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Saxophone lessons
Basic Saxophone
- Introduction to the Saxophone
- Level of competency
- Holding positions
- Neck straps and body position
- Mouthpiece selection
- Embouchure control
- Fingering chart
- Basic fingerings
- Reading music basic fundamentals
- Basic music theory concepts
- Basic ear training – notes, intervals and chords
- Beginning Blues licks and songs
- Learning songs familiar such as “Mary had a little lamb”
- Learning songs – Amazing Grace
- Learning songs – Christmas songs
- Learning songs – All of me
- Learning songs – All the things you are
- Learning songs – Mr. PC
Intermediate Saxophone
- Introduction to Intermediate Saxophone
- Warm up to play controlled tones
- Warm up to refresh all major scales
- Warm up to refresh all natural minor scales
- Warm up to refresh all diminished scales
- Warm up to refresh all harmonic minor scales
- Warm up to refresh all pentatonic and blues scales
- Starting to implement improvisation with learned content
- Beginning using modes in improvisation
- Using Vibrato
- Putting a practice schdule together
- Practice songs – Blue Bossa
- Practice songs – Blues
- Practice songs – Mr. Magic
- Practice songs – All of me
- Practice songs – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
- Practice songs – Ballads
Advanced Saxophone
- Introduction to Advanced Saxophone
- Improvising focusing on the root, third, fifth and seventh
- Improvising Combining chord tones and non-chord tones
- Improvising using blues scales and chord tones
- Improvising using blues scales, chord tones and focus of 9th
- Improvising using sliding techniques
- Improvising using jazz lines and techniques
- Improvising using chromaticism
- Double and rapid tonguing
- Finding melody endings for phrases
- Altissimo fingerings and practice
- Using Altissimo in playing
- Advanced soloing – Blue Bossa
- Advanced soloing – Rhythm Changes
- Advanced soloing – Straight no Chaser
- Advanced soloing – Mr. Magic
- Advanced soloing – Recorda Me
- Advanced soloing – Pop and R&B songs
Music Theory 101
Learn basic harmonic theory. From note identification to scale and mode construction. We will also examine key signatures, interval recognition, introduction to melody, chord construction, and available tensions. In this course, you will learn the principles of diatonic chord progressions and analysis
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