The more you listen to different styles of saxophone music, the easier it will be for you play by ear. Some of the best sax musicians include Sam Rivers, Joe Henderson, and John Coltrane.[20] Community Q&A Question Is a saxophone harder than a clarinet? Community Answer No. The ...
By Ramon Ricker. Saxophone Book & CD. Improvisation is at the heart of Jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correct in a large Jazz ensemble is also a necessity. How to Play Lead Alto Saxophone in a Big Band offers tips, suggestions, examples, and
As a young child, I am a little embarrassed to admit that I had private one-on-one recorder lessons. These progressed to private clarinet lessons….but I was always watching the saxophones in the school concert band. Then when I was 14 years old I got my first saxophone. It was a ch...
The number one way to sound better as a beginner ukulele player is to tune your ukulele.Your audience will thank you for it and you’ll be inspired and even surprised by the beautiful sound you create!A lot of new ukulele players don’t realize the ukulele has to be tuned frequently to...
Benny Goodman. Called the “King of Swing”; one of the greatest jazz clarinet players ever; first jazz musician to play Carnegie Hall; because he was white, Goodman helped popularize jazz music with white Americans; one of the first bandleaders to lead an integrated orchestra. ...
However, if you play that same pitch of C on your clarinet, that C actually will sound like a B-flat in concert pitch because the clarinet is a transposing instrument. In order for that piece to sound the same on a flute and clarinet, we’ll need to transpose each of the notes by ...
(She’d been playing piano since age 5 or 6) We tried one, and she had excellent tone and rhythm, but she didn’t quite have enough arm strength to hold up the instrument for long periods of time. We switched her to the lighter clarinet for a few years, and now at 11, she is ...
Personally, in my development as a Raqs sharqi dancer, I only heard this term after I had been taking lessons for about three years and I find that it is not one of the first concepts you may come across as a beginner. Yet, dancing totaqsimis an experience that can help you grow a...