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One time I went to a jazz competition at CSU Hayward and the clinician, a famous saxophone player, asked for volunteers to come on stage. So a trumpet player and I went up to the stage. He was getting us to play the song ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’ – a standard tune that I didn’t know. Then he tried teaching it to me by ear on stage, on the spot…. I was having some trouble with it. And my sax teacher at the time was in the audience too.
After the clinic, I went back and learned that song! Realized that learning more music by ear will prepare me better for situations like this.
Playing saxophone in front of an audience….. it can be nerve wracking. Especially if there’s any piece of it that you’re not completely comfortable with.
Getting the confidence to play comfortably allows you the stuff that you know. Building that confidence involves mastering the different dimensions of saxophone and having songs and ideas to play.
A simple melody played by a true musician can bring a silence over the crowd.
The solo rendition of Amazing Grace can be breathtaking.
And as you play a song like that, you get enraptured by the music, you’ll forget about the people and even the time and place. You’ll connect with the music, with the composer, with those who have played it before you.
Music is the language that you’ll speak. And the audience will understand and respond. You’ll see emotions on their face as you play, you may even get them to dance. And afterward, you’ll hear the applause see excited faces all around you and get to talk to people who are now fans.
There Are Many, Many Dimensions to Playing Saxophone!
Sounding good on sax is not a simple task
With some help, you can improve quickly though.
People sometimes will throw questions at you about how you learned, how long you’ve been playing, who taught you.
Even if you’ve only been playing saxophone for a little while, people will think that you’ve spent years mastering it if you sound good.
And it’s not advanced harmonic theory that you learn at music school that will make the audience enjoy your music….
The methods of learning music can be simplified depending on what you want to play. Not every sax player needs to know the theory necessary to play and compose music like Charlie Parker did.
If you have wanted to learn saxophone or set it aside for a number of years, pick it up again! You can play the music you want to play by practicing in your free time.
It’s a great anti-depressant! And it won’t cost you that much money.
If you enjoy the music, the scales won’t seem tiresome and exercises that have a definite payoff will make more sense. The process of learning saxophone is one to have fun with.
Feel free to check out the Free Saxophone Demonstration Lessons from Sax Station.
You’ll promptly be sent video and audio lessons that you can quickly start in on.
Might even be surprised at how easy it is to play some things on saxophone.
And as you play more it will get easier and easier. Before you know it, you’ll be playing all the pieces you like best. Ballads, swing, funk, Latin, classical, jazz.
Even if you don’t see yourself as having a special talent in music. You can become an accomplished saxophone player, someone people want to hear.
Whether you’re a beginning sax player or a seasoned performer, joining the Saxophone Tribe can help you.
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