Today started with the usual Long Tones that where fine, however I attempted to learn some slap tonguing and it is a thousand times harder than it seems, and it seems hard!
On the scale front I went very well, yet again accuracy is the goal! I performed the diminished and diminished dominant scales at around 100bm over 2 octaves, in 3rds, opposing 3rds, scale tone 7ths. Then I tried the major and minor pentatonic's in 12 keys in 4 note cells as quavers, 3 note cells as triplets and 5 note cells in 5/8 time. This proved my teachers theory of short bursts being more beneficial. After about 2 scales (keys) my brain was fried and I couldn't get into the new key. So I'd take a break and then sit down and nail the new key! I then finished with the Blues scales and the Augmented scale (C,D#,E,G,Ab,B).
I then spent a round 2 hours practicing the solos and lines that I have written out for Confirmation and Have You Met Miss Jones
I then spent half an hour on the double time section of the Kenny Garrett Have You Met Miss Jones transcription.
Before settling in to play the two songs for a couple of hours.
All evening I have been working on transcribing Brian Blade's Red River Revel and Joshua Redman's Jazz Crimes
About Me
- Andrew Kimber
- I study Jazz Saxophone at the Australian National University. I primarily play alto but also double on Tenor and Clarinet. This Blog serves as my practice diary, from what scales I've practiced, to the tunes I'm working on, to the trouble I'm having and hopefully how I overcome all of the above. It is not a definitive practice method, it is just what I am working on.
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