saxophone
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Keep Fingers Moving During Breaths
https://vimeo.com/183035571s In response to Ludvig’s question on this lesson: When I’ve been doing these exercises I’ve been pausing my fingers when I need to take a breath just to get all the notes sounding correct.…
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2 (Better) Ways to Improve Your Saxophone Intonation & Tuning
Want to get your saxophone intonation and tuning to be pitch perfect? There are a couple things you can do rather than use a visual tuner. (I cringe anytime I see a musician “tuning up”…
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Tour of Rico Reeds Factory
Sax players: I’m taking a trip to the Rico Reeds factory today (9/19/12). Any questions you’d like me to ask them? Leave a comment here before 1pm EST (10am Pacific) and I’ll do my best…
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Everything I Want in a Pop Sax Solo
It’s not so much a solo as a beautiful texture. That’s what I always strive to add in pop settings. It’s not about leather pants, walking the bar, dark sunglasses or cool-cat-hats. It’s about pure…
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Playing All the Time
I just had a great phone conversation with my old high school friend and saxophone mentor. We reminisced about how much playing we did back then: practicing early before school, listening–critically–to music during the 30…
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Practicing Sax in the Car
I learned this trick from one of my students. He lives in France and says he’s taken to practicing sax in the car while stuck in traffic on his daily commute! Last night I played…