If you're an experienced saxophone player, come and extend your technique, musicianship and performance skills. The emphasis will be on playing pop, jazz, world music, developing your musicianship, and improvising.
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Continue to develop your saxophone playing and musicianship as a progression from Sax 3. New students who are experienced players with a working knowledge of harmony and music theory are welcome to join.
What will we cover?
- Structured use of all 12 major and minor keys - focus on jazz styles and skills - Students will be encouraged to write their own exercises and share good practice - Regular opportunity to improvise - Extend your repertoire of tunes
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Demonstrate improved tone and musicianship skills - Design a personal practice plan for future development - Improvise with greater ease and confidence - show a working understanding of the jazz and pop idiom.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is ideal if you have successfully completed Sax 3 or a previous edition of Sax 4, or can show an equivalent level of competence on your instrument and musical experience. You should be able to play all major and relative minor scales and arpeggios, keep time well, and read music in all common time signatures. Experience of playing across the VI II V I sequence is desirable.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught in a lively group class with weekly practice of technical matters, memorising tunes, and playing solo and as an ensemble. Reference recordings will be in use, and play-along tracks. Technical practice week to week and learning the study tunes is essential.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Students will be expected to make space for regular practice. A music stand, metronome and access to a piano or keyboard are essential to your personal practice. Learning resources are also available in the google classroom.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
This course continues through the academic year as ME614B and C.
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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