Tag: tenor

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.

Hear and Play Tenor Saxophone 101 : The notes of the scale on the tenor sax along with breathing and fingering technique!

George Shelby, from the Hear and Play Tenor Sax learning dvd, teaches you the notes of the tenor sax in this simple clip. It’s a few minutes of a mega multi-hour course on playing by ear (with no sheet music). Learn how to solo over chord patterns, and how to play the tenor sax freely by ear. www.TenorSaxToday.com George Shelby has played with greats such as Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Caldwell, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, and Johnny Hallyday!

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.

How to Play Tenor Saxophone : What is Saxophone Embouchure?

Saxophone embouchure is how your mouth, reed and mouthpiece interact when playing a sax; learn more with tips from our expert tenorsax player in this free sax video music lesson. Expert: Dave Birkin Bio: Dave Birkin has been a sought after saxophonist for over thirty years and teaches at the Lexington Music Center and Canton Public Schools. Filmmaker: Paul Ferguson

Can you learn to play a Sax without a teacher?

I don’t know if I can get a teacher where I live, and I’m unsure about paying one. I’d much rather learn myself. Is this possible?
Response to "The fact that you are "unsure about paying one" seems to indicate that you are not really committed to learning an instrument. "

1) It is that money is something I don’t have to freely give away. And,
2) If I learn myself? And I become very good? I’d love to be able to say that it was because of my own hard work and determination, rather than the aid of an expert.
In response to "What kind are you playing? alto? "

Tenor.