For sax players with a year's experience, who read music and have some experience of performing. Develop your tone, technique, reading and musicianship, playing popular styles, world music and jazz, with some opportunity to improvise.
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This course follows on from Saxophone level 1 and is our second year of study.You will develop instrumental technique and sound, music reading, musicianship skills, ensemble playing, and improvisation. We'll play popular, jazz and world music pieces for solo sax and ensemble.
What will we cover?
- Appropriate use of scales e.g. blues, minor, mixolydian,etc., in improvisation - Playing broken chords and exploring chord theory - Technical aspects of playing the instrument - Aspects of related musicianship, e.g. counting, listening, reading, harmony - What to practise, and how to practise
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Demonstrate improved confidence in your ability to play - Play saxophone standard tunes - Demonstrate improved tone and stamina - Improvise on the study tunes.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is for saxophone players who have had at least one year of musical study. Any other instrumental experience will be of advantage. You must be able to play 2 octaves from bottom C to top C, and you should already know the major scales of G, C, F and D, and the minor pentatonic on A and D. You should also understand treble clef notation and rhythm.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught by tutor demonstrations, use of audio, youtube, books and printed music. You will play with piano accompaniment and backing tracks. Students are expected to make space and time for practice between classes.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
A music stand and metronome are essential for practice at home. Have manuscript paper and a pencil for the classes. You will be required to buy a saxophone book on the advice of your tutor. Extensive resources are available also in the google classroom.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
This course continues to Sax 2B and 2C to form a year of study.
Sarha is an experienced teacher and gigging musician, performing on the saxophone, arranging and composing on the piano, in classical, jazz and world music genres. Her principal band, Bollywood Brass Band, is the UK’s pioneering Indian-style wedding band, performing tunes and compulsively danceable rhythms of Bollywood films. Twice nominated for Songlines World Music Awards, the band has performed across the world in concerts, festivals, and Indian weddings in the UK, Europe, India, Thailand and South Africa. Sarha played with Ghanaian Highlife band Orchestre Jazira, and socialist big band, The Happy End. She also plays in the Charlie Mingus jazz cover band Hog Callin’, The Great Yiddish Parade marching band and Freylekh klezmer band. Sarha’s specialist area is World Music, and she has a PhD on the study of the Flattened Supertonic across different cultures. At CityLit she teaches jazz and classical piano, saxophone, world music styles (practical and academic courses), musicianship and music theory.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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