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Brian Sacawa of the US Army field band visits Dr Paul Cohen, who owns an amazing collection of unusual saxophones, including the largest sax you’ve ever seen, one with a sphere on the end instead of a bell, and one … Continue reading →

From Sax.co.uk, a duet on Alto and Bass sax. and if I listen carefully, I’m sure there’s an invisible third sax

My Sax repair man commented that my 1919 Buescher Tenor doesn’t have a “Front F”, a key which would let you jump fourths between top C and top F without having to squish 3 keys with your left palm. It … Continue reading →

This week, I want to learn to play along to Hillsong’s “Oceans”. It’s in C♯ for a B♭ instrument, so this presents a bit more of a challenge; A good opportunity to improve some harder scales. Oceans – Hillsong

I’ve added 2 more versions of Amazing grace, so you can play along in C, D and G. I also had a bit of a re-arrange and tidied up a bit.

Mouthpieces (tamingthesaxophone.com) Big Dave Wilson (sax Vlogger) All about ligatures Guitar Chords Klang Wesley Methodist Church E-Chords Ultimate Guitar.com

I’m building up a collection of hymns and songs to play along to in different keys First up, a good old favourite, Amazing Grace in C (on a Tenor B♭ Sax) You’ll find the page here

Barry Caudill – http://barrycaudill.com/

Learning Sax as a teenager, I missed (or ignored) the bits about how to really practice. Here’s a great piece I found online, explaining what real practice looks like: http://lifehacker.com/5939374/a-better-way-to-practice