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 Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:19 pm
First of all, where did everybody go? It's so dead here....
Secondly, I've made it into my city's jazz band, as 1st tenor, and almost every song we're playing has a solo with the most insane changes I've ever seen. My solos sound broken and choppy as I stumble from chord to chord, without time to think of key centres or arpeggios... I feel like I'm lacking something in my practice routine...
-What are your practice routines like (if you have one)?
-How long do you practice on average?
-Have you ever played out in -10 degree weather without a coat while waiting for your director to get his keys to the club where you practice? rofl
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:22 am
OoOoO congrats on making 1st tenor!
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:31 pm
ugh
my teacher just gave me a practice regimen
technical exercises
scales
arpeggios
chords
ear training
sight reading
studies
pieces
0%#@)&(
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:53 pm
MagicKnightKenshin First of all, where did everybody go? It's so dead here.... Secondly, I've made it into my city's jazz band, as 1st tenor, and almost every song we're playing has a solo with the most insane changes I've ever seen. My solos sound broken and choppy as I stumble from chord to chord, without time to think of key centres or arpeggios... I feel like I'm lacking something in my practice routine... -What are your practice routines like (if you have one)? -How long do you practice on average? -Have you ever played out in -10 degree weather without a coat while waiting for your director to get his keys to the club where you practice? rofl before each of my solos, my teacher and i go over the chord changes. we outline the chords, do 3-7 excersises (each chord's 3rd and 7th note; great licks come from that); we play the scales, 1-2-1-2 (first and second notes of the scale), 1-2-3-5, and then approach notes to the chords. after all of this, i have a good feel of the changes, and i am comfortable enough ot apply some of my licks to them while soloing. i hope this routine might help you out.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:50 pm
I practice mainly a couple of things. First, I exercise my ear (sight singing, a crap load of transcription, chord recognition and intervalic recognition.) Technique (scales, arpeggios, patterns, rhythm, timing... And also to a degree transcription will help with this as well if you're transcribing solo's directly from your instrument... FYI, stay away from Michael Brecker solo's or at least only do one. Tis sort of redundant to do more than one.), tunes (learning, memorizing and playing over). The other thing I love to do is take a mode or a concept and improvise over it to see how long I can build it and how smooth of a descent I can make. It really helps. Transcribe Miles solo on So What and you'll see what I mean. In general, I practice about 2-10 hours a day... Usually towards the lower half. Don't feel like you have to practice rediculous amounts. Kenny Werner himself says he only practices about five minutes a day.
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:17 am
Practice? I should probably start doing that again sometime soon...lol.
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:39 pm
Thanks for all your ideas! I'll try putting them together into something that works, probably starting with arps. Also, does anyone know of a good reed/mouthpiece/ligature combination for tenor sax? I'm using rico jazz select3/ meyer 7/ stock ligature right now sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:35 pm
MagicKnightKenshin Thanks for all your ideas! I'll try putting them together into something that works, probably starting with arps. Also, does anyone know of a good reed/mouthpiece/ligature combination for tenor sax? I'm using rico jazz select3/ meyer 7/ stock ligature right now sweatdrop Wouldn't change the mouthpiece unless you don't like it, but get a D. Bonad inverted ligature. Also, try Vandoren Java's.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:51 am
Congrats on making first Tenor!
(inserts sarcasm) Practice routine? what's that? ninja
What kind of horn do you play on? I'd suggest something but there's just so many things out there to try. I need to get a better idea of what kind of sound you want.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:30 pm
sweatdrop i dont exactly have a practice schedule...
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:17 am
MHHornfreak Congrats on making first Tenor! (inserts sarcasm) Practice routine? what's that? ninja What kind of horn do you play on? I'd suggest something but there's just so many things out there to try. I need to get a better idea of what kind of sound you want. Its a mark VI. I just upgraded to rico selects (3), and I'm not sure what kind of sound I'm looking for yet. I want to develop my own sound.
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:26 pm
When I practise I usually get stuck into it and wind up practising for 2 or 3 hours in a row. I play clarinet and when I have ran out of things to play I start improvising on the blues scale it sounds cool. The blues scale is - C Eb F Fsharp G Bb C - and you can start making some really cool tunes. Of course thats only one version of it but this one sounds cool. cool cool cool This scale works on clarinet and piano. It may work on more but they're the only 2 instruments I've tried it on. I'm not in any band yet because I'm still quite young. (13 y/o)
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