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john replied to the topic Happy New Year 2022 in the forum Saxophone Tips 2 years, 8 months ago
@sxpoet sure can be the horn as they are all different for intonation…that’s the reason we sax players need to work with a tuner.
a different fingering might help….I only put a couple options in my altissimo course, have you tried more than one? -
john replied to the topic Happy New Year 2022 in the forum Saxophone Tips 2 years, 8 months ago
happy new year to you as well!
glad to hear you are still on the practice plan. good luck. I hope to upload a page soon on tuning, working with a tuner etc….I think of all things saxophone this is probably the most needed improvement by most…so stay tuned for that…pardon the pun! -
john replied to the topic Happy New Year from My Front Porch (An annual tradition) in the forum Your Video 2 years, 8 months ago
that’s great Robert…happy new year!
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john replied to the topic Sax is a transposing instrument ? in the forum General Questions 2 years, 8 months ago
well said Keith…I would just add (in case you’re not immediately familiar with what the minor 3rd would be)…
count up 3 semi-tones from your alto note; so from B count up the next 3 notes (not including the B); C, C#, Dthat’s your easy and fool-proof way to figure it out
there is a more detailed explanation on the blog…[Read more]
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john replied to the topic Tequila Bb music is actually in Eb for alto in the forum Registration or Download Issues 2 years, 8 months ago
yes will do…sorry I was updating some things and got some wires crossed.
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john replied to the topic New Years Music in the forum Repertoire 2 years, 8 months ago
that’s an interesting story William…makes sense cause he’s known to be the kind who marches to his own drum beat.
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john replied to the topic O HOLY NIGHT in the forum Your Video 2 years, 8 months ago
yes noticable improvements…way to go Leo!
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john replied to the topic On The Sunny Side Of The Street in the forum Your Video 2 years, 9 months ago
very cool Simon…where’s the drummer?
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john replied to the topic Santa Claus is Coming to Town in the forum Recording Your Saxophone 2 years, 9 months ago
nicely done Mike …you guys are in tune too!
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john replied to the topic Frosty in the forum General Questions 2 years, 9 months ago
which reeds are you guys using with the fatboys?
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john replied to the topic Pic from NAMM a few years back in the forum Share a Video 2 years, 9 months ago
thanks sp! and thanks Mike! was thinkin about NAMM the other day as they are emailing invites again….it’s that time of year and it was only virtual last time or 2.
It was a real pleasure meeting Nadir as well….great guy and what a collection of mp’s he was carrying!
I really don’t feel like traveling to the States right now tho. -
john replied to the topic Frosty in the forum General Questions 2 years, 9 months ago
hey Jake, right on thanks!
I got the Durga 2-3 years ago cause heard a lot of good things. ya I like it. it hasn’t replaced my Guardalas but I did some live shows a couple weeks ago and did something to my MBI and just haven’t had the time to fix it yet. I slapped the durga on and it’s been on ever since. with the right reed it’s pretty good…[Read more] -
john replied to the topic 12/8 time in the forum Music Theory 2 years, 9 months ago
when you’re comfortable reading compound time the goal is still to count in 4.
each group of 3 8th notes is a quarter beat.
if we were to write the song out in 4/4 almost every beat would be a triplet and that would be silly so hence compound time.
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john replied to the topic 12/8 time in the forum Music Theory 2 years, 9 months ago
ultimately you want to count a 12/8 bar in 4; 1,2,3,4
so there’s 3 counts before the first note is played; 1,2,3 so-this-is-xmas -
john replied to the topic 12/8 time in the forum Music Theory 2 years, 9 months ago
as for counting the last beat of the 1st bar which has an 8th with a 16th then a dotted 8th…it’s hard to explain in writing so just listen to how the lyric goes;
“so this-is xmas” the word “so” gets the 1st 8th note, the word “this” gets the 16th note, and the word “is” gets the dotted 8th.now if you listen to how I played it or listen to…[Read more]
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john replied to the topic 12/8 time in the forum Music Theory 2 years, 9 months ago
The half dotted quarter note rest at the very beginning has a value of 6 8th notes;
because the half note is worth 2 quarter beats and the dot adds another one. this equals 6.
That’s half the bar right there; counting in 8’s would be 123456 or counting in quarters would be 1,2 which is half the bar.
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john replied to the topic Backing Track Download no work in the forum Registration or Download Issues 2 years, 9 months ago
thanks carl I got it…not sure if the issue was on our end or yours….haven’t had any others complain about the same issue.
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john replied to the topic Backing Track Download no work in the forum Registration or Download Issues 2 years, 9 months ago
Hi Carl, sounds really crazy! No idea why this is happening to you….never heard of such a thing happening to anyone else but I’d like to figure out the issue…
when you say “click on the backling track button” do you mean within the download link? please be as specific as you can as I can’r see exactly what you’re doing. -
john replied to the topic Sharp Dressed Man in the forum Saxophone Lessons 2 years, 10 months ago
Many more to come….but for the next few weeks it will be Holiday / Christmas songs. already started working on them now.
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john replied to the topic Sharp Dressed Man in the forum Saxophone Lessons 2 years, 10 months ago
thanks a bunch guys, ya we used to perform that one with my band all the time. mind you we used to sing it but it does work very well entirely on sax.
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