Saxophone 3A
- Course Code: ME613A
- Dates: 21/09/24 - 30/11/24
- Time: 12:15 - 13:45
- Taught: Sat, Daytime
- Duration: 11 sessions (over 11 weeks)
- Location: Keeley Street
- Tutor: Sarha Moore
Course Code: ME613A
Duration: 11 sessions (over 11 weeks)
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What is the course about?
This intermediate course will extend your sax technique and repertoire of tunes. Improve your musicianship, and build upon the work covered in Saxophone level 2. This is our third year of instrumental study.
What will we cover?
- An understanding of the saxophone in popular and contemporary music
- Structured use of scales, harmony and theory
- Learn jazz standard tunes
- Extend your ability to improvise
- Saxophone ensemble playing
- Routines for practice
- Exercises to develop your musicianship.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Show improvement in your control of tone, volume and intonation
- Play written parts in sax ensemble arrangements
- Improvise over a given chord sequence (with and without music)
- Memorise your study tunes and perform them
- Recognise essential chord sequences and demonstrate an understanding of the theory behind them.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
You should be able to play the chromatic scale 2 octaves from bottom C to top C, and you should already know the major scales of C, F, Bb, G, D and A, the minor pentatonic on A, D and G, and chord tones, played with the following articulations: tongued, slurred, swing time.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught through tutor demonstration, learning tunes, associated musicianship, and playing together. Weekly practice of technical matters on the instrument.
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. You will need to purchase a saxophone tutor book on the advice of your tutor. Learning resources are also available in the google classroom.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
This course continues to Sax 3B and 3C to span the academic year.
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.
