Have you ever seen a professional saxophone quartet or string quartet? Or, have you watched a conductor conduct an orchestra? Notice, I’m not using the words “heard” or “listened”, and there’s a purpose for that. In this post we’re going to talk about what you can see in a performance, and how moving (while you are playing), can help your …
Listening to professional saxophone players through recordings and live concerts is essential to your success. This will help with tone, time, technique, style, articulation, and musical phrasing. It can really accelerate how quickly you learn the saxophone. There’s another type of listening that provides huge benefits as well, which is what we will learn about today. The 1 Thing Here …
Have you ever heard of a chromatic scale? In auditions at the collegiate level (whether freshman or doctoral candidate), the professor will most likely ask the student to play a chromatic scale. Why is that? Well, you can tell a lot from a chromatic scale, but more importantly, if you can play the chromatic scale well, huge benefits are the …
We all understand learning to play the saxophone takes consistent practice, which makes it challenging and rewarding. You may also see ads stating the opposite, that you can learn the saxophone in a few months, rather than a few years The Truth There isn’t a secret formula for learning the saxophone, but there is some truth behind statements such as, …
We all know how important it is to make a good first impression. Well, music is the same. For example, when I’m judging a competition, it only takes a few seconds to see who is playing at a high level and who is not. Sure, we can tell from correct and incorrect notes, but everyone can usually play the notes …
