Here’s how I set my reeds up to give them the best chance of responding evenly.
Archives for July 2014
Alto for Tenor Players: What You Need to Know (3 lessons)
Do you need to play alto and tenor? Should you? Let’s examine some pros and cons, as well as helpful strategies for making it easier to switch from your primary to secondary horn—without equal practice time.
Think it. Say it. Play it. – How Visualization Can Help You Improvise
Ever feel like you’re behind on the changes? Like the song constantly gets away from you, no matter how hard you try to keep up? You practice so many things, but playing something intelligent over the changes to a tune keeps slipping through your fingers?
This technique will radically transform the way you think about improvising.
The Confident Improviser (7 lessons)
This 90-minute master class explores triggers that cause you to feel nervous while playing, and techniques you can adopt to counteract that.