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It's no secret I am still very much a beginner with sax and with reading/playing music. It is also no secret that I'm pretty lousy with timing. However I have had a bit of a revelation tonight
Since buying the alto it has been a bit like starting again but not quite as hard as first time round. I wasn't sure where to start and dug out a beginners book for alto, a new tune a day for alto, which I got with my second sop (not sure why they had a book for alto but hey ho) It does however have a cd with it unlike the sop book I learnt from. They are short easy tunes which has meant I have been able to concentrate on the counting and listening to the backing track.
What I have found is that unlike when I play without a backing track or even along to my tutor's recordings I am starting to feel the beat a bit more and can certainly hear the changes in the backing track..
So I am interested in knowing do those of you who teach regularly use backing tracks with your students?
Those of you still early on in your learning have you played much with backing tracks and has it helped?
Just interested
Jx
Since buying the alto it has been a bit like starting again but not quite as hard as first time round. I wasn't sure where to start and dug out a beginners book for alto, a new tune a day for alto, which I got with my second sop (not sure why they had a book for alto but hey ho) It does however have a cd with it unlike the sop book I learnt from. They are short easy tunes which has meant I have been able to concentrate on the counting and listening to the backing track.
What I have found is that unlike when I play without a backing track or even along to my tutor's recordings I am starting to feel the beat a bit more and can certainly hear the changes in the backing track..
So I am interested in knowing do those of you who teach regularly use backing tracks with your students?
Those of you still early on in your learning have you played much with backing tracks and has it helped?
Just interested
Jx