see the other articles which comprise this series to date, please click here. In our first installment of this series, we established the importance of practicing transitioning between notes that are difficult to move between. Since last time we covered [...]
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The Klose Exercises and 6 Ways to Seriously Boost Your Playing
Tweet This guest post is from saxophone and multi-reed player, composer, recording artist, and educator Sam Sadigursky of SamSadigursky.com I recently have been working extensively with a student on the Klose book of 25 Daily Exercises for Saxophone, which are an absolute essential for any saxophonist who is looking to improve their technique. In many ways, it [...]
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Improve your Sax Playing – with Flute Exercises!
Tweet I’m always on the lookout for exercises that develop tone, technique and articulation. While I use material that is familiar to saxophonists (e.g. The Universal Method, Oliver Nelson’s Patterns for Saxophone), I also draw from methods developed for other instruments. Having started as a classical flute player (until a Charlie Parker record changed my [...]
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Louis Gerrits, The World’s Foremost Michael Brecker Historian
Tweet A Labor of Love I remember being in sixth grade and asking my sax teacher the inevitable question: “Who’s the best saxophone player in the world?” Of course, there can never be a definitive answer to a question like that, but my teacher didn’t miss a beat when he replied, “Michael Brecker.” And he [...]
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11 Tips for Improving Your Altissimo
Tweet Today’s post comes in response to a question by reader Chad Lamkin. Chad asks: I play Alto and I really just want to improve and just learn it all at the moment. I’m trying to get these altissimo notes down but the highest I can get F# and I can’t get it any higher…Would [...]
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