I'm looking for an online teacher who will help me address the technique of playing the saxophone, but won't force addressing anything musical or stylistic unless it's in the context of an Etude, etc (I know this may be controversial). I can clarify if there are questions or a melee breaks out over it.
I'd like to address:
Basically, I'm looking for help gaining control over the horn outside of a musical context beyond what is absolutely necessary. i.e. concentrating on something like Klose and scales / intervals to address the above issues would be fine by me.
I'm compiling a list, and doing research to see which could be a good fit for the two of us. Obviously, this won't be known in any concrete form until a conversation takes place.
I'm aware of:
I haven't ruled any of these teachers / players / musicians in or out, I just need more data. I've been aware of, or recently checked out all of these teachers and they're heavy in their own ways, I have a lot of respect for them.
I know the approach I need to take (avoiding musical context) could be off-putting for some teachers, and I'd be glad to address that in private if it needs to go beyond the explanation I gave on another thread a few weeks ago; it's not a matter of me being head-strong.
I appreciate any additions to the list you all might provide.
Have a great day!
I'd like to address:
- Proper breathing
- Proper long tones
- Proper overtones
- Trouble-shootin':
- - Air stream support
- - My voicing
- - Low range issues
- Tone production / projection (I realize the above are components)
- Technical facility development
- - Un-articulated, even Nth notes
- - Articulation / Tonguing
- - etc.. you know, the usual stuff that someone coming up through middle, high school, and college bands / continual private lessons would have down by now. Saxophone is a second instrument for me, so I didn't come up through that path.
Basically, I'm looking for help gaining control over the horn outside of a musical context beyond what is absolutely necessary. i.e. concentrating on something like Klose and scales / intervals to address the above issues would be fine by me.
I'm compiling a list, and doing research to see which could be a good fit for the two of us. Obviously, this won't be known in any concrete form until a conversation takes place.
I'm aware of:
- Tim Price
- Dave Pollack
- Randy Hunter
- Matt Otto
- Tevet Sela
- Greg Fishman
I haven't ruled any of these teachers / players / musicians in or out, I just need more data. I've been aware of, or recently checked out all of these teachers and they're heavy in their own ways, I have a lot of respect for them.
I know the approach I need to take (avoiding musical context) could be off-putting for some teachers, and I'd be glad to address that in private if it needs to go beyond the explanation I gave on another thread a few weeks ago; it's not a matter of me being head-strong.
I appreciate any additions to the list you all might provide.
Have a great day!