Saxophone Practice Challenge – Day 4

Saxophone Challenge
Day 04 – Eliminate Distractions!

What is your saxophone environment like?
Do you practice on a bridge?
That’s what Sonny Rollins did, seemed to work for him.
But… if you don’t have a convenient bridge for saxophone practice, then you might just want to optimize what you do have.
Practicing in a room with good acoustics or even just [...]

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Saxophone Practice Challenge – Day 3

Saxophone Challenge
Day 03 -Saxophone Practice Routine

This challenge is all about creating the habit of practicing at least 10 minutes a day on saxophone.
So you should figure out a time & place to play.  And also having an idea of what you’re going to practice will help.
Your practice routine can include long tones (for your tone), [...]

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Saxophone Practice Challenge – Day 2

Saxophone Challenge
Day 02 – Finding Three Saxophone Players
Day 2 is all about finding and listening to great saxophone players.  Exploring sounds on saxophone will help you develop your own sound.   By the end of Day 1, you should have three saxophone players you would like to listen to more.  Here is a list to help [...]

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Saxophone Practice Challenge Day 1

Saxophone Challenge
Day 01 – Saxophone Challenge!
Over the next thirty days, commit to practicing your saxophone at least ten minutes per day.
The combination of musical elements that you should use and practice are:
Feel/Emotion, Dynamics, Rhythm, Tempo, Tone, Phrasing, Space/Rest, Notes, Articulation/Duration,Technique, and Listening (from Victor Wooten).
Understanding how the elements of music work together is crucial to [...]

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The Saxophone Dip

When you play stuff you know on saxophone, it sounds good.
When you play stuff you don’t know, it doesn’t sound as good at first…..
So it might be tempting just to play stuff you know.

However, if you never grow as a player, you won’t be that interesting to listen to and you yourself might start feeling [...]

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