About Nick Mainella

http://www.nickmainellamusic.com

Nick Mainella is a Boston based saxophonist and educator. He also runs the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson Podcast and keeps an active blog, video lessons, and Skype lessons at his website. Nick also plays with ensembles such as, The Soggy Po' Boys, Sojoy, and Jazzsputin and The Jug Skunks. You can reach Nick with any questions or help with the concepts in any of his articles at: NickMainellaMusic@gmail.com.

Posts by Nick Mainella:

comprehensive-saxophone-warmups

Comprehensive Saxophone Warmups Using Intervallic Exercises

I’m guessing that each and every one of you reading this practice scales on a regular basis. It’s one of the first things that we learn and something that is reinforced throughout our lives in school or when taking lessons. Scales are amazing. I’m a huge fan and I believe they are a necessity for [read more…]

diatonic-chromaticism

Using Chromaticism to Elegantly Weave In and Out of Chord Changes

I used to struggle with chromaticism in my solos. I wanted nothing more than to achieve that bebop sound, weaving in and out of chord changes effortlessly and never repeating myself. It wasn’t until I consciously sat down and came up with some exercises geared specifically toward this concept that it started to come out [read more…]