Saw this video today and wanted to share it.
What you see in the video is not unlike what many students in Saxophone Tribe do with recordings.
Going from A to B in the first Lindeman exercise does not leave a lot of room for error, you can play it too fast and have a tendency to play the rhythm unevenly or one note louder than the other. But not much else can really go wrong.
Once you start getting into playing a melody, like St James or Jamaica Farewell, there are many more variables at play. It’s more like drawing a butterfly.
Almost all the time, the first draft/recording will not be perfect. With feedback and some patience, there can be a remarkable improvement.
Check out the video and let me know what you think!
KT says
Kids are so willing to learn! They fall, they get up. They try, try again and get better.
Dan says
Great video and very inspiring! I can relate to the vid as have been playing around and recording myself on a G blues improv scale as part of my warm up/ practice routine. Just coming back to it day after day for three or four days has made my confidence, melody and sound improve by way of knowing my confidence in repeating the same notes in an improv style flows smoother, like the young guy must have felt when his pencil flowed easier over the paper.
I also paint and I find the same there….. The more I practice a certain technique or colour blend, the better I get. It might sound obvious but it’s nice to see the world is not against you when you are practicing. After a while, there is an improvement and that’s the reward for dedication!
Gil says
Excellent Video, Constructive Criticism leads to Improvement. Just like Neal is trying to covey to us as Saxophone students so eventually we see the whole picture of Music so to speak, like Austin did with the Butterfly, thanks for sharing Neal.
Claudio says
It is amazing the lot of potential that could be uncovered with the right guidance!