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The more I learn about playing the Sax (which, if I say so myself is a fair amount in 3 months) - the more I realise how little I know.
Having moved on from my teacher I found the freedom to move on to more challenging musical tasks - including blues scales, chromatic scales and some interesting tunes.
I am currently try to play "Georgia on my Mind". I have several versions of it, some more like solos, which are very challenging, and in various keys. I can manage the full song version (including the lead in and the verses) in C. But I'm also trying a shorter but bluesier version in Eb. It's not too taxing and I'm enjoying giving the G# key a work out on the tenor, now that it doesn't seem to be as sticky (see another thread).
But there is, for me, a tricky change between low C and low Eb which is confusing me. I get the feeling that that must be a "right" way to play this, rather than lifting the RH pinkie up from the low C touchpiece and then dropping it down again on the one opposite, which when I do it leaves a gap in the notes.
Sliding it across is no better and produces that buh-duh sound that I was getting when trying appegios in C, and low C to E was not working in synch.
The more I play, the more I get those "oh THAT's how they play this, or make that change" moments and so I'm working a lot out for myself. But this is a sticking point (pun intended).
I'm also fairly sure I'm not playing the Bb side key right on the right hand either. :shocked:
Having moved on from my teacher I found the freedom to move on to more challenging musical tasks - including blues scales, chromatic scales and some interesting tunes.
I am currently try to play "Georgia on my Mind". I have several versions of it, some more like solos, which are very challenging, and in various keys. I can manage the full song version (including the lead in and the verses) in C. But I'm also trying a shorter but bluesier version in Eb. It's not too taxing and I'm enjoying giving the G# key a work out on the tenor, now that it doesn't seem to be as sticky (see another thread).
But there is, for me, a tricky change between low C and low Eb which is confusing me. I get the feeling that that must be a "right" way to play this, rather than lifting the RH pinkie up from the low C touchpiece and then dropping it down again on the one opposite, which when I do it leaves a gap in the notes.
Sliding it across is no better and produces that buh-duh sound that I was getting when trying appegios in C, and low C to E was not working in synch.
The more I play, the more I get those "oh THAT's how they play this, or make that change" moments and so I'm working a lot out for myself. But this is a sticking point (pun intended).
I'm also fairly sure I'm not playing the Bb side key right on the right hand either. :shocked:
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