Saxtalk.com Harmonic Etude "Addison Street"
Saxtalk.com Harmonic Etude "Addison Street" by Rex Djere Starting on Saturday January 30, 2021, all etudes on Saxtalk.com will be named after streets in my beloved hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Addison…
I wrote a new etude for saxophone based on the chord changes to "My Future" by Billie Eilish
I tend to favor old school singers: Jon Hendricks, Biilie Holiday, Nancy Wilson, Johnny Hartman, Grady Tate, and Nat King Cole to name…
Open-Source Hand-Eye-Coordination Building for Saxophone Players with Klavaro
Summary Playing the saxophone well requires good hand coordination (i.e. for jazz improvisation, or for playing classical etudes) and good hand-eye coordination (i.e.
Bebop-Dominant Colored Scales
Our Practice Methodology The primary purpose of practicing colored scales is to improve our technical proficiency on the saxophone through high speed repetition…
Saxophone Mastery Series: Building Hand-Eye Coordination, and Improving Absolute and Relative Pitch with Colored Scales
How I Use Colored Scales What is a colored scales? A colored scale is a musical scale represented in a spreadsheet, where each…
Building Your Musical Brain by Sight-Reading at Least One Unfamiliar Piece of Music Every Day
Becoming a great sight-reader is no different than becoming a great reader of a particular written language, such as English or Mandarin. You…