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Dr Paul Cohen’s sax collection

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

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Play along – Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky

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

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It’s got no Front F

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

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Something more challenging – Oceans

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

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Amazing Grace in more keys

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.

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Various Resources

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

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Amazing Grace (C for Tenor B♭)

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

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Other Sax Blogs

Barry Caudill – http://barrycaudill.com/

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How to position the saxophone mouthpiece to get a good sound – Video

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Improving at playing your musical instrument

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

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