Bob – Page 17

2020-06-13 By Bob 17 Comments

Why Transcribing and Technique Practice Are Not Mutually Exclusive (and How to Practice Both at the Same Time)

Transcribing and technique practice are not mutually exclusive. You can—and should—use a transcribed solo to address all aspects of your playing.

2020-06-04 By Bob 2 Comments

Altissimo Fingerings – Should You Choose Easier Execution or Better Sound?

If you’ve spent any time in your altissimo register, you’ve probably asked yourself this question. Here’s how I approach it.

2020-05-23 By Bob 24 Comments

Vibrato: Common Mistakes, Practice Methods, and Performance Suggestions

Vibrato is an expressive tool, but many saxophonists overuse it (without knowing). In this lesson I’ll show you when and how to most effectively use it, as well as a great exercise to practice it.

2020-05-13 By Bob

Members Play Charlie Parker’s “April In Paris” Solo (Bebop / Doubletime)

Great work on this solo everyone! Many actually found it more challenging than last month’s Eric Alexander solo.

2020-05-09 By Bob 3 Comments

Q&A – Keeping Your Cool While Soloing, Available Tensions, and Recalling Transcriptions

Let’s learn the beautiful ballad, “Laura”

Here’s a great opportunity to focus on tone, phrasing, timing and nuance.

2020-04-25 By Bob 16 Comments

Improvisation Play-by-Play: Here’s Exactly What I’m Thinking as I Improvise My Way into a Standard

Here’s a captioned play-by-play of exactly what I’m thinking as I freely improvise. Halfway through, a tune pops into my head.

2020-04-17 By Bob 6 Comments

Q&A – Physical Warmups, Soloing with Just a Metronome, Breaking Free from Running Changes, Altissimo Glisses and More

Some of your questions from our March Q&A thread answered.

2020-04-17 By Bob 11 Comments

Takeaways From My Conversation With Chris Potter About Playing Standards

Chris Potter is still practicing standards from the 1930’s after all these years. You should be too.