Use the proper technique for holding a saxophone when playing;learn how with tips from our expert sax player in this free sax video music lesson. Expert: Mitch Kaplan Contact: www.ricksmusicalinstruments.com Bio: Mitch Kaplan has performed and taught music for two decades. He is also a published author of music education books and online articles. Filmmaker: JASON FREEDMAN
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Saxophone lesson – How to play a saxophone solo
This video is for tenor and alto saxophonists and you will learn some difficult scales. SimonPascal 2008
Sax Lesson – Long Tones (Dean Hilson – tenor sax) Learn to play saxophone and sax technique.
digitalpill.tv A sax lesson from Dean Hilson looks at long notes from four different angles — the growl, vibrato, dynamics and ear training. This is a technique for beginners, intermediate and advanced sax players. Learn to play saxophone long tones. Im using a 10* Otto Link with a No. 3 Vandoren ZZ and a BG Ligature L28MJ. The horn is a Selmer Mk.6, serial 123XXX. Which puts it around 1964 I think.
How to Play the Sax : Saxophone Warm-Up Routines
Practice routines for warming up on the saxophone before playing;learn how with tips from our expert sax player in this free sax video music lesson. Expert: Mitch Kaplan Contact: www.ricksmusicalinstruments.com Bio: Mitch Kaplan has performed and taught music for two decades. He is also a published author of music education books and online articles. Filmmaker: JASON FREEDMAN
Sax Lesson – Stratospheric sax gliss (Dean Hilson – tenor sax)
digitalpill.tv A sax lesson from Dean Hilson on how to glide effortlessly into the the upper register in one long ascending note, which is called a gliss or glissando. Technique for intermediate to advanced sax players. Learn to play saxophone high tones. Im using a 10* Otto Link with a No. 3 Vandoren ZZ and a BG Ligature L28MJ. The horn is a Selmer Mk.6, serial 123XXX. Which puts it around 1964 I think.
Improvising on the saxophone – Learn to play the saxophone – sax lesson – Hello Saxophone
www.HelloSaxophone.com In this video James Dóxx gives an example of a very easy tune to practice some basic saxophone improvisations with. This movie is a free demo and one of the many high quality video instructions that come with “Hello Saxophone, The easy startersguide to the saxophone”. Hello Saxophone is tailored to get you from having never touched a saxophone right up to playing your first tunes without any help from outside and without teaching yourself bad habits! Of course it’s always best to get a teacher to help you if possible but if you’re in Alaska and there isn’t one around or if you just don’t have the time or money. This is the way to do it safely without one! http The number one starters guide to the saxophone!
Learning to play the saxophone (Hello Saxophone)
Learning to play the saxophone is fun! This movie is a demo of the many instructional video’s that are included in:”Hello Saxophone (www.hellosaxophone.com) The easy starters guide to the saxophone. For more info visit www.HelloSaxophone.com The first thing to do is to put the mouthpiece up against the upper front teeth in your mouth. Put your upper teeth about halfway on top of the mouthpiece (see the picture below). Its important that you dont push your teeth on the sax! but to push the sax up against your teeth! You do this by pushing the sax forward very slightly with your left thumb and by making sure the length of the neck strap is right. Let the horn rest comfortably against your belly. When you have the mouthpiece in your mouth, push the top of the saxophone away from you gently with your left thumb. You will feel some pressure on your upper teeth. The saxophone becomes sort of stuck between your thumbs and your upper teeth. This will leave your lower jaw completely free so you can breathe in easily without the sax bumbling about in your mouth. This also allows you to control the vibrations of the reed very precisely. Put your lower lip against the reed (make sure your lower teeth dont touch the reed). Curl your lower lip a little like you would if you were biting your lip or trying to say the B in the word baby very clearly so it becomes like a cushion between your lower teeth and the reed. Tthe key to producing good sound is good breathing. Pretend youre …
Sax Lesson Chromatic improvisation Anton Delecca tenor sax Learn to play saxophone and sax technique
digitalpill.tv Anton Delecca explains the uses of chromatic scales in jazz improvisation and as a warm up excercise for sax. In this video, Anton describes three excersices for warm up that improve tone and dexterity and are very useful to enliven passages of improvisation. This video works together with the pdf download available from http
Sax Lesson: tuning the registers (Leo Dale – alto saxophone) how to play sax in tune
digitalpill.tv A sax lesson from Leo Dale on how to keep the various registers of the saxophone in tune. Using the interval of the 6th and some handy tips he picked up from studying JS Bach’s cello suites. Technique for intermediate to advanced sax players.
Sax Lesson – Bebop Scales (Paul Williamson – tenor sax) Learn to play saxophone and sax technique.
digitalpill.tv Paul Williamson explains the uses of bebop scales in jazz improvisation. In this video, Paul’s first post for Digital Pill, he describes the construction of bebop scales, jazz articulation, the use of a metronome and how bebop scales place the chord tones firmly ON the beat to create an “inside” sound in improvisation. The video together with the pdf download available from digitalpill.tv explain the uses of bebop scales over major, dominant and minor scales.