For saxophone players with 2 years of experience, who read music, and have experience of performing. Develop your sound, technique, music reading and musicianship. Emphasis on popular music and jazz in a group class, and includes practice at improvisation.
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This is the last term of our 2nd year of study. You will develop instrumental technique and sound, music reading, musicianship skills, ensemble playing, and improvisation.
What will we cover?
- Appropriate use of scales e.g. blues, modes, in improvisation - Playing broken chords and learning chord theory - Technical aspects of playing the instrument - Aspects of related musicianship, e.g. counting, listening, reading - What to practise, and how to practise - Contribution to group performance.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Demonstrate improved confidence in your ability to play - have expanded your range of scales - Play jazz standards, pop and world tunes - Demonstrate improved tone and stamina - Improvise in a variety of musical contexts - Perform with your class.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is ideal for saxophone students who have had 2 years of serious 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 C, G, F and D, the minor pentatonic on A and D, and their chord notes. You should be able to read treble clef notation.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught through tutor demonstrations using printed and recorded music. You will play with others as an ensemble, with piano accompaniment or a backing track, and learn from one another. Practice between classes will be essential to your progress. Students will be expected to make space and time for sax practice.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
A music stand and metronome are essential for practice at home. Please bring manuscript paper and a pencil. You may be asked to buy a sax book on the advice of your tutor. Course resources are also available in the Google classroom.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Progress to Saxophone 3a in the next academic year.
David Harrison studied at Oxford Brookes university before taking a post-graduate diploma in saxophone performance at Guildhall School of Music & Drama. David has been teaching at City Lit since 1994. In 2004 he wrote a guitar player’s guide for Collins and joined Music Sales in 2005 to update the famous A Tune A Day tutor series, eventually producing over 40 titles as series editor of the relaunched A New Tune A Day books, which has since become the biggest-selling music tutor series worldwide. Since 2010, David has worked freelance writing, editing and producing mainly educational titles, including Abracadabra Beginning Theory (Collins Music); The Complete Ukulele Player (Music Sales) and most recently the Bob Dylan Complete (Hal Leonard), the authorised collection of every Dylan song, together with an extensive introduction covering Dylan’s acoustic guitar technique, his song-writing and Dylan’s place in the American folk music revival. Aside from his guitar and saxophone classes, David runs a course in song writing. a series of talks on the music of The Beatles, and a series on the songs of Bob Dylan’s 1960s albums.
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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