Student Saxophone

Runyon Alto Saxophone Mouthpieces?

I was thinking about buying some GOOD mouthpieces, not cheap fake ones, but real quality alto saxophone mouthpieces. I wanted to buy three different kinds. One for concert band, one for jazz band, and another for marching band. I found this online store and it seems like the mouthpieces they sell are really good. Please [...]

Sax Lesson – Bebop Scales (Paul Williamson – tenor sax) Learn to play saxophone and sax technique.

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Paul Williamson explains the uses of bebop scales in jazz improvisation. In this video, Paul’s first post for Digital Pill, he describes the construction of bebop scales, jazz articulation, the use of a metronome and how bebop scales place the chord tones firmly ON the beat to create an “inside” sound in improvisation. The [...]

Alto Saxophone Trouble?

So, this will have been my first year in band, on the Alto Saxophone. Well, I’m using the school’s, meaning it’s gone through many an owner. I picked up on playing it correctly pretty fast, and I have a concert tomorrow night, but I’m having some trouble. When I sat down to practice, I noticed [...]

Careless Whisper by George Michael – Alto sax cover

Playing alto sax over Careless Whisper
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The Girl From Ipanema on Tenor Sax (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

I was never really happy with my old version of this, too long and too many trills in the melody. So I have retired the old one, and replaced it with this. Hope you like it. The backing is from the Real Book Play-alongs, Hal Leonard. I still don’t fully improvise over the bridge, [...]