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Message: <blockquote data-quote="newageanubis" data-source="post: 620720" data-attributes="member: 10358"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I'm a player in grade nine, and I've played saxophone since grade seven, mainly tenor. I used to think I was pretty darn good, but what I've seen and listened to since the start of grade nine has brought my feet back to the ground. Now, I like to call myself a beginner  <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2064%2064%22%3E%3Ctext%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%20dominant-baseline%3D%22central%22%20font-size%3D%2254%22%3E%F0%9F%98%9B%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="22" height="22" alt=":P" title="Stick Out Tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> </p><p></p><p>I've decided to be more serious with my music, and get away from just randomly blowing into my horn as practice. After browsing the forums, I've developed a practice regime, and I'd like your opinions as to how it can be improved.</p><p></p><p>TONE AND EMBOUCHURE (20 minutes)</p><p>- Long tones with mouthpiece only (holding base pitch, developing range with mouthpiece only)</p><p>- Long tones with entire saxophone (bottom Bb to F, 80 BPM, holding each note for two measures, getting louder, then softer)</p><p>- Playing octaves (e.g - Low Bb, then middle Bb, half note for each at 80 BPM, rising chromatically)</p><p>- Playing overtones (Ascending, descending, out of order)</p><p>- Playing slow scales with vibrato (As it stands, I can only achieve two pulsations per beat at 66BPM)</p><p></p><p>TECHNIQUE (20 minutes)</p><p>- Scales* (ascending, descending, arpeggio and thirds pattern, different articulation each practice)</p><p>- Arban studies (that I have obtained through my music course at school)</p><p>- Rhythm studies (found in my method book, also from my music course)</p><p></p><p>LEARNING MUSIC (20 minutes)</p><p>- Learning my parts for concert and jazz bands at school</p><p>- Practising for playing tests</p><p></p><p>HAVING FUN (5 minutes)</p><p>- Improvisation (usually in G or D blues)</p><p>- Exploring things outside of jazz and Western classical music (currently it is the Arabian scale)</p><p></p><p></p><p>*I will be required to play C, G, F, Bb, D, Eb, A majors and A, D, E, G, B harmonic minors for my final exam in school, so I'll be concentrating on those</p></blockquote><p></p>

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