In order to improve our musicianship it is critical to improve our technique on the saxophone. We begin with a C major scale exercise that you can download. As you work through the scale exercise be sure to use a metronome. Record your progress as you increase the speed of the metronome. Do not increase […]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Master saxophonist and educator Jacob Lampe provides the following comments on proper jazz articulation: “Tongue the upbeats and slur into the downbeats. The upbeats whether swing (uneven) or straight can be lightly accented / tongued and you slur into the beats for the jazz style. dat would be more of an ending note, or short […]
There are many jazz theory and method books on the market and over the years I have purchased a great many of them. Most of these books have not been useful. In the future I will be reviewing a number of different books and communicating my thoughts. Please consider subscribing to the newsfeed at paulmaine.com […]