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Fingering Chart

Easily Create Your Own Fingering Chart

Now this is something cool. This week I came across an amazing resource for anyone who needs to create a fingering chart for any of the woodwinds. Ya know, if you’re working on lessons for students or even writing your own instructional book or e-book. Woodwind performer and educator Bret Pimentel conceived and actually developed [read more…]

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Do You Need a Mouthpiece Patch?

As saxophone players, it’s clear that nothing occupies our thoughts on a daily basis more than the question, “Should I be using a mouthpiece patch or not?” OK, I kid, but it is an interesting topic to look into as anything that can affect the “signal chain” of body to bell is something to be [read more…]

Regardless of your horn, mouthpiece, or reed, the truth is, to the outside listener, you sound pretty much like...you. It's not that gear doesn't affect your sound at all, but your biggest and richest sound will only come by developing the skills within both your body and mind to sound great on any setup.

So if you're willing to move beyond having your day ruined by a lousy reed, then sax legend David Liebman's course, Ultimate Guide to Saxophone Sound Production is where you're going to want to go next.

Broken down into bite-sized lessons, this streaming video program covers just about every single aspect of saxophone sound production. It represents his entire life's work teaching the techniques and concepts that were handed down to masters such as Michael Brecker, Bob Berg, and Harvey Pittel (among many others), and then refined over the course of decades teaching countless lessons and masterclasses worldwide. Click below to see for yourself why so many professional saxophonists consider David's thorough, methodical, and practical approach the "real deal" for players at any level.

The Ultimate Guide to Saxophone Sound Production

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The Week In Saxophone: Dec 3, 2010

The Week In Saxophone: Dec 3, 2010

Your weekly sampling of some of this past week’s saxophone-related news: Supreme Saxophonist (Kirk Whalum) Matana Roberts on The Alone Saxophone Wayne Shorter Quartet in Concert Jazz Saxophonist Dave Koz embraces change with a new album Classical Books for Sax Sax great Charles McPherson a dizzying treat Stan Getz: Anniversary! (1987) [Sorry(!), but this web page [read more…]

Practicing the Saxophone

The Organic Practice Rotation

This guest post is from Randy Hunter of RandyHunterJazz.com. I am often approached by saxophonists looking for the best way to organize their practice routines. The questions come in many different forms, but always boil down to the issues of what should be practiced and how should it be prioritized. Of course, the answer is [read more…]

Sam Sadigursky

Podcast: Sam Sadigursky on Career, Doubling, the Creative Process, and More

In this week’s podcast, we speak with saxophonist, multi-reedist, composer and recording artist Sam Sadigursky. Sam’s played and recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Brown and Brad Mehldau. He is the winner of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, the NFAA/IAJE Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship, and the John Coltrane Young Artist Award. Currently residing [read more…]

John Coltrane on Practicing, Improvisation, Favorite Albums, and More

John Coltrane on Practicing, Improvisation, Favorite Albums, and More

There’s little I can say about John Coltrane that hasn’t already been said. But one thing that I don’t hear that often is what Coltrane said about himself. After doing some poking around on the web, I can across this vibey Austin Powers-era interview with the man himself and a less-than-lovable interviewer. At any rate, [read more…]

Saxophone Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to my Sax-cateers!

For those of my compadres living in lands where the holiday of Thanksgiving is celebrated, and even those of you who aren’t, I just wanted to send my warmest thoughts for a safe and happy Turkey Day. As for me, I’ll be heading out to the ever-festive town of Palm Springs, California. So you’ll be [read more…]

Playing in Tune

Do You Play Out of Tune?

It’s one of the key factors that separates the pros from the amateurs. It’s the reason I call American Idol The Intonation Olympics, since it’s the intonation factor which so drastically affects whether or not the singer will manage to touch the viewers’ hearts. It doesn’t matter whether you sing or play an instrument, but [read more…]

Mind-Melting Chris Potter Acapella Performance

Every once in a while I come across a video that’s so amazing and inspiring that I just have to share it. This video of Chris Potter playing Charlie Parker’s confirmation sans accompaniment is more certainly one of those videos. The video is actually a part of a masterclass DVD series sold by Roberto’s Winds, and [read more…]

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How to Play Fast and Clean

One of the hallmarks of any professional musician is the clarity and evenness of the individual notes they play as part of a note-packed passage of music, such as a 16th or 32nd note run. I recently came across a helpful discovery in this area while practicing my chromatic scale. Cleanliness is Next to Godliness [read more…]

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