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The following is a guest post by Mark Mercury. Do you ever run out of ideas while improvising? Are you sometimes unable to solo as freely and spontaneously as you would like? The building blocks of jazz improvisation are original, musical ideas. Getting them requires a steady stream of creativity and inspiration. Fortunately, many aspects …
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I try to practice for at least an hour everyday, but when I’m on the road, it’s hard to squeeze time in for practice. Last year, I completed a project 365 where I committed to practice everyday whether in sickness or in health, at home or on the road. This resulted in my practicing in …
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Hi everyone. This is Rheuben. Today I’m going to introduce you to the clarinet. The clarinet is a member of the woodwind family and is unique among the woodwinds. Most woodwinds over blow what we call an octave. When you finger a “d” and push the register key, you get a “d.” The clarinet is …
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As a saxophone player I tend to write quite a few articles for sax players here on Teen Jazz. Here’s a roundup of all the saxophone advice you can find on the site so far. General Saxophone Advice College Audition Preparation for Saxophonists – guest post by sax player and Cal State Long Beach professor …
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Part I My name is Leo Potts and I’d like to share with you some concepts of the Lindeman-Sobel Approach to Artistic Wind Performance. The first concept we’ll deal with is “how do you play the first note of a musical phrase?” Now prior to playing the first note of a musical phrase, most musicians …
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We recently had a question submitted by one of our readers. It was “How can improve my singing?” But since we also have a number of members who play instruments, we’ve extended the question to include “how to improve my singing or playing?” As part of this podcast episode, we give you tips to improve …
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A note from Shannon: The following is a guest post from J. M. Riley. I thought it would be fun to try something a little different and include a fictional “first gig” experience from an up and coming writer. We hope you enjoy this post and we’d love to hear about your first gig experiences …
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Hey everyone! Welcome to the latest emission of Teen Jazz Radio, a part of TeenJazz.com, an online community of up-and-coming musicians. I’m Shannon Kennedy, your host and I’d like to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to listen to our show and to the fantastic young artists we feature as …
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Last year, as part of my Project 365, I’ve experimented with several different practice materials to see what would help me improve the quickest and most efficiently. To start, I’d like to say that it’s good to mix up your practice sessions, so don’t stick to any one kind of resource. It’s good to constantly challenge …
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We’d like to thank LessonFace for sponsoring this post. You can check out their upcoming masterclass with Katie Bull here. “The voice is beautifully mysterious – sound vibration is an awesome, beautiful phenomenon – sometimes joyous, sometimes scary. So it’s good to have a playful heart when you’re in that landscape.” – Katie Bull Our …
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