Apr 3 2020
The "One Note Theory" is a concept for forming an optimal saxophone embouchure (also for clarinet!).
It is based on principles I'd learned from Hon. Dr. Joseph Allard, master teacher of many world famous saxophonists and clarinetists. Among them were;
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Apr 2 2020
I recently stumbled across a video in YouTube with the title "The Only Long Tones Exercise You'll Ever Need". So naturally, I was curious to find out what that was.
Although, it was a good exercise I did find flaws…
Mar 27 2020
COMING SOON!
Keep on the lookout for my upcoming books
"The Book of EWI" Toward mastering the AKAI Electronic Wind Instrument
and
"Doubles Troubles"! Tips, Tricks, exercises, and etudes for doubling between Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet and the EWI.
Jan 20 2020
Nov 22 2019
playing "Cherokee" with guest soloist Jürgen Seefelder.
Nov 21 2019
Nov 20 2019
The topic of this audio is a subject I’ve spoken about with my peers as well as my students over the years. And that is the subject of composing.
You see, throughout musical history, the musician / performer was not…
Nov 19 2019
Hello Fan!
I've recently have been writing several arrangements for various instrumentations for SheetMusicPlus.
If you have a Saxophone Quartet, Clarinet Quintet, with or without a rhythm section, String Quartet or jazz combo, be sure to drop by and…
Nov 19 2019
With this article/sound file / pdfs, I'd like to discuss and demonstrate some of the thinking and techniques I use when I'm faced with having to solo over a dominant 7th chord for an extended solo.
In college, we often…
Nov 18 2019
All improvisers are looking for new licks and/or techniques to improve our soloing. As saxophonists, too often are we seduced to licks with many notes with sometimes some quite complicated harmonic structures. I got a little weary of that I…
Nov 17 2019
A while back someone asked me about enclosures and how to practice them for improvisation. I had to first identify what was meant by "enclosures". I realized that I've always referred to this technique as "encircling".
What I would do…
Nov 16 2019
Here's another Improv Etude over a classic jazz standard. "There Will Never Be Another You" by Harry Warren.
I've added just one technique in using alternate changes in the second part of the form. See if you can find it…