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Melodic Minor Modes Infographic

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Matt / 0 Comment

What mode can I play on what chord? How do you spell each mode? Here is an infographic to help you remember your melodic minor modes. Each mode is written out w...

5 Essential Jazz Tenor Solos
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5 Essential Sax Solos To Learn From Jazz’s Historical Lineage of Great Tenor Players

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Matt / 0 Comment

Chris Potter, Melissa Aldana, Kamasi Washington — These are some of jazz’s best contemporary tenor saxophonists. What is something that they all sha...

General Music Theory/Lesson Articles/Technique

Major Scales for Saxophone

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Matthew Schoenebaum / 0 Comment

Here are all the major scales for saxophone. They are written out one octave ascending and descending. The whole range of the saxophone from ‘low-Bb’...

Lesson Articles/Technique

The Best Saxophone Warm-up in the world

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Matthew Schoenebaum / 2 Comments

Is this the best warm-up in the world? I don’t know.. but it is a darn good one. I really don’t even think about stepping on stage without a quick r...

Lesson Articles/Transcriptions

Chris Potter- The Eternal Triangle

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Matthew Schoenebaum / 0 Comment

Here is the first Chorus of Chris Potter’s solo on The Eternal Triangle Chris Potter- The Eternal Triangle- Transcription  

Lesson Articles/Solo Exercises

A chorus on "Four" by Miles Davis

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Matthew Schoenebaum / 0 Comment

Here is a written out solo exercise on the changes to “Four” by Miles Davis Download: Solo Exercise on “Four” Bb Instruments

Lesson Articles/Solo Exercises

Alone Together Chorus – 6-28-11

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Matthew Schoenebaum / 0 Comment

This one is more of a transcription of myself then a written out solo exercise. There areĀ  definitely some challenging parts of the solo. But it is a cool one t...

Jazz Theory/Lesson Articles

Arpeggiating basic Piano Voicings – ii-V-I

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Matthew Schoenebaum / 1 Comment

The concept here is a simple one. Instead of simply arpeggiating 1 -3 -5 -7 , we can getting into the upper structures of the chords. Utilizing 9ths, 11ths, 13t...

Solo Exercises

Blues Chorus (6-21-11)

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Matthew Schoenebaum / 0 Comment

One solo Chorus on a fast Bb blues. blues-chorus-6-21-11-Tenor-Saxophone1 Recording: Bb-blues

Lesson Articles/Solo Exercises

A Chorus on Stella By Starlight (6-20-11)

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Matthew Schoenebaum / 0 Comment

Here is a written out solo chorus on the changes to the tune Stella by Starlight. Stella-Chorus-6-20-11-Tenor-Saxophone1 Recording- Stella-chorus

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