January 2010

Archive For January 2010

Beyoncé – Halo – Alto and Tenor Saxophone Duet

This is me, charlez360, playing my Yamaha (YAS-275, 4C mouthpiece) Alto saxophone and my Jean-Baptiste (480T, Dukoff D7 mouthpiece) to Beyoncé Knowles’ hit, “Halo.” I actually heard this yesterday for the first time. I feel like a douche because I had never heard it before, and it’s been so popular.
Ok, I pick up [...]

Filed under: Student Saxophone by admin - 5 January 2010, Comments

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

http://digitalpill.tv
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 [...]

Filed under: Student Saxophone by admin - 27 December 2009, Comments

Careless Whisper by George Michael – Alto sax cover

Playing alto sax over Careless Whisper
Duration : 0:5:3

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Filed under: Student Saxophone by admin - 21 December 2009, Comments

KC Tone Ligatures

Short description of the *NEW* KC Tone Ligature. This is the first product of many that Mark Farmer of B.A.C. Horn Doctor Inc. is introducing under the KC Tone brand. Stay tuned to our channel for more products down the road!
Duration : 0:2:54

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Filed under: Musical Instruments Woodwind by admin - 21 December 2009, Comments

Swing Supreme tenor sax jazz improvisation ii-V-I

Ian Boyter of Swing Supreme, Edinburgh, improvises over a ii-V-I sequence. (you can get the backing track from Watch & Learn Inc.) The sax is a 1949 Selmer Super Balanced Action with a number 8 Otto Link Super Tone Master mouthpiece and a medium soft La Voz reed. Underpants by Jeep, Tee shirt and jeans [...]

Filed under: Student Saxophone by admin - 1 December 2009, Comments
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