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Sax: bebop scales (Paul Williamson)

Paul Williamson explains the uses of bebop scales in jazz improvisation. In this video, Paul’s first post for Digital Pill, he describes the construction of bebop scales, jazz articulation, the use of a metronome and how bebop scales place the chord tones firmly ON the beat to create an “inside” sound in improvisation. The [...]

Sax: stratospheric sax gliss (Dean Hilson)

Dean explains how to slide effortlessly into the altissimo register of the sax in one long continuously ascending note.
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Sax: buzzing on the mouthpiece (Leo Dale)

Leo gives a sax lesson on how to warm up your tone by buzzing on the mouthpiece
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Sax: tuning the registers (Leo Dale)

Leo gives a sax lesson on how to keep the various registers of the sax in tune. Using the interval of the 6th and some handy tips he picked up from studying J. S. Bach’s cello suites.

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