By practicing this same 16 bar etude over “There Will Never Be Another You” repeatedly, I’m able to iron out technical glitches and focus on time-feel and delivery.
The Philosophy of 60 Bpm
Using a metronome at 60 BPM doesn’t mean only practicing slowly, it’s all about your relationship to the pulse.
Practicing Into a Problem
Get creative and focused in a short amount of practice time.
Practice Your Execution With This Coltrane Changes Exercise
A practical way to improve your time while getting comfortable with a challenging set of chord changes.
How to Get What You Transcribe Under Your Fingers (Michael Brecker – “Syzygy”)
Here’s a very effective way to approach the transcription process.
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.
How to use one phrase to improve your technique, articulation, time feel, mental focus, and more
Be a fly-on-the-wall during a lesson I had with a young saxophonist. Learn how to harvest a TON of material from ONE phrase.
Extracting Multiple Sounds from One Scale
Learn to invent unique practice exercises & build your improvisational vocabulary from a single scale.
Mini Ranges: Limiting Scope to Improve Improvisation
We must constantly fight information overwhelm. What should we play? When should we play it? Where (on the horn) should we execute the idea? Here’s an exercise that’s great for crushing the urge to noodle mindlessly over a tune.