Jay
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I bought a nifty bit of plastic and a clip, called a sound mirror, so I can actually hear myself (instead of standing in the corner, which brings back too many memories of junior school......)
And now I can hear myself. Hmmmmm.
So, I found Pete's Thomas's overtones exercise and tried that. I can even make one or two harmonics happen on purpose now. Sometimes. Though unaccountably, it hasn't made me sound like Dexter Gordon yet.
Overtones, scales, tonguing, vibrato, improvising, gotta play some tunes for fun too.....need several hours a day. Could give up work I suppose, but that might cause its own problems.
Supposing I only have an hour most days - what are the best things to spend time on? I would like my tone to improve, my fingers to speed up, my tongue and fingers to co-ordinate.......
And now I can hear myself. Hmmmmm.
So, I found Pete's Thomas's overtones exercise and tried that. I can even make one or two harmonics happen on purpose now. Sometimes. Though unaccountably, it hasn't made me sound like Dexter Gordon yet.
Overtones, scales, tonguing, vibrato, improvising, gotta play some tunes for fun too.....need several hours a day. Could give up work I suppose, but that might cause its own problems.
Supposing I only have an hour most days - what are the best things to spend time on? I would like my tone to improve, my fingers to speed up, my tongue and fingers to co-ordinate.......
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